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'''Vis''', '''ViS''', '''VIS''', and other capitalizations may refer to:
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'''Vis''' may refer to:
== Places ==

== Geography ==
* [[Vis (island)]], a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea
* [[Vis (island)]], a Croatian island in the Adriatic sea
* [[Vis (town)]], town and municipality on the island of Vis
** [[Vis (town)]], on the island of Vis
* [[Vis, Bulgaria]], a village in [[Ivaylovgrad]] municipality, Haskovo Province, Bulgaria
* [[Vis (river)]], in south-central France
* [[Vis (river)]], in south-central France
* [[Vis, Bulgaria]], a village in Haskovo Province
* [[Visalia Municipal Airport]] (IATA and FAA:VIS), Visalia, California
* [[Viš]], a village in Montenegro


== Initialisms ==
== Organizations ==
* [[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation]], an IC foundry in Taipei, Taiwan
* [[VIS (criminal organisation)]], Bulgarian front company for a criminal organisation
* [[Vasil Iliev Security]] (VIS and VIS-2), former front companies for a criminal organization in Bulgaria
* [[Vaccine Information Statement]], a formal description of a vaccine, required as a provision of the United States [[National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act]]
* [[Vatican Information Service]], the official news service of the Vatican
* [[Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation]], an IC foundry in Taiwan
* [[VAZInterService]], an automobile manufacturer in Russia
* [[Vatican Information Service]], an electronic daily news letter produced by the Holy See Press Office in the Vatican
* [[Vavoua International School]], an international boarding school in Côte d'Ivoire founded by Worldwide Evangelisation for Christ
* [[Vavoua International School]], an international boarding school in Côte d'Ivoire
* [[Victorian Institute of Sport]], a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia
* [[Victorian Institute of Sport]], a government sporting institute in Victoria, Australia
* [[Vienna Independent Shorts]], an annual international short film festival in Austria
* [[Vienna Independent Shorts]], an annual international film festival in Vienna, Austria
* [[Vienna International School]], an international school in Austria founded to accommodate the children of UN employees and diplomats
* [[Vienna International School]], a school for the children of UN employees and diplomats in Vienna, Austria
* [[VIS Entertainment]], a former video game developer in Scotland
* [[Viacom International Studios]], a division of Paramount International Networks

== Science and technology ==
* [[Vaccine Information Statement]], a formal vaccine description published by the United States Centers for Disease Control
* [[Variable Intake System]], a technology of internal combustion engines
* [[Tandy Video Information System]], a multimedia CD-ROM console from the early 1990s
* [[Viewable image size]], the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction
* [[Viewable image size]], the amount of screen space available on display without obstruction
* [[Visible spectrum]], the portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that is visible to the human eyes
* [[Visalia Municipal Airport]], IATA airport code and FAA location identifier the public airport at Visalia, Tulare County, California
* [[Visa Information System]], a database of fingerprints and facial scans in use by Schengen Zone countries
* [[Visual Instruction Set]], a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors
* [[Visual Instruction Set]], a SIMD instruction set for SPARC processors
* [[Visa Information System]], a biometric database for visa applications in the Schengen area of the EU
* Voter Information Service for [[Elections Canada]]
* [[VIS (automobile manufacturer)]] - VazInterSerice - the russian company of [[AvtoVAZ]] vechicle elements based pickups and semi-trailer trucks constructing.
* The [[Tandy Video Information System]], an interactive, multimedia CD-ROM console system from the early 90s.


== People ==
==Other uses==
* [[Vis (surname)]], a Dutch surname, including a list of people named Vis
* [[Rudi Vis]] (born 1941), British politician
* [[Vis.]], taxonomic abbreviation for Roberto de Visiani (1800-1878), Dalmatian Italian botanist
Valnea Vis
* ''vis'', the possessive form of the English [[gender-neutral pronoun#Neologisms|neologistic gender-neutral pronoun]] ''ve''

* [[FB Vis]], a type of Polish handgun
==Other==
* The heroine of the 11th century Persian love story [[Vis and Rāmin]]
* [[Vis medicatrix naturae]], the healing power of nature, a phrase erroneously attributed to Hippocrates.
* [[Willem C. Vis Moot]], an international arbitration moot court held annually in Vienna, Austria
* [[Vis pistol]], a type of Polish handgun.
* [[Potentially visible set]], a form of polygon culling used to accelerate the rendering of 3D environments.
* [[Willem C. Vis Moot]], the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, a prestigious moot held annually in Vienna, Austria.
* Vis, the possessive form of the English [[gender-neutral pronoun#Neologisms|neologistic gender-neutral pronoun]] ''ve''.
* [[Visible spectrum]], especially in the combined form UV-VIS (ultraviolet and visible).
* [[VIS Entertainment]] - a [[video game developer]] based out of [[Scotland]].


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[Vis-à-vis (disambiguation)]]
* [[Vis-à-vis (disambiguation)]]
* [[Visibility (disambiguation)]]
* [[Viz (disambiguation)]]
* [[Viz (disambiguation)]]
* [[Visibility (disambiguation)]]

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