title: NIAS
text: # NIAS
  
  NIAS or Nias may refer to:
  
  ## Organisations
  
  * National Institute of Advanced Studies (India)
  * Nordic Institute of Asian Studies; See Nordic Centre in Shanghai
  * Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study
  * Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
  * Nederlandsch-Indische Artsen School, defunct Dutch East Indies medical school (1913-41)
  
  ## Places
  
  * Nias Island, an island off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia
  * Nias Regency, a regency in North Sumatra province, Indonesia
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Nias-class gunboat
  * Nias people, of Indonesia
  * Nias language, their Austronesian language
  * Nickel Arsenide (NiAs) - a chemical compound of nickel and arsenic, constituent of Nickeline
  