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2026-01-27Peak: 3902026-02-25
30-day total: 6,223

IS may refer to:

Arts and media

Literature

  • Book of Isaiah, a biblical text
  • Is (novel), a novel by Joan Aiken
  • i"s, a manga by Masakazu Katsura
  • IS – Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei, a manga by Chiyo Rokuhana
  • Infinite Stratos, a Japanese light novel series

Other media

  • Is (Chick Corea album)
  • Is (My Morning Jacket album)
  • iS – internal section, a video game developed by Square
  • is, an album by Hey Ocean!

Businesses and organisations

  • Independent Sector, an American philanthropic coalition
  • Intermediate school, education between primary and secondary schools areas, also known as middle school
  • Ilta-Sanomat, a newspaper in Finland
  • Intelligent Systems, a first-party video game developer and internal team of Nintendo
  • International Socialists (disambiguation), several Trotskyist political organizations
  • Investment—Saving, a curve in the IS/LM model of economics
  • IRS Airlines (IATA code)
  • Island Airlines (IATA code)

Language

  • Is, the third-person singular present tense of the English language verb "to be", frequently used as a copula
  • Icelandic language (ISO 639-1 alpha-2 code)
  • International Sign, a pidgin sign language
  • Is (rune) (ᛁ), a rune of the Anglo-Saxon fuþorc

Places

  • Island (Is.), any piece of land surrounded by water
  • Iceland (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)
  • Israel (NATO country code)
  • Hīt, or Is, an Iraqi town on the Euphrates River
  • Ys or Is, a mythical city of Brittany
  • Iași County, Romania, (veh
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