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Dis or DIS may refer to:

Organisations

Academic

Computing

Military

Music

  • Dis (album), a 1976 album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek
  • "dis–", the opening theme song of the anime series Infinite Ryvius, performed by Mika Arisaka
  • Dís, a soundtrack album by Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson
  • "DIS", a song by Japanese visual band The GazettE
  • D (German nomenclature), a musical note

Places

  • Abu Dis, a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate
  • Ad Dis, a village in eastern Yemen
  • Ad Dis District, a district of the Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen
  • IATA airport code of Dolisie Airport, in the Republic of the Congo

Religion, mythology, and fiction

  • Dis (Divine Comedy), the fictional city in The Divine Comedy that contains the lower circles of hell; also used as alternate name for Lucifer
  • Dīs Pater (genitive Ditis), predecessor of Pluto in Roman Mythology and ancestor of the Gauls according to Roman thought
    • Pluto (mythology), the ruler of the underworld in classical mythology
    • In Latin, dis may be as above, or it may be a by-form of the dative and ablative plural deis of deus = "god"
  • Dís, a ghost, spirit or deity associated with fate in Norse mythology
  • Dís (Middle-earth), a female Dwarf from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe
  • Dis, a 2006 Dutch novel by Marcel Möring, titled In A Dark Wood in English translation

Science

  • Dis (skipper), a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae
  • Deep inelastic scattering, which occurs when two particles scatter and one breaks up into its constituents
  • Grotella dis, a species of moth in the genus Grotella, of the family Noctuidae

People

Other uses

See also

  • "City of Dis", a song by Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura from their 2006 release Dante XXI
  • "Chambers of Dis", a song by Florida death metal band Morbid Angel from their 1998 release Formulas Fatal to the Flesh
  • "Dis oui" ("Say yes"), Belgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
  • "Dis rien" ("Say nothing"), Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
  • Dis-moi qui tuer (Tell Me Whom to Kill), a 1965 French drama film directed by Etienne Périer
  • Abu-Dis, a CD album of remixes by Muslimgauze of other artists' material
  • Diss, a town in England
  • Diss track, a song primarily intended to disrespect a person or group