Nysa
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The terms Nysa or Neisse may refer to:
Towns:
- Nysa, Poland: a town in southern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river.
- Nysa, Anatolia: was an ancient Hellenistic city founded by Antiochus I Soter.
- Nisa, Turkmenistan
- Nysa-Scythopolis, the Hellenistic Bet She'an in northern Israel
Rivers:
- Lusatian Neisse: a river in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany; flowing to Oder River near the towns of Guben and Gubin
- Nysa Kłodzka: another tributary of the Oder river in Poland
- Nysa Szalona: a tributary of the Kaczawa in Poland
Mythology:
- Nysa (mythology), land in Greek mythology, where the young god Dionysus was raised.
- MAKRIS (or Macris), also known as Nysa, was a honey-nymph daughter of the god Aristaios who nursed Dionysos in a cave on the island of Euboia. She was later driven from her home by the wrathful goddess Hera and settled on Korkyra, the home of the Phaiakians.
Sports:
- NKS Nysa is a men's volleyball team based in Nysa Town playing in Polish Volleyball League.
Automobile:
- Nysa van was produced in Nysa, Poland from the 1950s to the early 1990s.
Asteroid:
University:
- Neisse University is a university in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.
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