Nevis (disambiguation)
Nevis is an island in the Caribbean and part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Nevis may also refer to:
Place names
- Nevis, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet in Stettler County No. 6
- Nevis, Iran, a village in Qom Province
- Nevis, Minnesota, small town in the United States
- Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles
- Glen Nevis, a glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland
- Nevis River, a river in the South Island of New Zealand
- Nevis Highwire Platform, a Bungee platform above the Nevis River
People
- Edwin C. Nevis, psychologist
Other uses
- Knock Nevis, a Norwegian owned supertanker, formerly known as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking
- Nevis Laboratories, operated by Columbia University
- NEVIS, the New Exhaust Valve & Intake System, an internal combustion engine design utilizing annular pistons
See also
- Nevus, a number of different, usually benign, pigmented lesions of the skin, including most birthmarks and moles
- Dysplastic nevus, an atypical mole whose appearance is different from that of common moles
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