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'''Nysa''' may refer to:
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== Greek Mythology ==
* [[Nysa (mythology)]] or Nyseion, the mountainous region or mount (various traditional locations), where nymphs raised the young god Dionysus
* [[Nysiads]], nymphs of Mount Nysa who cared for and taught the infant Dionysus
== Historical figures ==
* [[Nysa (wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus)]], daughter of Laodice IV and Antiochus, wife of Pharnaces I of Pontus
* [[Nysa of Cappadocia]], daughter of Pharnaces I of Pontus and Nysa, wife of Ariarathes V of Cappadocia and mother Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia
* Nysa, one of the daughters of [[Mithridates V of Pontus]] and Laodice VI
* Nysa, one of the daughters of [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]] from his concubine
* [[Nysa (wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia)]], daughter of Laodice of Cappadocia and Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, the first wife of Nicomedes III of Bithynia
* [[Nysa (daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia)]], daughter of Nicomedes III of Bithynia and Nysa
== Settlements and jurisdictions ==
===Turkey===
* [[Nysa on the Maeander]], (Caria) an ancient city and bishopric in Asia Minor (Anatolia), ruins in the Sultanhisar district of Aydın Province, restored as Latin Titular bishopric of Nysa in Asia in 1933
* [[Nysa (Cappadocia)]], an ancient city in Cappadocia
* [[Nisa (Lycia)]], an ancient city in Lycia
===Greece===
* [[Nysa (Boeotia)]], a town of ancient Boeotia
* [[Nysa (Euboea)]], a town of ancient Euboea
* [[Nysa (Naxos)]], a town of ancient Naxos
* [[Nysa (Thrace)]], a town of ancient Thrace and later Macedonia
===Other===
* [[Nysa (Alexander)]], a town spared by Alexander the Great during his invasion of Central Asia
* [[Nysa, Poland]], a town in southern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river
* [[Nysa-Scythopolis]], the Hellenistic Bet She'an in northern Israel
* [[Nisa, Turkmenistan]]
== Rivers ==
* [[Nysa Łużycka]], Polish name for the Lusatian Neisse, a river in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, flowing to Oder River near the towns of Guben and Gubin
* [[Nysa Kłodzka]], a river in Poland, named for the town of Kłodzka, in English called the Eastern Neisse; a tributary of the Oder (Odra)
* [[Nysa Szalona]], a river in Poland, the Raging Neisse; a tributary of the Kaczawa in Poland
* [[Nysa Mała]], a river in Poland, the Little Neisse; a tributary of the Nysa Szalona
== Other uses ==
* [[44 Nysa]], an asteroid
* [[NKS Nysa]], a men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League
* [[ZSD Nysa]], an Automobile produced in Nysa, Poland from the 1950s to the early 1990s
* [[Neisse University]], a university in the border triangle of Czech Republic, Poland and Germany
== See also ==
* [[Neisse (disambiguation)]]
* [[Nyssa (disambiguation)]]
* [[Nisa (disambiguation)]]
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