noun

• (Irish mythology) An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.
• A surname.
• (geography) A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
• A placename
• Ellipsis of River Ness., a short river in Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom, which flows from Loch Ness through Inverness to the Beauly Firth.
• Ellipsis of Ness City. [A city, the county seat of Ness County, Kansas, United States.]
• Ellipsis of Ness County. [One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Ness City.]