Antis (other)
Antis may refer to: * Antis (band), a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band * Antis (dog), a dog that received the Dickin medal for bravery during World War II * Antis Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania * ''In antis'', an architectural term for columns or pillars on the side of a door or window that are not detached from the main structure. *Antis, an Indonesian home and cleaner products company. See also * Antes (name) *Antos (name) Antoś is a Polish masculine given name that is a diminutive form of Antoni, Antonin and Antonius that is used in Poland. Antoś, Antos or Antoš may either be a surname or given name. As a surname it is derived from the Antonius root name. Notable ...

Antis (band)
Antis is a Lithuanian postmodernist Rock music, rock Musical ensemble, band. Name Literally, "antis" means "duck" in Lithuanian, but is also a colloquial term, a short for "newspaper duck", which in several European languages means a false newspaper report, a wikt:canard, canard. Algirdas Kaušpėdas has stated in an interview that the latter was the intended meaning. Additionally, being a play on the name of the official Soviet-era newspaper "''Tiesa''" ("Truth", a calque of the official Soviet communist newspaper ''Pravda''), the name alluded to the biased reporting and truth-bending in Eastern Bloc media. The cover of the band's 1987 album displays the name "Antis" assembled from cut-out letters of ''Tiesas logo, with a matching N added. According to Kaušpėdas, contrary to popular belief, "Antis" was not originally intended to read as "Anti-S" in order to stand for "Anti-Soviet" . However, upon first hearing the name being interpreted in this way, he found it appropriate and ...
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