MK
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mk"
Translingual edit
Etymology 1 edit
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MK
- (metrology) Symbol for megakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 106 kelvins.
Etymology 2 edit
Derived from Macedonian Северна Македонија (Severna Makedonija).
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MK
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for North Macedonia since 1993.
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Proper noun edit
MK (countable and uncountable, plural MKs)
- Initialism of Milton Keynes.: A borough in Buckinghamshire, England; also the first part of the postcode for the area.
- 2021 October 20, Tony Streeter, “Location of GBR's new HQ to be decided by competition”, in RAIL, number 942, page 16:
- Marland added: "We will look at bidding for the HQ, but the language being used indicates that already-successful places like MK need not apply.
- Initialism of Mong Kok.
- (countable, video games) Initialism of Mortal Kombat.
- (countable, video games) Initialism of Mario Kart.
Noun edit
- (politics) Initialism of Member of Knesset.
- (sexuality, anatomy, slang) Initialism of mooseknuckle.
- Initialism of missionary's kid.
- 2001, Mary Haden, Jeff Thompson, International education: principles and practice, page 31:
- A significant sector of the Global Nomad population is represented by the 'missionary kids' or 'MK's'.
Further reading edit
- member of Knesset on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Chinese edit
Etymology edit
Initialism of English Mong Kok, transliteration of Cantonese 芒角 (mong4 gok3), now known as 旺角 (wong6 gok3). Mong Kok was a place where many fashionable products were sold.
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Adjective edit
MK
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) attempting to be fashionable but fails to do so; resembling a chav
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MK
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) one who attempts to be fashionable but fails to do so; chav; yob (Classifier: 條/条 c)
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MK
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
MK (first-person possessive MKku, second-person possessive MKmu, third-person possessive MKnya)
- (education) Initialism of mata kuliah.
- (government, law) Initialism of mahkamah konstitusi.