MK
See also: Appendix:Variations of "mk"
Translingual edit
Etymology 1 edit
Symbol edit
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).
Symbol edit
MK
- (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for North Macedonia since 1993.
English edit
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
Anagrams edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: em1 kei1
- Cantonese Pinyin: em1 kei1
- Guangdong Romanization: ém1 kéi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɛːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Adjective edit
MK
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) attempting to be fashionable but fails to do so; resembling a chav
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
MK
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) one who attempts to be fashionable but fails to do so; chav; yob (Classifier: 條/条 c)
Proper noun edit
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.
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