MK

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mk"

Translingual

Symbol

MK

  1. (metrology) Symbol for megakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 106 kelvins.

Etymology 2

Derived from Macedonian Северна Македонија (Severna Makedonija).

Symbol

MK

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for North Macedonia since 1993.
    Synonym: MKD (alpha-3)

English

Proper noun

MK (countable and uncountable, plural MKs)

  1. 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.
  2. Initialism of Mong Kok.
  3. (countable, video games) Initialism of Mortal Kombat.
  4. (countable, video games) Initialism of Mario Kart.

Noun

MK (plural MKs or MK's)

  1. (politics) Initialism of Member of Knesset.
  2. (sexuality, anatomy, slang) Initialism of mooseknuckle.
  3. 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

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

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


Adjective

MK

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) attempting to be fashionable but fails to do so; resembling a chav

Derived terms

  • MK仔
  • MK妹

Noun

MK

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, sometimes derogatory) one who attempts to be fashionable but fails to do so; chav; yob (Classifier: c)

Proper noun

MK

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Mong Kok

Indonesian

Noun

MK (first-person possessive MKku, second-person possessive MKmu, third-person possessive MKnya)

  1. (education) Initialism of mata kuliah.
  2. (government, law) Initialism of mahkamah konstitusi.
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