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Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of Marianas Pacific.

Symbol

MP

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Northern Mariana Islands since 1986.
    Synonyms: MNP (alpha-3), US-MP (ISO 3166-2)

English

Alternative forms

Noun

MP (countable and uncountable, plural MPs)

  1. (politics) Initialism of Member of Parliament.
    • 2014 April 11, Charlotte Meredith, “The Palace of Sexminster”, in Huffington Post: United Kingdom:
      One unidentified man spoke of how he was approached to "go to the Gents" with an MP at an event for young political activists while another man described how an MP invited his entire office staff to a gay bar.
    • 2024 February 21, Christian Wolmar, “A 'tsar' needs to get to grips with High Speed 2... quickly”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 52:
      In particular, this all-party group of MPs has been scathing about the decision-making process, which has resulted in the Department of Transport having no ideas as to how "HS2 will operate as a functioning railway following recent changes".
  2. (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
  3. (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
  4. (photography) Initialism of megapixel.
    The new Canon has a 12MP ccd sensor.
  5. (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
  6. (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.

Hyponyms

  • MEP (EU, politics)

Translations

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Proper noun

MP

  1. Initialism of Mandatory Palestine.
  2. (chiefly India) Initialism of Madhya Pradesh: a state of India.
  3. (rail transport) Initialism of Missouri Pacific.

Adjective

MP (not comparable)

  1. (video games) Initialism of multiplayer.

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Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

MP m or f (strong, genitive MP, plural MPs or MP)

  1. initialism of Ministerpräsident
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

The pronunciation is that of MPi, the Wehrmacht abbreviation. The now predominant spelling was influenced by the MP5 and by English usage (the spoken form being maintained through reinterpretation as an English reading of the letters).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈpiː/
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Noun

MP f (genitive MP, plural MPs or MP)

  1. initialism of Maschinenpistole (“machine pistol, submachine gun”)
Alternative forms

Portuguese

Noun

MP f (plural MPs)

  1. (Brazil, politics, law) initialism of medida provisória (“provisional measure”)

Noun

MP m (plural MPs)

  1. (Brazil, law) initialism of ministério público (“Public Prosecutor's Office”)

Swedish

Proper noun

MP ? (genitive MP:s)

  1. initialism of Miljöpartiet de Gröna; a Swedish political (environmental) party
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