MP

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Etymology

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Abbreviation of Marianas Pacific.

Symbol

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MP

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

English

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Noun

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MP (countable and uncountable, plural MPs)

  1. (politics) 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.
  2. (military) Military Police; military policeman
  3. (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) mana points or magic points
  4. Megapixel
    The new Canon has a 12MP ccd sensor.
  5. Machine Pistol
  6. (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.

Hyponyms

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  • MEP (EU, politics)

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Proper noun

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MP

  1. Initialism of Mandatory Palestine.
  2. (chiefly India) Initialism of Madhya Pradesh.

Adjective

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MP (not comparable)

  1. (video games) Initialism of multiplayer.

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German

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. Initialism of Ministerpräsident.
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Etymology 2

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ɛmˈpiː/
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Noun

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MP f (genitive MP, plural MPs or MP)

  1. Initialism of Maschinenpistole (machine pistol, submachine gun).
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Portuguese

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Noun

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MP f (plural MPs)

  1. Initialism of medida provisória.

Swedish

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Proper noun

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MP ? (genitive MP:s)

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