DMV

See also: d.m.v.

English

Proper noun

DMV

1. (US) The region made up of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.

Noun

DMV (plural DMVs)

1. (US) Initialism of department of motor vehicles.
   • 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by DMV tester (Ron Orbach):

     Girlie, as far as you're concerned, I'm the messiah of the DMV. Now, get out of the car.

2. (UK) Initialism of deserted medieval village.
3. (anatomy) Initialism of dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus.

Translations

department of motor vehicles

• Arabic: إِدَارَة الْمَرْكَبَات f (ʔidāra(t) al-markabāt)
• Irish: oifig mótarchánach f
• Portuguese: (Brazil) DETRAN (pt), Departamento de Trânsito
• Russian: автотранспортная инспе́кция f (avtotransportnaja inspékcija)

See also

• MOT
• RTA

Anagrams

• DVM, MDV, VDM, VMD