HP

See also: hp and H&P

English

Etymology

Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home + page.

Proper noun

HP

1. (India) Abbreviation of Himachal Pradesh, a state of India
2. The Hewlett-Packard Company
3. Harry Potter
   • 2009 July 16, Steve Boxer, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”, in Guardian‎^[1], Technology news & features, page 2:

     Overall, this is the first HP game to even get near to living up to the quality of JK Rowling's books and the accompanying films.

4. (Japan) Initialism of home page.

Noun

HP (countable and uncountable, plural HPs)

1. hire purchase
   • 1976, Angela Carter, ‘What the Hell – It’s Home!’, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage 2013, p. 205:

     Everything is practical, sensible, reasonably priced and available on HP.

2. horse power
3. (video games, mostly role-playing games) hit points, health points.
4. handphone
5. higher power
6. Houses of Parliament
7. Heliobacteria pylori

Translations

horse power — see hp

Anagrams

• P&H, PH, Ph, ph

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English HP.

Noun

HP

1. (gaming) hit point(s)

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German

Noun

HP

1. (apartment listing) Abbreviation of Hochparterre.

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Japanese

Noun

HP(ホームページ) • (hōmupēji) 

1. Initialism of ホームページ (“home page”).

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha ˈpɛ/

Proper noun

HP n (indeclinable)

1. The Hewlett-Packard Company

   Mam notebooka z HP. — I've got an HP notebook.

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Spanish

Noun

HP m or f (uncountable)

1. Acronym of hijoputa.

Synonyms

• HDP