MK

See also: mk, Mk, mK, .mk, mk., and Mk.

Translingual

Symbol

MK

1. (metrology) Symbol for the megakelvin, an SI unit of thermodynamic temperature equal to 10⁶ kelvins.
2. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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English

Proper noun

MK

1. Initialism of Member of Knesset.
2. Initialism of Milton Keynes.
3. Initialism of Mortal Kombat.

Abbreviation

MK

1. 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'.

2. mooseknuckle

Anagrams

• KM

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Chinese

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Mongkok, transliteration of Cantonese 芒角 (mong4 gok3), now known as 旺角 (wong6 gok3). Mongkok was a place where many fashionable products were sold.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): em¹ kei¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: em¹ kei¹
    • Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: em¹ kei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: colloquial sounds not defined
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːm⁵⁵ kʰei̯⁵⁵/

Adjective

MK

1. (Cantonese, colloquial) pretending to be fashionable, attempting but failing to be fashionable.