MP

See also: mp, Mp, .mp, m.p., and M-p

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.

   Synonym: MNP (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

• M. P.
• M.P.

Noun

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

Hyponyms

• MEP (EU, politics)

Translations

Member of Parliament

• Dutch: Kamerlid (nl) n
• Finnish: kans.ed. (nat'l parliament); MEP (fi) (Eur. Parliament)
• German: (general): Abgeordneter (de) m; (German national parliament) Bundestagsabgeordneter (de) m, Mitglied des Bundestags n, MdB (de); (German federal parliaments) Landtagsabgeordneter (de) m, Mitglied des Landtags n, MdL (de)
• Greek: βουλευτής (el) m or f (vouleftís)
• Russian: нарде́п (ru) m (nardép) (people's deputy in Russia)
• Scottish Gaelic: BP
• Thai: ส.ส. (th) (sɔ̌ɔ-sɔ̌ɔ)
• Welsh: AS

Military Police

• Finnish: SP (fi)
• Greek: ΣΝ (SN), Στρατονομία f (Stratonomía); στρατονόμος (el) m (stratonómos)
• Thai: ส.ห. (th) (sɔ̌ɔ-hɔ̌ɔ)

See also

• (parliament): MLA, MHA, MNA, MPP, senator

Proper noun

MP

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

Adjective

MP (not comparable)

1. (video games) Initialism of multiplayer.

References

• English country names and code elements (ISO 3166-1-alpha-2). Retrieved 28 Jan 2006.
• Official United States Postal Service abbreviations. Retrieved 28 Jan 2006.

Anagrams

• P. M., P.M., PM, p.m., pm

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈpeː/

Noun

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

1. Initialism of Ministerpräsident.

Alternative forms

• MinPräs

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/

• Audio

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Noun

MP f (genitive MP, plural MPs or MP)

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

Alternative forms

• MPi

Portuguese

Noun

MP f (plural MPs)

1. Initialism of medida provisória.

Swedish

Proper noun

MP ? (genitive MP:s)

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