MP

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mp"

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.

   Synonyms: MNP (alpha-3), US-MP (ISO 3166-2)

English

Alternative forms

• M. P., M.P.

Noun

MP (countable and uncountable, plural MPs)

1. (politics) Initialism of 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.

   • 2024 February 21, Christian Wolmar, “A 'tsar' needs to get to grips with High Speed 2... quickly”, in RAIL, number 1003, page 52:

     In particular, this all-party group of MPs has been scathing about the decision-making process, which has resulted in the Department of Transport having no ideas as to how "HS2 will operate as a functioning railway following recent changes".

   • 2024 July 24, Marlène Panara, “Poland allows police to open fire on migrants at the Belarusian border”, in InfoMigrants‎^[1]:

     Polish MPs have approved a new measure which authorizes agents on the Belarusian border to fire live ammunition at migrants, for "self-defense" or in a "preventive manner."

2. (military) Initialism of military police or military policeman.
3. (fantasy, roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of mana points or magic points.
4. (photography) Initialism of megapixel.

   The new Canon has a 12MP ccd sensor.

5. (military) Initialism of machine pistol.
6. (Anglicanism) Initialism of morning prayer.

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)
• German: Militärpolizei (de) f, Militärpolizist (de) m
• 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. (historical) Initialism of Mandatory Palestine.
2. (chiefly India) Initialism of Madhya Pradesh: a state of India.
3. (rail transport) Initialism of Missouri Pacific.
4. (Philippines) Initialism of Mountain Province: a province of the Philippines

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

• pm, PM, p. m., P. M., P.M., p.m.

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. (Brazil, politics, law) initialism of medida provisória (“provisional measure”)

Noun

MP m (plural MPs)

1. (Brazil, law) initialism of ministério público (“Public Prosecutor's Office”)

Further reading

• “MP”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Swedish

Proper noun

MP ? (genitive MP:s)

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