MK

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

Translingual

Symbol

MK

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

English

Proper noun

MK

Initialism of Member of Knesset.
Initialism of Milton Keynes.
Initialism of Mortal Kombat.

Abbreviation

MK

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'.
mooseknuckle

Anagrams

KM

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

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

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

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