Mk Explained

MK or mk may refer to:

In arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

• Moon Knight, a Marvel Comics superhero
• M.K., an Into the Badlands (TV series) character
• Mary Katherine "M.K." Bomba, the protagonist in Epic (2013 film)

Video games

• , a tactical role-playing game
• Mario Kart, a series of racing video games developed and published by Nintendo featuring characters from the Mario franchise
• Mortal Kombat, a series of fighting video games developed and published by Midway Games, and later Warner Bros.

Other media

• MK (channel), a defunct, South African, Afrikaans-language music television channel
• Moskovskij Komsomolets, a Russian newspaper

In business and finance

• Markup (business), a term for the difference between the cost of a good or service and its selling price
• Mark (designation), a designation used to identify versions of a product or item, e.g. Mk. II
• Finnish markka (symbol: Mk), defunct currency of Finland

Businesses and organizations

• MK Airlines, a British cargo airline
• MK Electric, an English manufacturer of electrical goods
• MK Group, a Serbian holding company
• Air Mauritius, a Mauritian passenger airline (IATA designation: MK)
• Michael Kors (brand), American fashion brand
• Mysore Kirloskar, an Indian manufacturer of lathes, part of the Kirloskar Group
• Montreal Kosher, known as MK, a Canadian kosher certification agency
• Morrison-Knudsen, an engineering and construction firm

Languages

• Macedonian language (ISO 639 digram "mk")
• Middle Korean (10th–16th centuries)

People

• MK Nobilette, also Emkay, (born 1994), American singer
• M. K. Asante (born 1982), American author, filmmaker and professor
• MK (DJ) (Marc Kinchen), American house-music producer
• Mark Knopfler (born 1949), English musician, co-founder of Dire Straits
• Michael Kors (born 1959), American fashion designer

Places

• MK postcode area, UK postal districts in the greater Milton Keynes and Bedford areas
• North Macedonia (ISO country code MK)
  • .mk, the Internet country code top-level domain for North Macedonia
• Magic Kingdom, a Walt Disney World theme park in Greater Orlando
• Mong Kok, an area of Hong Kong
• Milton Keynes, a city in southern England
• Magic Kingdom, Sydney, a defunct theme park in Australia

In politics

• Member of Knesset, the legislature of Israel
• Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), an armed wing of the African National Congress (the majority party in South Africa)
• uMkhonto we Sizwe Party (Spear of the Nation), political party in South Africa that broke away from the ANC
• Mebyon Kernow, a Cornish political party in the United Kingdom

In religion

• Gospel of Mark, the second book of the New Testament in the Christian Bible
• Missionary Kids, the children of missionary parents
• Mk, a post-nominal title for a monk

In science, technology, and mathematics

• Mark (designation), a designation used to identify versions of a product or item, e.g. Mk. II
• mk (software), a make replacement in the Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Inferno operating systems
• Mk reference point, an interface of the IP Multimedia Subsystem used to exchange messages between BGCFs in different networks
• Morgan-Keenan (MK) spectral classification, a stellar classification system based on spectral lines
• Megakelvin (MK), an SI unit of temperature
• Midkine, a protein
• Millikelvin (mK), an SI unit of temperature
• Morse–Kelley set theory in the field of mathematics

In sport

• FK Mandalskameratene, a Norwegian football club
• Milton Keynes Dons F.C., a football team in Milton Keynes often shortened to MK Dons

Other uses

• Machinery Technician, an enlisted rating in the United States Coast Guard
• Chrysler MK platform (Jeep Compass and Jeep Patriot)
• Medical kit, a first aid kit

See also

• MKULTRA (disambiguation)