MK or mk may refer to:

In arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

Moon Knight Moon Knight is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Doug Moench and artist Don Perlin, the character first appeared in ''Werewolf by Night'' #32 (August 1975). The son of a rabbi, Marc S ...

, 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

* '' Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome'', a tactical role-playing game * ''

Mario Kart is a series of kart racing games based on the ''Mario (franchise), Mario'' franchise developed and published by Nintendo. Players compete in go-kart races while using various power-up item (game terminology), items. It features Characters in ...

'', a series of racing video games developed and published by Nintendo featuring characters from the ''Mario'' franchise * ''

Mortal Kombat ''Mortal Kombat'' is an American media franchise centered on a series of fighting game, fighting video games originally developed by Midway Games in 1992. The original ''Mortal Kombat (1992 video game), Mortal Kombat'' arcade game spawned Lis ...

'', a series of fighting video games developed and published by Midway Games, and later

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

Other media

* MK (channel), a defunct, South African, Afrikaans-language music television channel *

Moskovskij Komsomolets ''Moskovskij Komsomolets'' (''MK''; ) is a Moscow-based daily newspaper with a circulation approaching one million, covering general news. Founded in 1919, it is famed for its topical reporting on Russian politics and society. History The news ...

, a Russian newspaper

In business and finance

Markup (business) Markup (or price spread) is the difference between the selling price of a good or service and its marginal cost. In economics, markups are the most direct way to measure market power: the extent to which a firm can influence the price at which ...

, a term for the difference between the cost of a good or service and its selling price *

Mark (designation) The word ''mark'', followed by number, is a method of designating a version of a product. It is often abbreviated as Mk or M. This use of the word possibly originates from the use of physical marks made to measure height or progress. Furthermore ...

, a designation used to identify versions of a product or item, e.g. Mk. II *

Finnish markka The markka (; ; currency symbol, sign: mk; ISO 4217, ISO code: FIM), also known as the Finnish mark, was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The markka was divided into 100 penny, pennies ...

(symbol: Mk), defunct currency of Finland

Businesses and organizations

MK Airlines MK Airlines Private company limited by shares, Ltd. was a cargo airline from Ghana (registered in the United Kingdom from 2006 onwards, with its headquarters in Hartfield, East Sussex), which was operational between 1990 and 2010, concentratin ...

, a British cargo airline *

MK Electric MK Electric is a company that makes electrical accessories. The company's headquarters are in Basildon, Essex, England, from where it sells goods worldwide. History In 1912 Charles Arnold and Charles Belling formed Belling and Company making ...

, an English manufacturer of electrical goods *

MK Group MK (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: МК Група) is a Serbian holding company which operates in the agriculture, banking, and tourism sector. The company was established in 1991, and has since expanded its business operations acr ...

, a Serbian holding company *

Air Mauritius Air Mauritius is the flag carrier airline of Mauritius. The airline is headquartered in Port Louis, Mauritius, with its Airline hub, hub at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. History Foundation The company was established on 14 J ...

, a Mauritian passenger airline (IATA designation: MK) *

Michael Kors (brand) Michael David Kors (born Karl Anderson Jr. August 9, 1959) is an American fashion designer. He is the chief creative officer of his brand, Michael Kors, which sells men's and women's ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewelry, footwear, and f ...

, American fashion brand * Mysore Kirloskar, an Indian manufacturer of lathes, part of the

Kirloskar Group Kirloskar Group is an Indian Conglomerate (company), conglomerate, headquartered in Pune and manufacturing plant in Kirloskarvadi. The group exports to over 70 countries over most of Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe. The flagship and holding c ...

Montreal Kosher Montreal Kosher, also known as MK Kosher, is kosher certification agencybased in Montreal, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic ...

, known as MK, a Canadian kosher certification agency * Morrison-Knudsen, an engineering and construction firm

Languages

Macedonian language Macedonian ( ; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Sp ...

(ISO 639 digram "mk") *

Middle Korean Middle Korean is the period in the history of the Korean language succeeding Old Korean and yielding in 1600 to the Modern period. The boundary between the Old and Middle periods is traditionally identified with the establishment of Goryeo in 918 ...

(10th–16th centuries)

People

MK Nobilette Michaela Anne Nobilette (born August 20, 1993), also Emkay Brazil, most commonly known as MK Nobilette, is an American singer from San Francisco, California, who finished in tenth place on the thirteenth season of ''American Idol.'' While on ' ...

, also Emkay, (born 1994), American singer * M. K. Asante (born 1982), American author, filmmaker and professor *

MK (DJ) Marc Kinchen (born August 3, 1972), known by his initials MK, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. He hit number-one on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1993 and 1994 with the songs " Always" and "Love Changes". ...

(Marc Kinchen), American house-music producer *

Mark Knopfler Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is the one of the two members who stayed during the band's existence ...

(born 1949), English musician, co-founder of Dire Straits *

Michael Kors Michael David Kors (born Karl Anderson Jr. August 9, 1959) is an American fashion designer. He is the chief creative officer of his brand, Michael Kors, which sells men's and women's ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewelry, footwear, and f ...

(born 1959), American fashion designer * M. K. Mubanga, Zambian politician * mk.gee (born 1996), American indie/alt rock singer and multi instrumentalist

Places

MK postcode area The MK postcode area, also known as the Milton Keynes postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of 26 postcode districts in England, within five post towns. These cover north Buckinghamshire (including Milton Keyn ...

, UK postal districts in the greater Milton Keynes and Bedford areas *

North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n ...

(ISO country code MK) ** .mk, the Internet country code top-level domain for North Macedonia *

Magic Kingdom Magic Kingdom Park is a Amusement park, theme park at the Walt Disney World, Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida. It opened on October 1, 1971, and is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company through its Disney Experiences, Expe ...

, a Walt Disney World theme park in Greater Orlando *

Mong Kok Mong Kok (Chinese language, Chinese: 旺角), also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK, is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward, Hong Kong, Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok. As one of the major sho ...

, an area of Hong Kong *

Milton Keynes Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms t ...

, 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 uMkhonto weSizwe (; abbreviated MK; ) was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC), founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its mission was to fight against the South African government to brin ...

(Spear of the Nation), an armed wing of the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a political party in South Africa. It originated as a liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid and has governed the country since 1994, when the 1994 South African general election, fir ...

(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 Mebyon Kernow – The Party for Cornwall (, MK; Cornish language, Cornish for ''Sons of Cornwall'') is a Cornish nationalism, Cornish nationalist, Left-wing politics, centre-left political party in Cornwall, in southwestern Britain. It currentl ...

, a Cornish political party in the United Kingdom * Mahkamah Konstitusi Republik Indonesia, Indonesia's constitutional court.

In religion

Gospel of Mark The Gospel of Mark is the second of the four canonical Gospels and one of the three synoptic Gospels, synoptic Gospels. It tells of the ministry of Jesus from baptism of Jesus, his baptism by John the Baptist to his death, the Burial of Jesus, ...

, 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 A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...

In science, technology, and mathematics

, 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 The IP Multimedia Subsystem or IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) is a standardised architectural framework for delivering IP multimedia services. Historically, mobile phones have provided voice call services over a circuit-switched-sty ...

used to exchange messages between BGCFs in different networks * Morgan-Keenan (MK) spectral classification, a stellar classification system based on spectral lines *

Megakelvin List of orders of magnitude for temperature Detailed list for 100 K to 1000 K Most ordinary human activity takes place at temperatures of this order of magnitude. Circumstances where water naturally occurs in liquid form are shown in light g ...

(MK), an SI unit of temperature *

Midkine Midkine (MK or MDK), also known as neurite growth-promoting factor 2 (NEGF2), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''MDK'' gene. Midkine is a basic heparin-binding growth factor of low molecular weight, and forms a family with pleiot ...

, a protein *

Millikelvin List of orders of magnitude for temperature Detailed list for 100 K to 1000 K Most ordinary human activity takes place at temperatures of this order of magnitude. Circumstances where water naturally occurs in liquid form are shown in light g ...

(mK), an SI unit of temperature *

Morse–Kelley set theory In the foundations of mathematics, Morse–Kelley set theory (MK), Kelley–Morse set theory (KM), Morse–Tarski set theory (MT), Quine–Morse set theory (QM) or the system of Quine and Morse is a first-order axiomatic set theory that is closely ...

in the field of mathematics

In sport

FK Mandalskameratene FK Mandalskameratene is a Norwegian football club, from the town of Mandal in Agder, currently playing in the 4. divisjon. The club was founded on 1 July 1912, under the name of 'Alladin'. In 1918 the club changed its name to '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 Medicine is the science and practice of caring for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

, a first aid kit