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Glossary of Geographic Locations Terms
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maas Tweet Definition of maas Like Definition of maas on Facebook
noun 
  1. (South African English) Sour milk.
     
Maastricht Tweet Definition of Maastricht Like Definition of Maastricht on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands.
     
Macassar Tweet Definition of Macassar Like Definition of Macassar on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. a city in Indonesia also named Ujung Pandang
     
Macau Tweet Definition of Macau Like Definition of Macau on Facebook
proper noun Macau/Aomen
  1. A city just West of Hong Kong.
     
Macedonia Tweet Definition of Macedonia Like Definition of Macedonia on Facebook
proper noun (wikipedia, Macedonia (region))
  1. An ancient kingdom north of Thessaly, usually termed Macedon in English.
  2. The largest and second most populous region of Greece, comprising the regions of West Macedonia, Central Macedonia and East Macedonia and Thrace.
  3. Country in Europe. Official name: Реп�блика �акедони�а.
  4. The part of the region in south-western Bulgaria.
  5. The whole region including parts of SW Bulgaria, north Greece and Republic of Macedonia.
     
Macon Tweet Definition of Macon Like Definition of Macon on Facebook
noun macon
  1. Macon is a dry white or red wine produced in France.
     
Madagascar Tweet Definition of Madagascar Like Definition of Madagascar on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Madagascar.
     
Madeira Tweet Definition of Madeira Like Definition of Madeira on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Island in the Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous region of Portugal.
     
Madhya Pradesh Tweet Definition of Madhya Pradesh Like Definition of Madhya Pradesh on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State in central India which has Bhopal as its capital.
     
Madison Tweet Definition of Madison Like Definition of Madison on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital city of Wisconsin, USA.
  2. An English surname.
  3. (given name, female) popular since 1984 when it appeared as the name of a mermaid in the film Splash.
     
Madras Tweet Definition of Madras Like Definition of Madras on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Former name of Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu, India.
  2. (British) a style of curry dish purported to originate from the Madras region.
"I"ll have the Chicken Madras."
     
Madrid Tweet Definition of Madrid Like Definition of Madrid on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital city of Spain.
     
Magdeburg Tweet Definition of Magdeburg Like Definition of Magdeburg on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital city of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
     
maggiore Tweet Definition of maggiore Like Definition of maggiore on Facebook
adjective 
  1. (music) Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major.
(webster)      
Maghreb Tweet Definition of Maghreb Like Definition of Maghreb on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Northwest Africa, the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile. The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya. Construed with "the": the Maghreb.
     
Magnesia Tweet Definition of Magnesia Like Definition of Magnesia on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A region that is home to the city of Volos, located in the southwestern tip of Thessaly in north central Greece.
     
magnolia Tweet Definition of magnolia Like Definition of magnolia on Facebook
noun 
  1. A tree or shrub in any species of the genus Magnolia, many with large flowers and simple leaf, leaves.
  2. The flower of a magnolia tree.
  3. (colour) A creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.
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adjective 
  1. (colour) of a creamy white colour, like that of some magnolia flowers.
     
Maharashtra Tweet Definition of Maharashtra Like Definition of Maharashtra on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State in western India which has Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) as its capital.
     
Maidstone Tweet Definition of Maidstone Like Definition of Maidstone on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The county town of Kent
     
Main Tweet Definition of Main Like Definition of Main on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A river in southern Germany, flowing from Bavaria to the Rhine.
     
Maine Tweet Definition of Maine Like Definition of Maine on Facebook
proper noun (wikipedia, Maine, Maine (US state))
  1. The northeasternmost state of the United States of America. Capital: Augusta
  2. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  3. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
     
Mainer Tweet Definition of Mainer Like Definition of Mainer on Facebook
proper noun (Mainers)
  1. A native or inhabitant of Maine in the United States.
     
mainland Tweet Definition of mainland Like Definition of mainland on Facebook
noun 
  1. The main landmass of a country or continent
    • 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe
    • : ...I got to the , where, to my great comfort, I clambered up the cliffs of the shore and sat me down upon the grass, free from danger and quite out of the reach of the water.
     
Mainz Tweet Definition of Mainz Like Definition of Mainz on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
     
Majorca Tweet Definition of Majorca Like Definition of Majorca on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Largest of the Balearic Islands.
     
Malabo Tweet Definition of Malabo Like Definition of Malabo on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of Equatorial Guinea.
     
Malacca Tweet Definition of Malacca Like Definition of Malacca on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State in western Malaysia.
  2. Capital of Malacca state.
     
Malaga Tweet Definition of Malaga Like Definition of Malaga on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A port and city in Andalusia, Spain
     
Malawi Tweet Definition of Malawi Like Definition of Malawi on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Malawi.
     
Malaysia Tweet Definition of Malaysia Like Definition of Malaysia on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A country in Southeast Asia. Official name: w:Malaysia, Malaysia.
     
Maldives Tweet Definition of Maldives Like Definition of Maldives on Facebook
proper noun (plural)
  1. Country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of Maldives.
     
male Tweet Definition of male Like Definition of male on Facebook
noun 
  1. Someone of masculine gender.
adjective 
  1. Belonging or referring to the sex which is generally characterized as having the smaller gametes (for species which have two sexes and for which this distinction can be made).
  2. (figurative) having an external plug, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
     
Mali Tweet Definition of Mali Like Definition of Mali on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
     
Malta Tweet Definition of Malta Like Definition of Malta on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A country in Europe. Official name: Republic of Malta.
  2. The largest island of the Maltese Archipelago.
     
Man Tweet Definition of Man Like Definition of Man on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The genus Homo.
     
Managua Tweet Definition of Managua Like Definition of Managua on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital and largest city of Nicaragua
     
Manama Tweet Definition of Manama Like Definition of Manama on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of Bahrain.
     
Manaus Tweet Definition of Manaus Like Definition of Manaus on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State capital of Amazonas (Brazil).
     
Manchester Tweet Definition of Manchester Like Definition of Manchester on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Major city in the north-west of England.
  2. Name of several towns and cities in the United States of America.
     
Mancunian Tweet Definition of Mancunian Like Definition of Mancunian on Facebook
adjective mancunian
  1. A person raised or living in the city of Manchester, England.
  2. Related or pertaining to Manchester, England.
     
Manhattan Tweet Definition of Manhattan Like Definition of Manhattan on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An indigenous people of North America who lived in present day New York State.
  2. A borough of New York City, mainly on Manhattan Island.
     
Manila Tweet Definition of Manila Like Definition of Manila on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of the Philippines, located on the island of Luzon.
     
Manipur Tweet Definition of Manipur Like Definition of Manipur on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State in north-eastern India which has Imphal as its capital.
     
Manitoba Tweet Definition of Manitoba Like Definition of Manitoba on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A province in central Canada which has Winnipeg as its capital.
     
Mansfield Tweet Definition of Mansfield Like Definition of Mansfield on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A town in Nottinghamshire, England
     
Mantua Tweet Definition of Mantua Like Definition of Mantua on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. City and capital of Mantua.
"He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua. &mdash; w:Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
     
March Tweet Definition of March Like Definition of March on Facebook
proper noun (es, -)
  1. The third month of the Gregorian calendar, following February and preceding April. Abbreviation: Mar or Mar.
     
Marche Tweet Definition of Marche Like Definition of Marche on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A region of central Italy.
     
marches Tweet Definition of marches Like Definition of marches on Facebook
noun 
  1. the area along a border
  2. (plural of, march)
verb 
  1. (third-person singular of, march)
     
Margate Tweet Definition of Margate Like Definition of Margate on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A coastal town in Kent, England.
     
marina Tweet Definition of marina Like Definition of marina on Facebook
noun 
  1. a harbour for small boats.
It's a peaceful with not too many boats and yachts.
     
Marion Tweet Definition of Marion Like Definition of Marion on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (given name, female), a French diminutive of Marie used in English since the Middle Ages.
  2. A surname derived from the female given name.
  3. (context, mostly, US) (given name, male), transferred use of the surname, or by folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Mary.
     
Maritime Alps Tweet Definition of Maritime Alps Like Definition of Maritime Alps on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A part of the Alps between France and Italy.
     
Marlborough Tweet Definition of Marlborough Like Definition of Marlborough on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. a town in Wiltshire, England
  2. w:Marlborough College, Marlborough College
  3. a dukedom in the British peerage
     
Marseilles Tweet Definition of Marseilles Like Definition of Marseilles on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. City in France, capital of the department Bouches-du-Rhí´ne.
     
Marshall Tweet Definition of Marshall Like Definition of Marshall on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An English and Scottish status surname for someone who was in charge of the horses of a royal household, or an occupational surname for someone who looked after horses, or was responsible for the custody of prisoners
  2. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname since nineteenth century.
     
Marshall Islands Tweet Definition of Marshall Islands Like Definition of Marshall Islands on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Oceania. Official name: Republic of the Marshall Islands.
     
Martha's Vineyard Tweet Definition of Martha Like Definition of Martha
proper noun Martha"s Vineyard
  1. An island off the southern coast of Cape Cod famous for once being home to one of the earliest known deaf communities.
     
Martinique Tweet Definition of Martinique Like Definition of Martinique on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An island in the Caribbean, an overseas department of France. Official name: Department of Martinique.
     
Maryland Tweet Definition of Maryland Like Definition of Maryland on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A (USstate) Capital: Annapolis.
     
Mass. Tweet Definition of Mass. Like Definition of Mass. on Facebook
abbreviation 
  1. Massachusetts
     
Massachusetts Tweet Definition of Massachusetts Like Definition of Massachusetts on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A (USstate) Capital: Boston.
     
Mato Grosso Tweet Definition of Mato Grosso Like Definition of Mato Grosso on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State in central-western Brazil which has Cuiabí¡ as its capital.
     
Mauritania Tweet Definition of Mauritania Like Definition of Mauritania on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Northern Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
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Mauritius Tweet Definition of Mauritius Like Definition of Mauritius on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
     
May Tweet Definition of May Like Definition of May on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June.
  2. The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May)
  3. (given name, female), pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning
  4. A surname.
     
Mayenne Tweet Definition of Mayenne Like Definition of Mayenne on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. One of the départements of Pays de la Loire, France (number 53)
     
Mayo Tweet Definition of Mayo Like Definition of Mayo on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A county in the Republic of Ireland.
     
Mayotte Tweet Definition of Mayotte Like Definition of Mayotte on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An overseas territorial collectivity of France, placed between Africa's mainland and Madagascar. Official name: Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte.
     
ME Tweet Definition of ME Like Definition of ME on Facebook
abbreviation 
  1. Maine, a state of the United States of America.
  2. Middle English
initialism (wikipedia, coroner)
  1. Medical examiner, or coroner.
     
mead Tweet Definition of mead Like Definition of mead on Facebook
noun 
  1. An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water
     
meander Tweet Definition of meander Like Definition of meander on Facebook
noun 
  1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of an old river.
  2. A tortuous or intricate movement.
  3. fretwork, Fretwork.
verb 
  1. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous; to wander
    The stream meandered through the valley.
     
Mecca Tweet Definition of Mecca Like Definition of Mecca on Facebook
noun or mecca
  1. (figuratively) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
proper noun 
  1. A city in Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime.
     
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Tweet Definition of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Like Definition of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. One of the component states of Germany according to the current administrative division of the nation.
     
Medicine Hat Tweet Definition of Medicine Hat Like Definition of Medicine Hat on Facebook
proper noun (wikipedia, Medicine Hat, Alberta)
  1. a town in Alberta, Canada.
     
Medina Tweet Definition of Medina Like Definition of Medina on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A city, 200 miles north of Mecca along the Hejaz, from which the Hejira was launched; contains Muhammad's tomb.
     
Mediterranean Tweet Definition of Mediterranean Like Definition of Mediterranean on Facebook
proper noun the Mediterranean
  1. The Mediterranean Sea.
  2. The region surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
adjective 
  1. Of or pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea and the region around it.
     
Mediterranean Sea Tweet Definition of Mediterranean Sea Like Definition of Mediterranean Sea on Facebook
proper noun the Mediterranean Sea
  1. The sea between Europe and Africa.
     
Mejico Tweet Definition of Mejico Like Definition of Mejico on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A variant spelling of Mexico. The RAE offers Mexico as the preferred spelling, though many opt for the spelling with a "j".
     
Mekong Tweet Definition of Mekong Like Definition of Mekong on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (rivers) A river of southeast Asia that flows about 4,183 km (2,600 miles) from Tibet to the South China Sea in Vietnam.
     
Melanesia Tweet Definition of Melanesia Like Definition of Melanesia on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Part of Oceania, made up of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji.
     
Melbourne Tweet Definition of Melbourne Like Definition of Melbourne on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State capital of Victoria (Australia).
     
Melville Tweet Definition of Melville Like Definition of Melville on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A Scottish habitational surname of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy
  2. w:Herman Melville, Herman Melville (1819-1891), an American novelist, essayist, and poet. He is best remembered for the novel s:Moby-Dick, Moby-Dick.
  3. His works or media adaptations of his works.
     
Mercedes Tweet Definition of Mercedes Like Definition of Mercedes on Facebook
proper noun &reg; (plural )
  1. Short form of Mercedes-Benz.
    1. A female given name of Spanish derivation (from "Marí­a de las Mercedes", Mary of Mercies (the Virgin Mary))
     
meridian Tweet Definition of meridian Like Definition of meridian on Facebook
noun 
  1. An imaginary great circle on the Earth's surface, passing through the geographic poles.
  2. Either half of such a great circle, all points of which have the same longitude.
  3. (astronomy) A great circle passing through the poles of the celestial sphere and the zenith for a particular observer.
  4. (mathematics) A similar line on any general surface of revolution.
  5. Any of the longitudinal pathways on the body along which the acupuncture points are distributed.
  6. The highest point or state of consciousness and enlightenment achievable by a human.
adjective 
  1. Meridional; relating to a meridian.
  2. Relating to noon
     
Merionethshire Tweet Definition of Merionethshire Like Definition of Merionethshire on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A maritime traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by Caernarfonshire, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire, and to the west by Cardigan Bay.
     
Mersey Tweet Definition of Mersey Like Definition of Mersey on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (rivers) A river in England that flows for about 113 km (70 mi) to the Irish Sea at Liverpool.
     
Merseyside Tweet Definition of Merseyside Like Definition of Merseyside on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (from 1974) A metropolitan county in north west England carved out of Lancashire and Cheshire.
     
Merthyr Tydfil Tweet Definition of Merthyr Tydfil Like Definition of Merthyr Tydfil on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A town in Glamorgan, south Wales
     
Merton Tweet Definition of Merton Like Definition of Merton on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement
  2. w:Merton College, Oxford, Merton College, Oxford
  3. An English habitational surname from the placenames
     
mesa Tweet Definition of mesa Like Definition of mesa on Facebook
noun 
  1. Flat area of land or plateau higher than other land, with one or more clifflike edges
    " A few more miles of hot sand and gravel and red stone brought us around a low mesa to the Little Colorado."
  2. A city in Maricopa County, Arizona; the second largest city in the metropolitan area of Phoenix and the third largest city in Arizona.
     
Mesquite Tweet Definition of Mesquite Like Definition of Mesquite on Facebook
proper noun (wikipedia, Mesquite, Texas)
  1. a city (now a suburb of Dallas) in Texas
     
Messina Tweet Definition of Messina Like Definition of Messina on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Province of Sicily, Italy.
  2. Town and capital of Messina.
     
Metz Tweet Definition of Metz Like Definition of Metz on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital city of the région of Lorraine
     
Meuse Tweet Definition of Meuse Like Definition of Meuse on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (rivers) A river in Europe that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium to the North Sea at the Netherlands.
     
Mexico Tweet Definition of Mexico Like Definition of Mexico on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in North America. Official name: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States).
  2. (rare) An alternative name for Mexico City.
     
Mexico City Tweet Definition of Mexico City Like Definition of Mexico City on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of Mexico.
     
Miami Tweet Definition of Miami Like Definition of Miami on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. City in Florida, USA
  2. Town in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
  3. An indigenous North American people of Algonquian stock; the Algonquian language of that tribe.
     
Michigan Tweet Definition of Michigan Like Definition of Michigan on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A (USstate) Capital: Lansing. Largest city: Detroit.
  2. w:Lake Michigan, Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes
     
Michigander Tweet Definition of Michigander Like Definition of Michigander on Facebook
noun 
  1. One who lives in or comes from Michigan.
adjective 
  1. Of or pertaining to Michigan.
     
michiganian Tweet Definition of michiganian Like Definition of michiganian on Facebook
noun 
  1. A resident of the state of Michigan; a michigander.
     
Micronesia Tweet Definition of Micronesia Like Definition of Micronesia on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Oceania. Official name: Federated States of Micronesia.
     
Middle East Tweet Definition of Middle East Like Definition of Middle East on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The region comprising southwest Asia and northeast Africa.
     
Middlesbrough Tweet Definition of Middlesbrough Like Definition of Middlesbrough on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. a town in the North East of England on the River Tees.
     
Middlesex Tweet Definition of Middlesex Like Definition of Middlesex on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A former inland county of England now part of London.
     
Middleton Tweet Definition of Middleton Like Definition of Middleton on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Any of many placenames in England, Scotland and elsewhere
  2. An earldom in the English peerage
  3. An English and Scottish habitational surname from any of the places
     
MIDI Tweet Definition of MIDI Like Definition of MIDI on Facebook
initialism 
  1. Musical Instrument Digital Interface
    MIDI channel no.10 is reserved for percussions.
     
midland Tweet Definition of midland Like Definition of midland on Facebook
noun 
  1. The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
adjective 
  1. Resembling or relating to the interior region of a country.
     
midlands Tweet Definition of midlands Like Definition of midlands on Facebook
noun 
  1. (plural of, midland)
     
Midlothian Tweet Definition of Midlothian Like Definition of Midlothian on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. an area of Scotland, currently a council area, formerly a county
     
midway Tweet Definition of midway Like Definition of midway on Facebook
adverb 
  1. halfway; equidistant from either end point; in the middle between two points
     
Milan Tweet Definition of Milan Like Definition of Milan on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. City and capital of the province of Milan.
  3. A male given name.
     
Milton Tweet Definition of Milton Like Definition of Milton on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An English habitational surname
  2. (given name, male) derived from the surname
  3. The English poet :w:John Milton (1608-1674)
  4. Name of many towns in Canada and the US
  5. Milton Keynes - large new town in England, 90km north of London
  • (pedialite)
     
Minas Gerais Tweet Definition of Minas Gerais Like Definition of Minas Gerais on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. State in south-eastern Brazil which has Belo Horizonte as its capital.
     
Mindanao Tweet Definition of Mindanao Like Definition of Mindanao on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An island of the Philippines
  2. One of the three island groups in the Philippines
     
mineola Tweet Definition of mineola Like Definition of mineola on Facebook
noun 
  1. (context, foods) A loose skinned orange. A cross between a tangerine and an orange.
     
Minn. Tweet Definition of Minn. Like Definition of Minn. on Facebook
abbreviation 
  1. Minnesota
     
Minneapolis Tweet Definition of Minneapolis Like Definition of Minneapolis on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The largest city in the state of Minnesota
2.Also referred to as the Twin Cities in combination with Saint Paul.      
Minnesota Tweet Definition of Minnesota Like Definition of Minnesota on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A north-central state of the United States of America. West of Wisconsin, north of Iowa, east of South Dakota and North Dakota; south of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario. The capital is Saint Paul.
     
Minorca Tweet Definition of Minorca Like Definition of Minorca on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An island of Spain.
  2. A breed of poultry.
    • "Yet another breed which has fallen from grace, more through unwise breeding than any fault of its own is the . See ref. p.43.
     
Minorcan Tweet Definition of Minorcan Like Definition of Minorcan on Facebook
noun 
  1. An inhabitant of Minorca.
adjective 
  1. Of or relating to Minorca or its inhabitants.
     
Minsk Tweet Definition of Minsk Like Definition of Minsk on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of Belarus.
     
mission Tweet Definition of mission Like Definition of mission on Facebook
noun 
  1. A duty that involves fulfilling a request.
  2. Religious evangelism. See also: missionary
  3. (the missions) collective term for third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
     
Mississippi Tweet Definition of Mississippi Like Definition of Mississippi on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A (USstate) Postal abbreviation: MS
  2. (rivers) A major river in North America that rises in Minnesota and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.
     
Mississippian Tweet Definition of Mississippian Like Definition of Mississippian on Facebook
proper noun (Mississippians)
  1. An inhabitant or a resident of the state of Mississippi.
  2. (geology) The Mississippian epoch.
adjective 
  1. (geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Carboniferous period from about 359 to 318 million years ago; marked by glaciation and the appearance of the first trees.
  2. Of, or pertaining to, Mississippi or its culture
     
Missouri Tweet Definition of Missouri Like Definition of Missouri on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A (USstate) Postal abbreviation: MO
  2. (rivers) The longest river in the United States, flowing from Montana to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis.
     
Mitchell Tweet Definition of Mitchell Like Definition of Mitchell on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An English surname derived from the given name Michel (Michael), or from the word muchel meaning big.
  2. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.
     
MN Tweet Definition of MN Like Definition of MN on Facebook
abbreviation 
  1. Minnesota, a state of the United States of America.
  2. meganewton, Meganewton.
     
MO Tweet Definition of MO Like Definition of MO on Facebook
abbreviation 
  1. Missouri, a state of the United States of America.
initialism 
  1. modus operandi, Modus operandi.
  2. (finance) money order, Money order.
     
Mobile Tweet Definition of Mobile Like Definition of Mobile on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A city in southwest Alabama.
     
mocha Tweet Definition of mocha Like Definition of mocha on Facebook
noun 
  1. a strong Arabian coffee
  2. a coffee and chocolate mixed flavour
  3. (colour) a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
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adjective 
  1. (colour) of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.
     
Modena Tweet Definition of Modena Like Definition of Modena on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
  2. City and capital of the province of Modena.
     
Mohawk Tweet Definition of Mohawk Like Definition of Mohawk on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. (uncountable) An Iroquoian language spoken by a North American indigenous people, the easternmost of the Iroquois w:Iroquois Confederacy, Five Nations.
  2. (countable) A hairstyle where both sides are shaved, with the hair along the crest of the head kept long and usually styled so as to stand straight up.
     
Moldavia Tweet Definition of Moldavia Like Definition of Moldavia on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A former principality in Eastern Europe, now a region made up of the country of Moldova and northeastern Romania.
     
Moldova Tweet Definition of Moldova Like Definition of Moldova on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A country in Europe, situated between Romania to the east and Ukraine to the west, north and south. Official name: Republic of Moldova (Republica Moldova).
     
moline Tweet Definition of moline Like Definition of moline on Facebook
noun 
  1. The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind.
     
Monaco Tweet Definition of Monaco Like Definition of Monaco on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A country in Europe. Official name: Principality of Monaco.
  2. The capital of the principality of Monaco.
     
Monastir Tweet Definition of Monastir Like Definition of Monastir on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The former name of Bitola in Macedonia.
     
Mongolia Tweet Definition of Mongolia Like Definition of Mongolia on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Central Asia. Official name: Mongolia.
     
Mongolian Tweet Definition of Mongolian Like Definition of Mongolian on Facebook
noun 
  1. A native or inhabitant of Mongolia = Mongol.
    • 1757 - John Dyer: The fleece, a poem (1807)
    • : The Cossac there, The Calmuc, and Mungalian, round the bales In crowds resort.
    • 1763 - John Bell: A journey from St. Petersburg to Pekin
    • : This day we saw some scattered tents of Mongalians, with their flocks.
    • 1854 - Robert G. Latham in Orr's Circle of the sciences: Organic nature
    • : The Mongolians are the most nomadic of populations.
    • 1990 - New Scientist, September 1
    • : Mongolians now regard animal husbandry as a low-status occupation.
      1. A group of Altaic languages from Mongolia, specifically Khalkha, the official language of Mongolia.
    • 1926 - Neville J. Whymant: A Mongolian Grammar
    • : The Khalka... possesses seven vowels and twenty consonants.
    • 1987 - David Crystal: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
    • : The Altaic family...comprises about 40 languages, classified into three groups: Turkic, , and Manchu-Tungus.
    • 1990 - Orientations, April
    • : These inscriptions are in and thus widen the appliqu&eacute;'s international connections.
      1. A person of Mongoloid physical type; a Mongoloid.
    • 1823 - North American Revolution, July
    • : A particular individual which the latter considered a and the former assures us is an Ethiopian.
    • 1938 - Franz Boas, et al.: General Anthropology
    • : Extreme forms like the Australians, Negroes, Mongolians, and Europeans may be described as races because each has certain characteristics which set them off from other groups, and which are strictly hereditary.
    • 1988 - Current Anthropology, volume 29
    • : The thesis of this work was that native Americans were one race distinct from Eskimos and Mongolians.
adjective 
  1. Of or relating to Mongolia or its peoples, languages, or cultures = Mongol.
    • 1706 - Evert Y. Ides: Three years travels from Moscow over-land to China...
    • : He had a Sister, which according to the Mongalian custom lived in the devoted spiritual state.
    • 1878 - Encyclopedia Britannica, ninth edition, volume XVI
    • : The characters...are written perpendicularly from above downward.
    • 1985 - Robert Whelan: Robert Capa: A Biography
    • : He usually had a heavy growth of dark stubble that made him look...rather like a bandit.
      1. Anthropology. Resembling or having some of the characteristic physical features of the Mongoloid racial type = Mongoloid.
    • 1828 - John Stark: Elements of natural history
    • : The variety inhabits eastern Asia, Finland, and Lapland in Europe, and includes the Esquimaux of North America.
    • 1834 - Penny cyclopí¦dia of the Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge, volume II
    • : The white (or Caucasian), the yellow (or ), and the black (or Ethiopian)
    • 1990 - Louis de Berni&egrave;res: ''The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
    • : It was not so much their features that impressed everyone...
      1. (context, now, _, rare, offensive) Designating or affected with Down syndrome = Mongol.
      Spelling: Also mongolian.
    • 1866 - John Langdon Haydon Down in Clinical lectures and reports by the medical and surgical staff of the London Hospital, volume II
    • : The type of idiocy occurs in more than ten per cent. of the cases which are presented to me.
    • 1965 - H. Eldon Sutton: An introduction to human genetics
    • : The condition known as trisomy 21 syndrome or mongolian idiocy (sometimes referred to as Down's syndrome) had long been an enigma.
     
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proper noun 
  1. A town in Monmouthshire, Wales
     
Monmouthshire Tweet Definition of Monmouthshire Like Definition of Monmouthshire on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A maritime traditional county of Wales, bordered by to the east by Gloucestershire, to the northeast by Herefordshire, to the north by Brecknockshire, to the west by Glamorganshire and to the south by the Bristol Channel.
  2. A local government principal area, bordered by the Forest of Dean, Herefordshire, Powys, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and Newport.
     
Monroe Tweet Definition of Monroe Like Definition of Monroe on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A Scottish topographic surname from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
     
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proper noun (wikipedia, Montana (US state), Montana)
  1. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Helena.
  2. A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
     
Monte Carlo Tweet Definition of Monte Carlo Like Definition of Monte Carlo on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A part of Monaco famous for its casinos.
  2. A commonly served drink consisting of beer and grenadine.
     
Montego Bay Tweet Definition of Montego Bay Like Definition of Montego Bay on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Town in Jamaica
     
Montenegro Tweet Definition of Montenegro Like Definition of Montenegro on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Country in Europe, formerly one of the two constituent republics of Serbia and Montenegro. Capital and largest city: Podgorica, formerly Titograd.
     
Monterey Tweet Definition of Monterey Like Definition of Monterey on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Various towns and cities, see
     
Montevideo Tweet Definition of Montevideo Like Definition of Montevideo on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital of Uruguay.
     
Montgomery Tweet Definition of Montgomery Like Definition of Montgomery on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A male given name
  2. The capital city of Alabama; see Wikipedia:Montgomery, Alabama
     
Montgomeryshire Tweet Definition of Montgomeryshire Like Definition of Montgomeryshire on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. An inland traditional county of Wales, bounded to the north by Denbighshire, to the east and southeast by Shropshire, to the south by Radnorshire, to the southwest by Cardiganshire and to the west and northwest by Merionethshire.
     
Montpellier Tweet Definition of Montpellier Like Definition of Montpellier on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. The capital city of the Languedoc-Roussillon region in France.
     
Montreal Tweet Definition of Montreal Like Definition of Montreal on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. A seaport and the largest city in Quebec, a province of eastern Canada.
     
Montserrat Tweet Definition of Montserrat Like Definition of Montserrat on Facebook
proper noun 
  1. Overseas territory of the United Kingdom; placed in the Caribbean. Official name: Montserrat.
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  • Danish: Montserrat
  • Dutch: Montserrat
  • Esperanto: Montserato, Moncerato
  • Finnish: Montserrat
  • French: Montserrat
  • German: Montserrat
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  • Hungarian: Montserrat
  • Italian: Monserrat
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  • Maltese: Monserrat
  • Polish: Montserrat
  • Portuguese: Monserrate
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  • Swedish: Montserrat
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    Moore Tweet Definition of Moore Like Definition of Moore on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
    2. An English and Irish surname similarly derived.
         
    Moose Jaw Tweet Definition of Moose Jaw Like Definition of Moose Jaw on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
         
    moray Tweet Definition of moray Like Definition of moray on Facebook
    noun 
    1. any of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
         
    Morbihan Tweet Definition of Morbihan Like Definition of Morbihan on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. One of the départements of Brittany, France
         
    Morocco Tweet Definition of Morocco Like Definition of Morocco on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. Country in Northern Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco.
         
    Moroni Tweet Definition of Moroni Like Definition of Moroni on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. The capital of the Comoros.
    2. A small city in central Utah.
    3. (Mormon) The last book in the Book of Mormon
    4. (Mormon) A Book of Mormon prophet, the author of the Book of Moroni.
    5. (Mormon) A military and spiritual leader of the Nephites in the Book of Mormon.
         
    Morton Tweet Definition of Morton Like Definition of Morton on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh"
    2. an English and Scottish habitational surname from the placename
         
    Moscow Tweet Definition of Moscow Like Definition of Moscow on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. The capital city of Russia.
         
    Moselle Tweet Definition of Moselle Like Definition of Moselle on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. One of the départements of Lorraine, France
         
    Moskva Tweet Definition of Moskva Like Definition of Moskva on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. A river in Russia, a tributary of the Oka.
         
    Mozambique Tweet Definition of Mozambique Like Definition of Mozambique on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. Country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Mozambique (Repíºblica de Moí§ambique).
         
    MS Tweet Definition of MS Like Definition of MS on Facebook
    abbreviation 
    1. Mississippi, a state of the United States of America.
    2. manuscript, Manuscript.
    3. Master of Science.
    4. middle school, Middle School.
    5. Morphine. (Morphine Sulfate)
    6. multiple sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis, a chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease
    initialism 
    1. Microsoft
         
    MT Tweet Definition of MT Like Definition of MT on Facebook
    abbreviation 
    1. Montana, a state of the United States of America.
    2. Mountain Time.
    3. Massage Therapist.
         
    Mulhouse Tweet Definition of Mulhouse Like Definition of Mulhouse on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. A city in Alsace, France
         
    mull Tweet Definition of mull Like Definition of mull on Facebook
    noun 
    1. A thin, soft muslin.
    2. (uncountable) marijuana, Marijuana that has been prepared for smoking by way of chopping it.
    verb 
    1. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over;
    to over a thought or a problem
    1. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
    2. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
    1. (rfv-sense)To join two (or more) individual window(s) at mullion(s)
         
    Munich Tweet Definition of Munich Like Definition of Munich on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. The capital of Bavaria, Germany.
         
    Munster Tweet Definition of Munster Like Definition of Munster on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. The southernmost province of Ireland
         
    Murcia Tweet Definition of Murcia Like Definition of Murcia on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. An autonomous community in south-eastern Spain
    2. The capital city of the region of Murcia
         
    Murray Tweet Definition of Murray Like Definition of Murray on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. A river in southeastern Australia, flowing 2,589 km (1,609 mi) to the Indian Ocean.
    2. A city in Kentucky and also in Utah, USA.
    3. A Scottish surname.
    4. (given name, male), transferred use of the surname.
         
    Muscat Tweet Definition of Muscat Like Definition of Muscat on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. capital city of Oman.
         
    Muskogee Tweet Definition of Muskogee Like Definition of Muskogee on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. a member of an American Indian people; the Creek.
    2. the language spoken by such people.
    3. a city in Oklahoma.
         
    Mykonos Tweet Definition of Mykonos Like Definition of Mykonos on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
         
    mystic Tweet Definition of mystic Like Definition of mystic on Facebook
    noun 
    1. Someone who practices mysticism.
    category:Occult adjective 
    1. Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
    2. mysterious, Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
         
    Mytilene Tweet Definition of Mytilene Like Definition of Mytilene on Facebook
    proper noun 
    1. Another name for Lesbos.
    2. The capital of Lesbos.
         
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