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This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter M.

An acronym is an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters; an initialism is an abbreviation whose pronunciation is wholly or partly the names of constituent letters; and a pseudo-blend is an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot be considered a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).

(a) = acronym in the example: SARS - (a) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism in the example: CD - (i) Compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, stands for and is read as something else; for example: MHz - Megahertz)

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  • MM - (s) Myanmar (ISO 3166 digram)
  • MMC - (i) Materiel Management Centre
  • MMEV - (i) Multi-Mission Effects Vehicle
  • MMO - (i) Massively Multiplayer Online (computer game)
  • MMR - (s) Myanmar (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • MMS - (i) Multimission Modular Spacecraft
  • MMU - (i) Manned Manoeuvring Unit

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  • Mt - (s) Meitnerium
  • MT - (s) Malta (NATO country code; ISO 3166 digram) - Montana (postal symbol)
  • MTF - (i) Medical Treatment Facility
  • MTOE - (p) Modified Table of Organization and Equipment ("emm-toe")
  • MTQ - (s) Martinique (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • MTR - (i) Main and Tail Rotor (helicopter type)
  • MTS - (i) Michigan Terminal/Timesharing System - Multichannel Television Sound - Multi-Technical Services
  • MTU - (i) Tankovei Mostoukladchik (Russian Танковый Мостоукладчик, "Tank Bridge-Layer") †
  • MTV - (i) MainosTeleVisio (Finnish commercial TV company) - Music TeleVision
  • MTVL - (i) Mobile Tracked Vehicle, Light

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MV

  • MV - (s) Maldives (NATO country code; ISO 3166 digram) - (i) Motor Vehicle

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MX

  • MX - (s) Mexico (NATO country code; ISO 3166 digram)

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MZ

  • MZ - (i) Mach-Zehnder (interferometer) - (s) Magnetic Azimuth - (i) Move, Zig (Zero Wing) - (s) Mozambique (NATO country code; ISO 3166 digram)

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