"PN" meaning in English

See PN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PN
  1. (Malaysia, politics, uncountable) initialism of Perikatan Nasional (“National Alliance”) Tags: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Perikatan Nasional (extra: National Alliance)
    Sense id: en-PN-en-name-f0wUBjE6 Categories (other): Malaysian English, Politics, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Conservatism, Malaysian politics, Nationalism Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 13 0 22 22 2 4 1 12 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 24 23 1 4 1 11 12 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 35 33 6 7 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 1 27 26 7 11 Disambiguation of Conservatism: 12 12 27 27 12 9 Disambiguation of Malaysian politics: 71 2 7 7 3 9 Disambiguation of Nationalism: 29 7 29 20 8 6 Topics: government, politics

Noun

Forms: PNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} PN (countable and uncountable, plural PNs)
  1. Initialism of part number. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: part number
    Sense id: en-PN-en-noun-yGmSplwQ Categories (other): Conservatism Disambiguation of Conservatism: 12 12 27 27 12 9
  2. (medicine) Abbreviation of practical nurse. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: practical nurse
    Sense id: en-PN-en-noun--lga7wU0 Categories (other): Medicine, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Conservatism, Nationalism Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 13 0 22 22 2 4 1 12 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 24 23 1 4 1 11 12 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 35 33 6 7 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 1 27 26 7 11 Disambiguation of Conservatism: 12 12 27 27 12 9 Disambiguation of Nationalism: 29 7 29 20 8 6 Topics: medicine, sciences
  3. Initialism of proportional navigation. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: proportional navigation
    Sense id: en-PN-en-noun-dRk3eFKC Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Conservatism, Nationalism Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 13 0 22 22 2 4 1 12 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 24 23 1 4 1 11 12 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 1 35 33 6 7 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 1 27 26 7 11 Disambiguation of Conservatism: 12 12 27 27 12 9 Disambiguation of Nationalism: 29 7 29 20 8 6
  4. (linguistics) Abbreviation of proper noun. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: proper noun
    Sense id: en-PN-en-noun-BX6abQ7X Categories (other): Linguistics, Conservatism Disambiguation of Conservatism: 12 12 27 27 12 9 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: PNe [plural], PNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|PNe|s}} PN (plural PNe or PNs)
  1. (astronomy) Initialism of planetary nebula. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: planetary nebula Derived forms: LPN [medicine, sciences] Related terms: LPN [medicine, sciences], LVN [medicine, sciences], MN [medicine, sciences], NP [medicine, sciences], RN [medicine, sciences], VN [medicine, sciences], SN [astronomy, natural-sciences] Coordinate_terms: LαB [astronomy, natural-sciences], LAB [astronomy, natural-sciences], LαE [astronomy, natural-sciences], LAE [astronomy, natural-sciences], SNR [astronomy, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-PN-en-noun-7GHhMdKK Categories (other): Astronomy, English words spelled without vowels Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 28 1 27 26 7 11 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "PN",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "National Alliance",
          "word": "Perikatan Nasional"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Malay initialisms",
        "Malaysian English",
        "en:Politics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "initialism of Perikatan Nasional (“National Alliance”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "politics",
          "politics"
        ],
        [
          "Perikatan",
          "perikatan#Malay"
        ],
        [
          "Nasional",
          "nasional#Malay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Malaysia, politics, uncountable) initialism of Perikatan Nasional (“National Alliance”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Malaysia",
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "initialism",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "politics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "PN"
}

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