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Mérens-les-Vals: Mérens-les-Vals (a village in Ariège department, Occitania, France)
Mérida: the city Mérida in Spain's western region Estremadura, in Badajoz province; Latin American cities named Mérida after the above:
Mérignac: Mérignac (a town in Gironde department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Mérigon: Mérigon (a village in Ariège department, France)
Mérinide: Marinid
Mérovinge: Meroving, Merovingian
Mérovingien: Merovingian
Mérovée: Merovech (a semi-legendary 5th-century Frankish leader regarded as the eponymous ancestor of the Merovings (the members of the Merovingian dynasty))
Mésie: Moesia
Mésoamérique: Mesoamerica (an ethnological region in North America). A cultural region of pre-Columbian southern Mexico and neighbouring Central America
Mésolithique: Mesolithic (Mesolithic period)
Mésopotamie: Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man); Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)
Mésopotamien: Mesopotamian
Mésozoïque: Mesozoic period
Métis: Metis
Métis: a Metis, a member of an ethnic group of mixed heritage, one of the three Canadian Aboriginal peoples
Mödlareuth: Mödlareuth (a village in Bavaria and Thuringia, Germany)
Mʳ: alternative spelling of Mʳ: abbreviation of monsieur
Mʳˢ: alternative spelling of Mʳˢ: plural of Mʳ
Mᵐᵉ: alternative spelling of Mᵐᵉ: abbreviation of madame
Mᵐᵉˢ: alternative spelling of Mᵐᵉˢ: plural of Mᵐᵉ
m: abbreviation of merde (“shit”)
m': prevocalic form of me; prevocalic form of moi
m'as-tu-vu: a show-off, an attention-seeker, a fop
m'est avis: methinks, it seems to me
m'man: short for maman (“mom, mum”)
m'sieu: syncopic form of monsieur
m'sieur: syncopic form of monsieur
m*rde: censored spelling of merde
m*rde: censored spelling of merde
ma foi: indeed; frankly
ma gia: The murderous ghost of an unrecovered drowned person, trying to drown travelers and capsize boats.
ma lai: A type of evil spirit of Vietnamese folklore
ma parole: my word! (expression of surprise); swear to God!
ma pomme: yours truly (I, me or myself)
ma troi: will o' the wisp (in Vietnamese folklore)
maastrichtien: Maastrichtian Age; related to the Maastrichtien; Relating to Maastricht, especially to the Maastricht Treaty
maboul: crazy
maboul: nutcase
mac: clipping of maquereau (“pimp”)
mac: clipping of Macintosh
macabre: macabre
macabrement: macabrely
macache: none, nothing; no, not at all, impossible
macadam: macadam
macadamiser: to macadamize
macanais: Macanese
macaque: macaque; monkey; clown
macaque crabier: crab-eating macaque
macaque rhésus: rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)
macaquerie: foolishness, monkey business
macareux: puffin (seabird with a coloured beak)
macaron: macaron (pastry); buns rolled over the ears and worn symmetrically; round insignia, roundel; round badge or sticker
macaronage: macaronage; a ceremony where naval fighter pilots receive their badges
macaroni: macaroni
macaroni chinois: Chinese macaroni (soy sauce covered macaroni with meat and vegetables)
macaronique: macaronic
macassar: macassar
maccarthysme: McCarthyism
maccarthyste: McCarthyist