HM

== Translingual == === Symbol === HM (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Synonym: HMD (alpha-3) == English == === Alternative forms === H.M., H. M. === Etymology === (Pokémon): Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ひでんマシン (Hiden Mashin, “Secret Machine”). === Pronoun === HM Initialism of His Majesty (the title of a king). Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties Near-synonyms: HRM, His Royal Majesty Initialism of Her Majesty (the title of a queen). Holonyms: Their Royal Majesties, Majesties Near-synonyms: HRM, Her Royal Majesty ==== Usage notes ==== When HM is used in the possessive (His Majesty's or Her Majesty's) to refer to parts of His/Her Majesty's Government (HMG) in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth realms, it remains spelt HM, not HM's. For example, HM Government (not HM's Government) is frequently used instead of HMG, particularly on signage and in logos. Similarly, when HMG is used in the possessive (to mean "His/Her Majesty's Government's"), it is written HMG, not HMG's. HM is used both to save space and—especially in uses difficult to change, like signage—to avoid having to change it in the event of the death of a monarch changing His Majesty's to Her Majesty's or vice versa. ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === HM (plural HMs) (India, government) Initialism of Home Minister. (military, US) Abbreviation of hospital corpsman. (music) Initialism of heavy metal. (Pokémon) Initialism of hidden machine ==== Derived terms ==== === Proper noun === HM (computing theory) Initialism of Hindley-Milner. Initialism of Hannah Montana, an American teen sitcom that aired from 2006 to 2011. === References === === Anagrams === MH == Dutch == === Alternative forms === H.M. === Pronoun === HM (title of a queen) initialism of Hare Majesteit ==== Related terms ==== ZM (masculine)