Acronyms – L, M, N & O

L

• L-R – Left to Right
  • Often used to describe the people in the picture starting from the left and moving right.
• LIE – Liechtenstein
  • ISO 3-letter country code
• LL – Lord Lieutenant
  • Post-nominal Letters
• LND – London
• Lt – Lieutenant
  • Military Rank
• Lt Cdr – Lieutenant commander
  • Military Rank
• Lt Col – Lieutenant-colonel
  • Military Rank
• Lt Gen – Lieutenant-general
  • Military Rank
• LUX – Luxembourg
  • ISO 3-letter country code

M

• Maj – Major
  • Military Rank
• Maj Gen – Major-general
  • Military Rank
• MBE – Member of the Order of the British Empire
  • Post-nominal letters for the Order of the British Empire
• MCO – Monaco
  • ISO 3-letter country code
• MDG – Maison du Grand-Duc (House of the Grand Duke)
• Met – Metropolitan Police Service
  • Greater London Police Force
• Mid – Midshipman
  • Military Rank
• MLA – Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)
• MOD – Ministry of Defense
• MP – Member of Parliament
  • Post-nominal Letters
• MPS – Metropolitan Police Service
  • Greater London Police Force
• MS – Member of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament)
  • Post-nominal Letters
• MSP – Member of Scottish Parliament
  • Post-nominal Letters
• MRAF – Marshal of the Royal Air Force
  • Military Rank
• M-W – Mountbatten-Windsor

N

• NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• NHS – National Health Service
  • Can refer to the collection of four national healthcare system in the UK. Or can be used to refer to the individual national health care system: NHS England, NHS Scotland, or NHS Wales.
• NIR – Northern Ireland
• NI – Northern Ireland
• NLD – The Netherlands
  • ISO 3-letter country code
• NOR – Norway
  • ISO 3-letter country code
• NOK – Norwegian Krone
  • Currency in Norway
• NRK – Norwegian National Broadcasting
  • Norway Public Broadcaster
• NTB – Norwegian News Agency
  • Norway press agency

O

• OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire
  • Post-Nominal Letters for the Order of the British Empire
• OLY – Olympian
  • Post-Nominal Letters granted by the World Olympians Association