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  • SP
    SP
    abbreviation
    Shore Patrol.
  • sp.
    sp.
    abbreviation
    special.
  • Sp.
    Sp.
    abbreviation
    Spain.
  • s.p.
    s.p.
    abbreviation
    without issue; childless.
  • S.P.
    S.P.
    abbreviation
    Shore Patrol.
  • sp
    sp
    abbreviation
    without issue

SP

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. Shore Patrol.

  2. Specialist.

  3. Submarine Patrol.

sp. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. special.

  2. species.

  3. specific.

  4. specimen.

  5. spelling.

  6. spirit.

Sp. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Spain.

  2. Spaniard.

  3. Spanish. Also Sp

s.p. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. without issue; childless.

S.P. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Shore Patrol.

  2. Socialist party.

  3. Submarine Patrol.

SP 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. standard play: the standard recording speed on a VCR

  2. starting price

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noun

  1. slang latest information

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Sp. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Spain

  2. Spaniard

  3. Spanish

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sp. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. special

  2. species

  3. specific

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sp 4 British  

abbreviation

  1. without issue

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Etymology

Origin of s.p.

From Latin sine prōle

Example Sentences

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She s on stage tonight at 8 at Evanston Sp Rebecca Loebe performs live on WGN.

From Chicago Tribune • Aug. 30, 2012

Kūtada'nta, p. and skt., a Brahman chief in the village Dānamatī, also called Khānumat; is mentioned in Sp.

From The Gospel of Buddha Compiled from Ancient Records by Paul Carus by Carus, Paul

Analyses of samples of pure wood turpentine which have come to the writer for examination follow:   No. 1 No. 2 Sp.

From Paint Technology and Tests by Gardner, Henry A.

We may also reckon in the number of middling Orators, the two brothers L. and Sp.

From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.

Which terrors, when they ought to assuage, increased still further the bad feelings of the commons: and the custom of declining the military service was now returning, not of their own accord; but Sp.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

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