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mana | hp |

As a noun mana

is power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.

As an initialism HP is

hire purchase.

As an abbreviation hp is

horsepower.

mana

English

(wikipedia mana)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian .

Noun

(-)
  • Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 193:
    • But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.
  • (gaming, chiefly, role-playing games) Magical power.
  • * 2007 , "bear", Makes Lovely Julienne Ogres....'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.roguelike.angband )
    • Teleporting from an open room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!
  • * 2010 , Ernest Adams, Fundamentals of Game Design (page 580)
    • Mana often grows in exponential proportion to population size, so as the population increases the player acquires vastly greater powers—a progression that god games share with spellcaster characters in role-playing games.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ancient unit of weight or currency)

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    hp

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • hire purchase
  • The Company
  • horse power
  • (gaming) hit points
  • higher power
  • Heliobacteria pylori
  • * '>citation
    • Overall, this is the first HP game to even get near to living up to the quality of JK Rowling's books and the accompanying films.

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