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M Release Naming

According to the Release Naming Process, this page will contain a list of nominated names for the M release of OpenStack. We will accept nominations until 2015-06-07 23:59:59 UTC.

Proposed Names

• Machine [ma-tɕi-ne] (待根): Mount Machine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Machine
• Manga (漫画 or マンガ): A Japanese pictorial story telling style https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga
• Marise (まりせ): In Japanese, the name Marise means - Infinite; endless. As a Japanese, I've never heard of that word.
• Marunouchi (丸の内): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marunouchi
• Matsumoto (松本): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumoto,_Nagano (also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiji_Matsumoto )
• Maya (摩耶): Mount Maya http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Maya
• Mayumi (真弓): a town located in Nara which is famous for "Chasen". Chasen is one of the equipments of the tea ceremony http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_tea_ceremony#Equipment
• Meguro (目黒): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meguro_River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meguro (a river and district in Tokyo)
• Meiji (明治): emperor that made Tokyo into a capital https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Meiji also a park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_no_Mori_Takao_Quasi-National_Park
• Mejiro (目白): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mejiro
• Metropolis: Tokyo Metropolis is the official name for the Prefecture-level entity containing Tokyo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolis
• Midori (緑): Ward in Kanawaga, also the color green - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori-ku,_Yokohama (Also a brand of liqueur: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_%28liqueur%29 )
• Mie [mi-e](三重): Prefecture, Japan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mie (Also known for an abbreviation of Meta Information Encapsulation)
• Minato (港): Special ward in Tokyo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minato,_Tokyo
• Misawa (三沢): a city in Aomori prefecture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misawa,_Aomori
• Miyazaki (宮崎): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyazaki,_Miyazaki (also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki )
• Mifune (三船): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mifune,_Kumamoto (also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiro_Mifune)
• Miki (三木): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miki,_Hy%C5%8Dgo (also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsunori_Miki)
• Mishima (三島): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishima,_Shizuoka (also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokushichi_Mishima)
• Mitaka (三鷹): a city in Tokyo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitaka,_Tokyo
• Miura (三浦): a city in Kanagawa prefecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miura,_Kanagawa
• Mizuho (瑞穂): a town located in Nishitama District, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan
• Musashi (武蔵): Province in which Tokyo is located, also one of the most legendary Japanese swordsmen ever http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashi_Province http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyamoto_Musashi (Also a brand of protein powder: http://www.musashi.com.au/ )
• Musashino (武蔵野): a city in Tokyo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musashino,_Tokyo
• Missy or Missyeoh: miss yeoh, and following the naming scheme, http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/060886.html
• Miyagi (宮城): The most damaged prefecture by 2011 big disaster (9,539 people died) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture
• Mita (三田): station name in Minato-ku, there are several IT companies around there, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mita_Station, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mita,_Minato,_Tokyo
• Miyajima (宮島): (is the general name of island with the UNESCO World Heritage "Itsukushima Shinto Shrine" in Hiroshima.), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyajima, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine
• Mahoroba (まほろば): an ancient Japanese word describing a far-off land full of bliss and peace (similar to arcadia / utopia), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahoroba
• Mibu(壬生): a city in Tochigi prefecture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mibu,_Tochigi

Not Meeting Standard Criteria

• Yeoh: Do not follow the naming scheme as a way to remember our friend Chris Yeoh. Yeoh is a Japanese last name in lieu of location beginning with M. http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-April/060886.html
• Mamushi: Like a lemming, but a snake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamushi
• Masako: Princess Masako Takeda, daughter of emperor Meiji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Masako_Takeda
• Miso: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso Why? Because it allows us to ask of the release "Is it soup yet?" when wanting to know if it is ready.
• Mokuso (meditation to "clear one's mind") http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokuso (Not describing geographical place)
• Mochi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi
• Mazinger: one of the most famous manga mecha robots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazinger)
• MURICA: Since we just released "Liberty" let's go ahead and set the patriotism dial to 11
• Maki: Short for Makizushi since we roll the code. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi#Makizushi)
• Michi: a Japanese language spelling of Dō (道, "way", refer to Dō (philosophy)), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michi
• Miyabi: Miyabi (雅) is one of the traditional Japanese aesthetic ideals . (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyabi)
• Maiko: A Japanese traditional performer songs, dances, and playing the shamisen in Kyoto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiko
• Mario: A very famous game character created in Japan.