Can I plug a mini displayport cable into thunderbolt port?

I have new iMac with thunderbolt.  I have a MDP to HDMI cable, can I use it?  Or must i purchase a new "thunderbolt to HDMI" cable?

I have a similar question.  I have a brand new MBP with Thunderbolt.  Work just bout me a 27' Thunderbolt display.  Great so far.  I also have a high-end Dell laptop.  I want to connect the DVI out on the Dell base station to my Thunderbolt display.  I have a mini-display port to DVI adapted.  Plugged that into my MBP Thunderbolt display and got the second monitor up on from my MBP.  Now when the new Thunderbolt monitor gets here, I am really hoping that I will be able to reverse the flow and connect from the DVI out of my Dell base station, to the DVI-mini-diplayport and into the back Thunderbolt port and then display the image on the Thunderbolt display.
Can anyone confirm??
Best,
Kevin

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