List of acronyms: K

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends  that begin with the letter K.

For the purposes of this list:

  • acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
  • initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
  • pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – Megahertz)

(Main list of acronyms)

  • k – (s) Kilo-
  • K – (s) Kelvin – Potassium (Latin Kalium) – Tanker (aircraft designation code)

K0–9
  • K9 – (p) Canine Police Unit

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  • ki – (s) Gikuyu language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • Ki – (s) Kibi
  • KI – (s) Kiribati (ISO 3166 digram)
  • KIA – (i) Killed In Action
  • KIDS – (a) Knowledge-based Integrated Design System
  • kik – (s) Gikuyu language (ISO 639-2 code), common typo for LOL
  • kin – (s) Kinyarwanda language (ISO 639-2 code)
  • kir – (s) Kyrgyz language (ISO 639-2 code)
  • KIR – (s) Kiribati (ISO 3166 trigram)
  • KISS – (a) Keep It Simple, Stupid / Keep It Short and Simple – Korean Intelligence Support System
  • KITECH – (p) Korean Institute of Industrial Technology
  • KITT – (a) Knight Industries Two Thousand - Knight Industries Three Thousand
  • KIT – Keep In Touch

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  • kk – (s) Kazakh language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • kK – (s) Kilokelvin
  • KK
    • (i) Kabushiki kaisha (Japanese for "Stock Company", found in the legal names of countless Japanese corporations)
    • Košarkarski klub (Slovenian), Košarkaški Klub (Croatian and Serbian in Latin script), Кошаркашки клуб (Serbian Cyrillic), Krepšinio Klubas (Lithuanian); all mean "Basketball Club", as in KK Olimpija, KK Cibona, KK Partizan, and KK Atletas
  • KKK – (i) Ku Klux Klan

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  • kl – (s) Kalaallisut language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • kL – (s) Kilolitre
  • KL – (i) Kuala Lumpur – (s) Kerala (Indian state code)
  • KLENOT – (p) KLEť Observatory Near Earth and Other unusual objects observations Team and Telescope
  • KLM – (i) Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Dutch "Royal Dutch Airlines")
  • KLOC – (a) Kilo Lines Of Code
  • KLS

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  • km – (s) Khmer language (ISO 639-1 code) – Kilometre
  • KM – (s) Comoros – (i) Knowledge Management
  • KMF – (s) Comoro franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
  • KMFDM – (i) Kein mitleid für die mehrheit (German "No pity for the majority" music band)
  • KMR – (i) Kwajalein Missile Range

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  • ku – (s) Kurdish language (ISO 639-1 code)
  • KU – (s) Kuwait (FIPS 10-4 country code)
  • kua – (s) Kuanyama language (ISO 639-2 code)
  • KUL – (i) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Flemish, Catholic University of Leuven)
  • kur – (s) Kurdish language (ISO 639-2 code)
  • KUW – (s) Kuwait (UNDP country code, IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)

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