KS

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Translingual

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Proper noun

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KS

  1. Kyrgyzstan

Symbol

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KS

  1. (Kosovo) Unofficial two-letter code for the Republic of Kosovo.

Usage notes

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This code is rare outside of Kosovo itself; internationally, the code XK is typically used instead. The equivalent three-letter code is RKS.

2022, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, Kosovo Toponymic Factfile[1] (Government report):
It is also of note that [...] Kosovo itself often uses KS/RKS.

English

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Verb

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KS (third-person singular simple present KSs, present participle KSing, simple past and past participle KSed)

  1. (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.

Translations

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Proper noun

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KS

  1. Abbreviation of Kansas (US state).
  2. Abbreviation of South Kalimantan (a province of Indonesia).

Noun

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KS

  1. (medicine) Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
    • 1991 May 4, Walta Borawksi, “A Sort of Homecoming”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
      Tom Shaheen has AIDS. He has shortness of breath, very little energy much of the time, and KS lesions that are sometimes embarrassing marks and sometimes weapons.
  2. (medicine) Initialism of Keutel syndrome.
  3. (medicine) Initialism of Kallmann syndrome.
  4. (medicine) Initialism of Klinefelter syndrome.
  5. (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.
  6. (UK, education) Initialism of key stage.
  7. Initialism of knowledge sharing.
  8. Initialism of King's Scholar.

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Chinese

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Etymology

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Initialism of 其實其实 (kei4 sat6).

Adverb

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KS

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, text messaging) Synonym of 其實其实 (kei4 sat6)

Danish

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KS

  1. (chemistry) Ka

German

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KS

  1. (chemistry) Ka

Japanese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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KS(ケーエス) (kēesu

  1. (Internet slang) Short for 既読スルー (kidoku surū).