KKK
English
editProper noun
editKKK
- (US politics) Initialism of Ku Klux Klan.
- (Philippines, historical) Initialism of Katipunan.
Derived terms
editEstonian
editEtymology 1
editAbbreviation of korduma kippuvad küsimused (“frequently asked questions”).
Noun
editKKK
Etymology 2
editNoun
editKKK
- KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Further reading
editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
edit- KKKK, KKKKK, KKKKKK (and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laugh)
Interjection
editKKK
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of kkk
Usage notes
editIt may express a laughter that is louder or more intense than lower-case kkk.
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInitialism of Kataas-taasang kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (“Highest, Most Respected Assembly of the Children/Sons of the Nation”), the full name of the Katipunan.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kej kej kej/ [keɪ̯ xeɪ̯ xeɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ej
Proper noun
editKKK
- Synonym of Katipunan
- 1968, Jean Donald Bowen, Babasahing Panggitnang Baytang Sa Tagalog, Univ of California Press, page 153:
- [...Basahin kung ano pa ang ibang nangyari sa Katipunan.] Ang “Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" o ang “K.K.K.“ na lalong kilala sa tawag na Katipunan, ay isang samahang lihim ng mga manghihimagsik ...
- [...Read what more happened to the Katipunan.] The “Kataas-taasan, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan" or the “K.K.K.“ more especially known as Katipunan, is a secret organization of revolutionaries ...
- 1975, General [quezon] Education Journal:
- Ibig sabihin nito'y hindi na kinikilala ng pamahalaan ang KKK, bagamat ang pag-iral ng mga lokal na sangay ay hindi kaagad nagwakas.
- This means the government no longer recognizes the KKK, although the implementation of local branches did not end immediately.
- 1992, Santiago V. Alvarez, The Katipunan and the Revolution: Memoirs of a General : with the Original Tagalog Text, Ateneo University Press, →ISBN:
- Napag-usapan ang pagbabangon ng isang Alituntuning-Batas (Constitucion), bagaman mayroon na ang K.K.K., na siyang pinagbabatayan ng mga Pamunuang Sanggunian at Balangay; mga kaugaliang sinusunod.
- The establishment of a Rule of Law (Constitution) was discussed, although the K.K.K. already has one, which is being used as the basis of the Leadership Councils and the Members; customs that are followed.
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