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

KA

KB

KC

KD

KE

KF

KG

KH

KI

KJ

KK

KL

KM

KN

KO

KP

KQ

KR

KS

KT

KU
  • 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)

KV

KW

KX

KY

KZ
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