List of acronyms: K

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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)

Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.

(Main list of acronyms)

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

K0–9[edit]

KA[edit]

KB[edit]

KC[edit]

KD[edit]

KE[edit]

KF[edit]

KG[edit]

KH[edit]

KI[edit]

KJ[edit]

KK[edit]

KL[edit]

KM[edit]

KN[edit]

KO[edit]

KP[edit]

KQ[edit]

KR[edit]

KS[edit]

KT[edit]

KU[edit]

KV[edit]

KW[edit]

KX[edit]

KY[edit]

KZ[edit]

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