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608 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

K-way
noun, masculine
windbreaker, raincoat
K. T.
proper noun
KT
K7
noun, feminine
abbreviation of cassette
KF94
noun, feminine
KF94 filtration standard
KGB
proper noun
KGB (the former Soviet State Security Committee)
KN95
noun, masculine
KN95; an air particulate filtration standard requiring 95% filtration of particules sized 0.3 microns across and larger
Kabao
proper noun
alternative spelling of Kabaw (town in Libya)
Kabardino-Balkaria (a republic and federal subject of Russia, located in the Northern Caucasus mountains)
Kabaw
proper noun
Kabaw (a town in the Nalut District, Libya)
Kaboul
proper noun
Kabul (the capital city of Afghanistan)
Kaboulien
noun, masculine
Kabuli, a resident or native of the Afghan city of Kabul
Kabukicho
proper noun
Kabukicho, Kabukichō (a red-light district in Tokyo, Japan)
Kabyle
noun, masculine/feminine
Kabyle (person)
Kabylie
proper noun
Kabylia (a region of Algeria)
Kadric
proper noun
a transliteration of the Serbo-Croatian surname Kadrić; a surname from Serbo-Croatian
Kahina
proper noun
a female given name from Arabic
Kahnawake
proper noun
Kahnawake (a large Mohawk community on the South Shore region of Montreal)
Kairouan
proper noun
Kairouan (a city in Tunisia)
Kalash
noun, feminine
clipping of Kalashnikov
Kalifa
proper noun
a surname
Kalifat
proper noun
a French surname, Kalifat
Kalioujny
proper noun
a transliteration of the Belarusian surname Калюжны (Kaljužny); a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Калюжний (Kaljužnyj); a transliteration of the Russian surname Калюжный (Kaljužnyj)
Kalouga
proper noun
Kaluga (a city, the capital of Kaluga Oblast, Russia)
Kama
proper noun
Kama River
Kaminker
proper noun
a surname
Kamloops
proper noun
Kamloops (a city in British Columbia, Canada); Kamloops (ellipsis of lac Kamloops (= Kamloops Lake): a lake in British Columbia, Canada)
Kamouraska
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada
Kampuchéa
proper noun
Kampuchea (former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989)
Kamychlov
proper noun
Kamyshlov (a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia)
Kanak
noun, masculine/feminine
Kanak
Kanaky
proper noun
New Caledonia (an archipelago and overseas territory of France in Oceania)
Kandelaft
proper noun
a surname
Kangiqsualujjuaq
proper noun
Kangiqsualujjuaq (a northern village in Kativik, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada)
Kangourous
noun, masculine
the Kangaroos
Kani-Kéli
proper noun
a city in Mayotte department, France
Kansas
proper noun
Kansas (a state of the midwest United States)
Kansk
proper noun
Kansk (a city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, Russia)
Kanté
proper noun
a surname
Kaohsiung
proper noun
Kaohsiung (a city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan)
Kaolack
proper noun
a city in central Senegal
Kaouther
proper noun
a female given name from Arabic
Karakoulov
proper noun
a transliteration of the Russian surname Каракулов (Karakulov)
Karas
proper noun
a surname
Karin
proper noun
a female given name, less common form of Karine
Karina
proper noun
a female given name from English or Ancient Greek
Karine
proper noun
a female given name derived from Swedish Karin ( =Catherine)
Karvinski
proper noun
alternative spelling of Karwinski
Karwinski
proper noun
a surname
Karwinsky
proper noun
alternative spelling of Karwinski
Karyne
proper noun
a female given name from Ancient Greek or English, alternative spelling of Karine
Kasbarian
proper noun
a French surname from Armenian
Kasserine
proper noun
a city in Tunisia
Kasumi
proper noun
a female given name from Japanese
Katanga
proper noun
a region in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, originally conquered by the Congo Free State (owned by the Belgian king, not his European state) but administered as a corporate mining concession; Since 1910, an autonomous part of the Belgian colony Congo; Since 1933, a regular province, until 1947 however named after its capital: Elisabethstad in Dutch or Elisabethville in French; In 1960 a unilaterally declared independent state; in 1961-63 reconquered by Congo and reorganized in three provinces until 1966; renamed Shaba 1972-1997 as part of president Mobutu's Zairization
Katangais
noun, masculine
Katangese, resident or native of Katanga (all senses)
Katell
proper noun
a female given name from Breton
Katia
proper noun
a female given name of modern usage, equivalent to English Katya
Kativik
proper noun
Kativik (a regional government and statistical region of Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada; seat: Kuujjuaq)
Katmandou
proper noun
Kathmandu (the capital city of Nepal)
Katsina
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of katchina (“kachina”) (spirit being)