KKK
English
Proper noun
KKK
- (US politics) Initialism of Ku Klux Klan.
- (Philippines) Initialism of Katipunan.
Derived terms
Estonian
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of korduma kippuvad küsimused (“frequently asked questions”).
Noun
KKK
Etymology 2
Noun
KKK
- KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- KKKK, KKKKK, KKKKKK (and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laugh)
Interjection
KKK
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative form of kkk
Usage notes
It may express a laughter that is louder or more intense than lower-case kkk.
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Initialism 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.
Proper noun
KKK
- Abbreviation 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 ...
- [...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 ...
- 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.
- Ibig sabihin nito'y hindi na kinikilala ng pamahalaan ang KKK, bagamat ang pag-iral ng mga lokal na sangay ay hindi kaagad nagwakas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1968, Jean Donald Bowen, Babasahing Panggitnang Baytang Sa Tagalog, Univ of California Press, page 153:
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