"KA" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-KA.ogg
Head templates: {{en-prop}} KA
  1. Abbreviation of Karnataka: a state of India. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Karnataka (extra: a state of India) Categories (place): Places in India
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Proper name

Audio: En-au-KA.ogg Forms: the KA [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1}} the KA
  1. (Oxford University slang) Initialism of King's Arms, a pub in Oxford. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: King's Arms (extra: a pub in Oxford)
    Sense id: en-KA-en-name-g0ee0vLf Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks, Universities, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 52 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 47 11 7 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 39 10 11 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Noun

Audio: En-au-KA.ogg Forms: KAs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} KA (plural KAs)
  1. (slang, law enforcement) Initialism of known associate. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: known associate
    Sense id: en-KA-en-noun-PDcx6oRF Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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