"KC" meaning in English

See KC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} KC
  1. Initialism of Kansas City. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Kansas City Related terms: K.C. [alternative], K. C. [alternative]
    Sense id: en-KC-en-name-Y5TLUzRu Categories (other): English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 16 33 18 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 11 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 14 23 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: KCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} KC (plural KCs)
  1. Initialism of King's Counsel. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: King's Counsel
    Sense id: en-KC-en-noun-wipdr67z Categories (other): English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fans (people) Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 16 33 18 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 11 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 14 23 28 Disambiguation of Fans (people): 11 80 10
  2. (music, slang) Initialism of KatyCat. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Alternative form of: KatyCat
    Sense id: en-KC-en-noun-pJPODDEX Categories (other): Music, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 16 33 18 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 11 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 14 23 28 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: KCs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} KC (plural KCs)
  1. (Unicode) Compatibility Decomposition followed by Canonical Composition Derived forms: NFKC Related terms (in Unicode): C, D, KD, NF
    Sense id: en-KC-en-noun-0QURx~HS Categories (other): Unicode, English entries with incorrect language header, English words spelled without vowels, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 16 25 33 Disambiguation of English words spelled without vowels: 16 33 18 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 11 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 14 23 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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