"KKK" meaning in English

See KKK in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: The Philippine sense is from Tagalog KKK. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|tl|KKK}} Tagalog KKK Head templates: {{en-prop}} KKK
  1. (US politics) Initialism of Ku Klux Klan. Tags: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Ku Klux Klan Categories (topical): US politics, Ku Klux Klan
    Sense id: en-KKK-en-name-bPUimaOv Disambiguation of Ku Klux Klan: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated triples, English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated triples: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 30 28 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 26 19 Topics: government, politics
  2. (Philippines, historical) Initialism of Katipunan. Tags: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Katipunan
    Sense id: en-KKK-en-name-2vUWvQQd Categories (other): Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated triples, English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated triples: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with 3 consecutive instances of the same letter: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 30 28 21 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 27 26 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Amerikkka, demokkkracy, DemoKKKrat, RepubliKKKan, LiKKKud
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "RepubliKKKan"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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