"PKK" meaning in English

See PKK in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from a Kurdish language. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|ku:-|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Kurdish", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "ku" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "PKK", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="PKK"> Borrowed from a Kurdish language. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} PKK
  1. Kurdistan Workers' Party. Translations (Kurdistan Workers Party): ՔԲԿ (KʻBK) (Armenian), ՔԱԿ (KʻAK) (Armenian), 庫工黨 /库工党 (Kùgōngdǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), PKK (Finnish), PKK (German), PKK (Northern Kurdish), پکک (pe-ke-ke) (Persian), РПК (RPK) (Russian), PKK (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: PKKs [plural]
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  1. (video games) Initialism of player killer killer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: player killer killer
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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