Ku Klux Klan

See also: Ku-Klux-Klan and Kuklux Klan

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) and clan, split syllabically into three words, with the first letter of clan changing to a 'k' to match the other two.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn/

Proper noun

Ku Klux Klan

An American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization.

Related terms

Translations

Ku Klux Klan

Arabic: كُو كْلُوكْس كْلَان‎ m (kū kluks klān)
Armenian: Կու-կլուքս-կլան (Ku-klukʿs-klan)
Belarusian: Ку-Клукс-кла́н m (Ku-Kluks-klán)
Bengali: কু ক্লাক্স ক্লান (ku klaks klan)
Bulgarian: Ку-клукс-кла́н m (Ku-kluks-klán)
Burmese: ကူကလပ်ကလန် (kuka.lapka.lan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 三K黨 (zh), 三K党 (zh) (sān-kèi-dǎng)
Dutch: Ku Klux Klan
Esperanto: Ku-Kluks-Klano
Finnish: Ku Klux Klan
French: Ku Klux Klan (fr) m
Georgian: კუ-კლუქს-კლანი (ḳu-ḳluks-ḳlani)
German: Ku-Klux-Klan (de)
Greek: Κου Κλουξ Κλαν (Kou Kloux Klan)
Hebrew: קו קלוקס קלאן‎ m (ku kluks klan)
Hindi: कु क्लुल्स क्लान (ku kluls klān)
Hungarian: Ku Klux Klan
Icelandic: Ku Klux Klan
Italian: Ku Klux Klan (it) m
Japanese: クー・クラックス・クラン (Kū-kurakkusu-kuran)
Korean: 쿠 클럭스 클랜 (Ku keulleokseu keullaen)

Lithuanian: Kukluksklanas m
Macedonian: Кју-клукс-клан m (Kju-kluks-klan)
Marathi: कू क्लक्स क्लॅन (kū klaks klĕn)
Norwegian: Ku Klux Klan
Persian: کو کلوکس کلان‎ (ku keluks kelân)
Polish: Ku Klux Klan m
Portuguese: Ku Klux Klan
Romanian: Ku Klux Klan
Russian: Ку-клукс-кла́н m (Ku-kluks-klán)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Кју-клукс-клан m

Roman: Kju-kluks-klan m
Slovak: Kukluxklan m
Slovene: Kukluksklan m
Swedish: Ku Klux Klan
Thai: คูคลักซ์แคลน (kuu-klák-klɛɛn)
Turkish: Ku Klux Klan (tr)
Ukrainian: Ку-Клукс-кла́н m (Ku-Kluks-klán)
Uzbek: Ku-Kluks-Klan
Vietnamese: Ku Klux Klan
Yiddish: קו־קלוקס־קלען‎ f (ku-kluks-klen)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ku Klux Klan m or f

Ku Klux Klan

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