King

See also: king

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪŋ/, /kiːŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋ, -iːŋ
• Homophone: king

Noun

King (plural Kings)

1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF) radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K.

   Synonym: Kilo

2. The title of a king.
   • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:

     As we climbed the Marykirk Bank Ogilvie spoke of the passes leading over to Deeside, and of the Royal deer forests around Balmoral; then, with mingled pride and modesty, he added, "I've driven the King seven times."

   • 2001, Richard Gameson, editor, The Codex Aureus: An Eighth-Century Gospel Book, Rosenkilde and Bagger, →ISBN, page 76:

     One, a grant by Archbishop Wulfred to that community, is datable to 825x32; while the other two (both copies of the same document) record an agreement between Archbishop Ceolnoth and Kings Egbert and Æthelwulf which was enacted in 838.

Derived terms

See also derived terms for king.

Derived terms

• God Save the King
• Good King Henry
• Homecoming King
• King Arthur
• King Billy
• King Charles Land
• King Charles's head
• King Charles spaniel
• King Cotton
• King County
• King David's harp
• King George whiting
• King James Bible
• King James Version
• King Kong
• King Mob
• King of Kings
• King's Counsel
• Kings Creek
• King's English
• King Shit of Turd Island
• King's speech

Descendants

• → Cebuano: King

Proper noun

King (countable and uncountable, plural Kings)

1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king's household.
2. (UK, rail transport) King class, a class of steam locomotives once used on the GWR.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Gibson County, Indiana.
   2. A city in Stokes County and Forsyth County, North Carolina.
   3. A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon.
   4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia.
   5. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
   6. A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
   7. A census-designated place in Farmington, Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
4. A township in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
5. A village on New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.

Derived terms

• à la King, chicken à la King
• King-Armstrong unit
• Kingian

Descendants

• → Japanese: キング (Kingu)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, King is the 34^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 465,422 individuals. King is most common among White (70.2%) and Black/African American (22.8%) individuals.

Anagrams

• gink

Cebuano

Etymology

From English king.

Proper noun

King

1. a male given name from English
2. the title of a king

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Quing
• Keng
• Quingco
• Kingco

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 龔／龚 (Kéng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiŋ/, [ˈkiŋ]

Proper noun

King (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜅ᜔)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien