AK

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ak"

English

Proper noun

AK

1. (US) Abbreviation of Alaska, A state of the United States.

Noun

AK (plural AKs)

1. an AK-47, AK-74, or related assault rifle (Avtomat Kalasnikova or Kalashnikov)
2. (by extension, slang, nonstandard) Any assault rifle or machine gun.
   • 2001, “That's How”, in Denaun Porter (lyrics), Marshall Bruce Mathers III and Denaun Porter (music), Devil's Night, performed by D12, New York: Shady Records:

     Cops got AKs, y'all only got pumps, that shit's just dumb.

See also

• AR

Anagrams

• KA, ka, ka-

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

AK

1. Abbreviation of Abendkasse, often found on concert or event tickets indicating a price that has to be paid at the venue at the evening of the event, as opposed to a presale ticket price

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ka/

Noun

AK (plural AK-AK, first-person possessive AKku, second-person possessive AKmu, third-person possessive AKnya)

1. Initialism of angka kredit.
2. an AK-47, AK-74, or related assault rifle (Avtomat Kalasnikova or Kalashnikov)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: A‧K

Etymology 1

Initialism of Armia Krajowa.

Proper noun

AK n (indeclinable)

1. (historical, military) Abbreviation of Armia Krajowa.

Derived terms

adjective

• akowski

 

noun

• akowiec

 

Etymology 2

Initialism of Akcja Katolicka.

Proper noun

AK n (indeclinable)

1. (Roman Catholicism) Abbreviation of Akcja Katolicka.

Further reading

• AK in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• AK in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Proper noun

AK

1. Initialism of Avrupa Konseyi (Council of Europe).