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klan

/klæn/

klan is the alternative letter-case form of Klan.

Proper noun capitalized: Klan

the Klan

  1. Ku Klux Klan
    • The soldiers made arrests right and left, swearing to wipe out the Klan if they had to put every white man in Atlanta in jail.1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published June 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 745
    • I ain't in the Klan, but I brought my hood with me2005, “We Major”, in Late Registration, performed by Kanye West ft. Really Doe and Nas

Forms of klan

alternative formklan

Origin of klan

Ellipsis of Ku Klux Klan.

Words formed from klan

Phrases with klan

Words that rhyme with klan

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Questions about klan

What does klan mean?
Klan means ku Klux Klan.
What is klan the alternative letter-case form of?
Klan is the alternative letter-case form of Klan.
What part of speech is klan?
Klan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce klan?
Klan is pronounced /klæn/.

Words near klan in the dictionary

  1. Klamath-Modoc
  2. Klamaths
  3. Klamathweed
  4. Klamm
  5. Klamms
  6. klan
  7. Klanada
  8. Klance
  9. klandidate
  10. klandidates
  11. Klandom

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