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Ku Klux Klan

/ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn/US/ˌku klʌks ˈklæn/

Ku Klux Klan proper noun: an American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization.

ku klux klan: an American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization
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Proper noun

the Ku Klux Klan

  1. An American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization.
    • The very suspicion of seditious utterances against the government, suspected complicity in the Ku Klux Klan, or complaint by a negro that a white man had been uppity to him were enough to land a citizen 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 653

Ku Klux Klan meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Arabic

Ku Klux Klan in Hindi

Ku Klux Klan
कू क्लुक्स क्लॅन kū kluks klĕn

Ku Klux Klan in Marathi

Ku Klux Klan
कू क्लुक्स क्लॅन kū kluksa klĕn

Ku Klux Klan in Bengali

Ku Klux Klan
কু ক্লাক্স ক্লান ku klakśo klan

Ku Klux Klan in Arabic

Ku Klux Klan
كُو كْلُوكْس كْلَان kū klūks klān
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Ku Klux Klan in Persian
کو کلوکس کلان ku keluks kelân
Ku Klux Klan in Thai
คูคลักซ์แคลน kuu-klák-klɛɛn
Ku Klux Klan in Vietnamese
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan in Myanmar
ကူကလပ်ကလန် kuka.lapka.lan

Synonyms of Ku Klux Klan

Origin of Ku Klux Klan

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) and clan, split syllabically into three words, with the first letter of clan changing to a 'k' in order to match the initial letters of the previous two words.

Words formed from Ku Klux Klan

Questions about Ku Klux Klan

What does Ku Klux Klan mean?
Ku Klux Klan means an American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization.
What is Ku Klux Klan in Hindi?
Ku Klux Klan in Hindi is कू क्लुक्स क्लॅन (kū kluks klĕn). See Ku Klux Klan meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Ku Klux Klan?
Ku Klux Klan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Ku Klux Klan?
Ku Klux Klan is pronounced /ˌku klʌks ˈklæn/ (US).

Words near Ku Klux Klan in the dictionary

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  3. KTVs
  4. KU
  5. Ku Klux
  6. Ku Klux Klan
  7. Ku Klux Klanism
  8. Ku Klux Klanner
  9. Ku Klux Klanners
  10. Ku Kluxer
  11. Ku Kluxers

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