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Definition: AK

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"AK" is a common misspelling or typo for: a, am, act, ask, Al, oak, ace, Au, ark, aka, atk, ka, Pak, yak, SK, Tak, auk, dak, Ake, Bak, ack, jak, WK, Lak, AWK, Sak, AKU, alk, NAK.

Date "AK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Specialty Definition: AK

Domain Definition
Aging Alaska. (references)
Health Enzyme of the biosynthetic pathway. (references)
Military 1: Commercial cargo ship. (references)
  2: Cargo Ship, auxiliary (cargo ship of any type operated by the Navy). (references)
Technology Automatic Keying. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Common Expressions: AK

Expressions Definition
AK 22 Sidefolder An AK 22 Sidefolder is a version of the Kalashnikov (AK-47)-type rifles chambered in .22 Long Rifle. (references)
Ak 4 The Ak 4 is a Swedish version of the German Heckler & Koch G3 assault rifle. It was selected during the early 1960´s to replace the Swedish submachine gun Kpist Mod 45 and the Swedish semi-automatic rifle Ag 42. The idea was to get a new and modern assault rifle with the impact and power as the Ag 42 and the full auto capacity of the Kpist Mod 45. Among the competitors of the HK G3 assault rifle was the Belgian FN FAL and the American M-14 assault rifle. After a number of different test in various environments the HK G3 rifle was chosen and modified on 40 accounts and thereafter renamed to Ak 4 (in Swedish: Automatkarbin 4, in English Assault rifle 4). (references)
Ak Ana White Woman, the primordial creator-goddess of the Khanty and Mansi peoples of Siberia. She was the consort of Kara Khan. (references)
AK Comics AK Comics is an Egyptian-based superhero comic publishing venture, and the first example of the genre produced in the Middle East. The company first began publishing monthly titles in February 2004, and its comics are produced in both Arabic and English. AK Comics was founded by Ayman Kandeel, (hence the initials); Marwan el-Nashar is the managing director and Sara Kareem is the English-language editor. (references)
Ak Koyunlu The Akkoyunlu or the White Sheep Turkomans (Azeri-Turkish: Ağqoyunlular/Akkoyunlular) were a Turkoman tribal federation that ruled present-day Azerbaijan, eastern Anatolia, northern Iraq and western Iran from 1378 to 1508. (references)
Ak Tagh Ak Tagh, literally "White Mountain" in Chagatai Turki, was a faction of Turkestani Naqshbandi Sufism originated in Sarmakand. (references)
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol Bright Path or Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Bright Path (Ak Zhol or Qazaqstan Demokratiyalyk Partiyasi Ak Zhol) is a political party in Kazakhstan. (references)
Naghyz Ak Zhol The Naghyz Ak Zhol (English: True Bright Path) is a Kazakh political party. Its constituent congress was held on 29 April 2005. The party was formed as a split from the Ak Zhol party. (references)
Orhan Ak Orhan Ak, born on September 29, 1979 in Turkey is a Turkish football player as defender. He is currently playing for Galatasaray. (references)
Patient AK Patient AK was (in 1998) a 16 year old female patient who laughed when her brain was stimulated with electric current during treatment for epilepsy. (references)
Prasat Ak Yum Prasat Ak Yum is a temple of Angkor, Cambodia. It was constructed in the late 8th century on the site of an earlier structure, and was itself covered by the West Baray in the early 11th century. Although the ruins are visually unimpressive, they are significant as a forerunner of the later temple mountains. (references)
Rulers of Ak Koyunlu Uthman ibn Fakhr al-Din Qutlu was ruler of Amida before 1402. In 1402 he moved to Diyarbakir. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: AK

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
AK English Above knee N/A
AK German Antikörper N/A
AK Spanish Queratotomía astigmática Medicine
P 18 AK German P 18 Antikörper Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: AK


AK

AK may refer to:

  • Alaska, a state in the United States (see United States postal abbreviations)
  • applied kinesiology, a method using manual muscle testing that purportedly gives feedback on the functional status of the body
  • Alicia Keys, singer.
  • Ak Tha Razorman, of P$C - Grand Hustle
  • actinic keratosis, a skin condition
  • AK, the US Navy hull classification symbol for Cargo Ship
  • Armia Krajowa (Home Army), underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II
  • AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g.), Russian rifle or one of its variants such as the AK-74, AK-101, AK-103, or AK-107
  • AK, the IATA code for AirAsia based in Malaysia
  • Ace-King, a card combination in Poker
  • Patient AK, a 16 year old female patient who laughed when her brain was stimulated with electric current during treatment for epilepsy
  • A.K. (1985), a film directed by Chris Marker about the making of Akira Kurosawa's Ran (1985)
  • AK Press, a collectively owned and operated independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical and anarchist literature
  • AK (Radio Program), a weekly broadcast produced by Alaska Public Radio
  • Knight of the Order of Australia, a chivalric award, defunct since 1986
  • AK, Arbeiterkammer, in English the Austrian Chamber of Labour
  • AK, the Turkish Justice and Development Party, from its Turkish name, Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
  • In falconers' usage, "American kestrel" (a species of bird of prey)
  • In database theory, Alternate key, an attributes set capable to identify a recordset not used as primary key

aK may refer to:

  • attokelvin, an SI unit of temperature

ak may refer to:

  • Akan language (ISO 639 alpha-2)
  • "white" in Turkish

Ak may refer to:

  • Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World in L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
  • Ak, the nickname for bassist Steve Jay, of the ethno-funk duo, Ak & Zuie (and "Weird Al" Yankovic's bassist)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "AK". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: AK

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Ak 4 58     AK 15
Grazer AK 39     Ak & Zuie 4
Ak Koyunlu 28     AK (radio program) 5
AK Press 22     Ak 4 58
AK 15     Ak 5 13
Ak 5 13     Ak Ana 2
AK Steel Holding 12     AK Comics 9
Berlin AK 07 12     AK Hellas 3
Naghyz Ak Zhol 10     Ak Koyunlu 28
FC AK 9     AK Press 22
AK Comics 9     AK Steel Holding 12
Orhan Ak 8     Ak Tagh 2
Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol 8     Ak Zhol 6
Aytaç Ak 7     Ak Zhol (Kyrgyzstan) 4
Prasat Ak Yum 7     Aytaç Ak 7
Ak Zhol 6     Berlin AK 07 12
Oral Ak Zhol Airport 5     Democratic Party of Kazakhstan Ak Zhol 8
Rulers of Ak Koyunlu 5     Diri ak djon djon 2
AK (radio program) 5     FC AK 9
Ak & Zuie 4     Grazer AK 39
Ak Zhol (Kyrgyzstan) 4     Naghyz Ak Zhol 10
Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu 4     Oral Ak Zhol Airport 5
AK Hellas 3     Orhan Ak 8
Diri ak djon djon 2     Prasat Ak Yum 7
Ak Tagh 2     Rulers of Ak Koyunlu 5
Ak Ana 2     Zhashtyk Ak Altyn Kara-Suu 4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

"AK" is a common misspelling or typo for: a, am, act, ask, Al, oak, ace, Au, ark, aka, atk, ka, Pak, yak, SK, Tak, auk, dak, Ake, Bak, ack, jak, WK, Lak, AWK, Sak, AKU, alk, NAK.

Synonyms: AK
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

Alaska.

Expression

last frontier.
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Translations: AK

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Chinese Simplified 阿拉斯加州 (Alaska, ak, Alaskan), 美国阿拉斯加邮递区号 (ak). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, ak. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 阿拉斯加州 (Alaska, ak), 美國阿拉斯加郵遞區號 (ak). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, ak. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 白羊朝 (Ak Koyunlu). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, ak. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish Akkoyunlular (Ak Koyunlu). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, ak. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: AK

Language Translations for “ak” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Esperanto AK (AK). Additional references: Esperanto, ak. (volunteer)
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