KS
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ks"
Translingual
Proper noun
KS
Symbol
KS
- (Kosovo) Unofficial two-letter code for the Republic of Kosovo.
Usage notes
This code is rare outside of Kosovo itself; internationally, the code XK is typically used instead. The equivalent three-letter code is RKS.
2022, Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, Kosovo Toponymic Factfile[1] (Government report):
- It is also of note that [...] Kosovo itself often uses KS/RKS.
English
Verb
KS (third-person singular simple present KSs, present participle KSing, simple past and past participle KSed)
- (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.
Translations
to kill steal
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Proper noun
KS
- Abbreviation of Kansas: a state of the United States.
- Abbreviation of South Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia.
Noun
KS
- (medicine) Initialism of Kaposi's sarcoma.
- 1991 May 4, Walta Borawksi, “A Sort of Homecoming”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
- Tom Shaheen has AIDS. He has shortness of breath, very little energy much of the time, and KS lesions that are sometimes embarrassing marks and sometimes weapons.
- (medicine) Initialism of Keutel syndrome.
- (medicine) Initialism of Kallmann syndrome.
- (medicine) Initialism of Klinefelter syndrome.
- (online gaming) Initialism of kill steal.
- (UK, education) Initialism of key stage.
- Initialism of knowledge sharing.
- Initialism of King's Scholar.
Derived terms
- (kill steal): KSer (“kill stealer”)
Anagrams
Chinese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Initialism of 其實 / 其实 (kei4 sat6).
Adverb
KS
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, text messaging) synonym of 其實 / 其实 (kei4 sat6)
Danish
Alternative forms
Symbol
KS
German
Symbol
KS
Japanese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ke̞ːe̞sɨ]
Noun
KS • (kēesu)