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KFC
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kfc
English
Etymology
KFC Corporation en Kentucky Fried Chicken, its historical name.
Pronunciation
kā ĕf sē
en /keɪ ɛf siː/ [kʰeɪ ɛf siː]
Proper noun
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en Organizations Kentucky, USA Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC KFC Corporation, an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
en Jordan Valinsky KFC is leaving Kentucky w:CNN Business https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/food/kfc-kentucky-headquarters-texas/index.html 2025-02-19 Yum also recently announced that Taco Bell’s president will move over to KFC and serve as its CEO beginning next month. https://web.archive.org/web/20250306010343/https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/19/food/kfc-kentucky-headquarters-texas/index.html
en Organizations en Vanuatu en Kaikai Fried Chicken.
en w:Karipúna French Creole.
Derived terms
en KFCer
Noun
-
en w:Korean fried chicken.
Derived terms
en chickens for KFC
Translations
KFC Corporation
Arabic: ar دِجَاجٌ كِنْتَاكِي, ar كي إف سي, ar كي.ايف.سي. Brunei Malaysia
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 肯德基 Kěndéjī
French: Europe Africa New Brunswick New England Louisiana Missouri fr KFC, Quebec fr PFK
Hindi: hi केएफसी
Japanese: ja ケンタッキーフライドチキン Kentakkī Furaido Chikin, ja ケンタッキー Kentakkī, ja ケンタ Kenta
Korean: ko ^켄터키 프라이드 치킨, ko ^켄터키
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb کەی ئێف سی, ckb مریشکی کنتاکی
Lao: lo ເຄເອຟຊີ
Polish: pl KFC n
Thai: th เคเอฟซี Khe Aef Sī
Uyghur: ug كېنتاكىي
Vietnamese: vi Gà Rán Kentucky
Further reading
en KFC Corporation
en Karipúna French Creole
en KFC (disambiguation)
Anagrams
en cfk f*ck fck CFK FCK
en pseudo-acronyms