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K and K
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English
Etymology
Part-translation of en de k. u. k., short for de kaiserlich de und de königlich imperial and royal.
Adjective
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en historical Imperial and royal, with reference to the Habsburg monarchy, especially as rulers of Austria-Hungary.
en 1998 Dagmar CG Lorenz Transcending the Boundaries of Space and Culture Transforming the Center, Eroding the Margins According to him and other critics who fashioned the concept of a German-Jewish symbiosis to describe the close ties between Central European Jewish and Gentile culture, the k. and k. monarchy was imbued with Jewish thought and tradition.
en 2002 Josepth Roth w:Michael Hofmann The Radetsky March 80 Folio Society 2015 And the dead man was kept alive in the loyal memory of his widow, the model of a husband, fallen in the service of the Emperor and the K-and-K postal service.
en coordinated pairs