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Elk
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elk -elk Ełk
English
Pronunciation
en /ɛlk/
en en-us-elk.ogg US
en ɛlk 1
en elk Ełk
Etymology 1
Noun
A member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, an American fraternal order.
Derived terms
en Elkdom
Etymology 2
Noun
en informal An Acorn Electron computer.
en 1999 Lionel Smith Reading old DOS discs on a BBC comp.sys.acorn.misc Even modified it so that it would work with the differently ordered registers of an Electron. Never did get it working fully on the Elk, I think my Elk with Mode 7 box caused a problem with the use of IRQ workspace, system speed was also a factor IIRC.
en 2003 Gareth Williams What is Electron Elite V2? alt.fan.elite I'm pretty certain I remember seeing it on a price list when most BBC and Elk games had to be mail ordered (I think Impact was the mail order company - they also produced games like Zenon and Clogger).
Etymology 3
Proper noun
en Canadian football A team member of the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Elks (formerly known as the Eskimos).
Etymology 4
Perhaps a reduced form of en nl van Elk.
Proper noun
s
en Dutch.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Elk is the 39659th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 554 individuals. Elk is most common among White (68.23%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (25.27%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en ekl Kel Lek lek
East Central German
Proper noun
gmw-ecg proper noun f
gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch gmw-ecg female Adelheid
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