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Ken
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Appendix:Variations of "ken"
English
Pronunciation
en /kɛn/
en /kɪn/ pin-pen
en En-us-ken.ogg US
en ɛn 1
en ken ; kin<aa:pin-pen>
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en male Kenneth.
en Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 2023-06-21 The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20230629063359/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house/
en colloquial in combination Kensington in London.
en 2003 Rob Humphreys The Rough Guide to London 327 Kensington High Street — better known as High Street Ken after the nearby tube — is dominated architecturally by
en 2015 James Sherwood James Sherwood's Discriminating Guide to London The ladies (and gentlemen) of South Ken and Chelsea do like their raw food, and Daphne's does a terrific tuna tartare with avocado and wild fennel, black figs, gorgonzola and hazelnuts;
en Ken doll.
en 2007 Vanessa Rose Lee The Beauty Queen and the School Nerd After the ceremony, the "Barbies and Kens" (excluding Tommy and Britney) gathered at Lindsay's mansion to have a barbeque party. They laughed and talked about good times and vowed to remain friends forever.
Derived terms
en Ken Burns effect Red Ken
Etymology 2
en
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Ken is the 40144th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 546 individuals. Ken is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (47.44%) and White (34.62%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en ekn nek
en Neighbourhoods in Greater London, England
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male of da en - origin
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from et en Ken, Kenneth in modern times. Also a rare variant of et Kents, a short form of et la Innocentius.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male
Japanese
Romanization
けん
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male of no en - origin, the short form of en Kenneth