Ku Klux Klan

Ku-Klux-Klan Kuklux Klan English thumb|Emblem of the Ku Klux Klan. Etymology en ine-pro *kʷel- en grc κύκλος circle and en clan, split syllabically into three words, with the first letter of clan changing to a 'k' in order to match the initial letters of the previous two words. Pronunciation en /ˌku klʌks ˈklæn/ US en /ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ku Klux Klan.wav Southern England en /ˌkuː klʊks ˈklan/ Northern England en /ˌkʉ klʌks ˈklan/ Scotland,NI Proper noun 1 1 An American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization. en Klan KKK Klux Invisible Empire 1944 653 The very suspicion of seditious utterances against the government, suspected complicity in the Ku Klux Klan, or complaint by a negro that a white man had been uppity to him were enough to land a citizen in jail. Derived terms en Ku Klux Klanner Related terms en KKK en Klansman en Ku-Klux Translations Ku Klux Klan Arabic: ar كُو كْلُوكْس كْلَان m Armenian: hy Կու-կլուքս-կլան Azerbaijani: az Ku-kluks-klan Belarusian: be Ку-Клукс-кла́н m Bengali: bn কু ক্লাক্স ক্লান Bulgarian: bg Ку-клукс-кла́н m Burmese: my ကူကလပ်ကလန် Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 三K黨 sān-kèi-dǎng Dutch: nl Ku Klux Klan Esperanto: eo Ku-Kluks-Klano Finnish: fi Ku Klux Klan French: fr Ku Klux Klan m Georgian: ka კუ-კლუქს-კლანი German: de Ku-Klux-Klan m Greek: el Κου Κλουξ Κλαν Hebrew: he קו קלוקס קלאן m ku kluks klan Hindi: hi कू क्लुक्स क्लॅन Hungarian: hu Ku Klux Klan Icelandic: is Ku Klux Klan Italian: it Ku Klux Klan m Japanese: ja クー・クラックス・クラン Kū-kurakkusu-kuran Korean: ko ^쿠 클럭스 클랜 Lithuanian: lt Kukluksklanas m Macedonian: mk Кју-клукс-клан m Marathi: mr कू क्लुक्स क्लॅन Mongolian: mn Ку-клукс-клан Norwegian: no Ku Klux Klan Persian: fa کو کلوکس کلان ku keluks kelân Polish: pl Ku Klux Klan m Portuguese: pt Ku Klux Klan Romanian: ro Ku Klux Klan Russian: ru Ку-клукс-кла́н m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Кју-клукс-клан m Latin: sh Kju-kluks-klan m Slovak: sk Kukluxklan m Slovene: sl Kukluksklan m Spanish: es Ku Klux Klan m Swedish: sv Ku Klux Klan Thai: th คูคลักซ์แคลน Turkish: tr Ku Klux Klan Ukrainian: uk Ку-Клукс-кла́н m, uk ку-клукс-кла́н m Uzbek: uz Ku-Kluks-Klan Vietnamese: vi Ku Klux Klan Yiddish: yi קו־קלוקס־קלען f See also en nightrider en whitecapper Further reading en Ku Klux Klan Organizations Politics Racism Portuguese Proper noun m,f 1 en Ku Klux Klan pt Ku Klux Klan Romanian Proper noun n Ku Klux Klan en Ku Klux Klan ro Ku Klux Klan Spanish es: Etymology es :bor en:Ku Klux Klan + 1 Proper noun m Ku Klux Klan en Ku Klux Klan es Ku Klux Klan