Ku Klux Klan

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Ku Klux Klan

/ˌku klʌks ˈklæn/ US
/ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn/ UK
/ˌkuː klʊks ˈklan/ Northern England
/ˌkʉ klʌks ˈklan/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) and 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.

proper noun the Ku Klux Klan

An American white supremacist secret society and terrorist organization. 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.
Similar: Klan, KKK, Klux, Invisible Empire

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name Ku Klux Klan

Español	Ku Klux Klan
한국어	쿠 클럭스 클랜 Ku keulleokseu keullaen
日本語	クー・クラックス・クラン Kū-kurakkusu-kuran
中文	三K黨 /三K党 sān-kèi-dǎng
हिन्दी	कू क्लुक्स क्लॅन kū kluks klĕn
Português	Ku Klux Klan
Français	Ku Klux Klan
Deutsch	Ku-Klux-Klan
Italiano	Ku Klux Klan
Ελληνικά	Κου Κλουξ Κλαν Kou Kloux Klan
Română	Ku Klux Klan
Русский	Ку-клукс-кла́н Ku-kluks-klán
Tiếng Việt	Ku Klux Klan
العربية	كُو كْلُوكْس كْلَان kū klūks klān
עברית	קו קלוקס קלאן ku kluks klan

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@misc{ku_klux_klan_2026,
  title = {Ku Klux Klan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ku%20klux%20klan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}