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English

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Noun

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King (pluralKings)

  1. (World War II era, joint US/RAF)radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K.
    Synonym:Kilo
  2. Thetitle of aking.
    • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, inRailway Magazine, page 8:
      As we climbed the Marykirk Bank Ogilvie spoke of the passes leading over to Deeside, and of the Royal deer forests around Balmoral; then, with mingled pride and modesty, he added, "I've driven theKing seven times."
    • 2001, Richard Gameson, editor,The Codex Aureus: An Eighth-Century Gospel Book, Rosenkilde and Bagger,→ISBN, page76:
      One, a grant by Archbishop Wulfred to that community, is datable to 825x32; while the other two (both copies of the same document) record an agreement between Archbishop Ceolnoth andKings Egbert and Æthelwulf which was enacted in 838.

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King (countable anduncountable,pluralKings)

  1. AnEnglish andScottishsurname transferred from the nickname, originally anickname for someone who either acted as if he were a king or had worked in the king'shousehold.
    • 2008 April 28,Associated Press, “Russia Tops U.S. to Reach Fed Cup Final”, inThe New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on6 January 2018:
      The Russians clinched the victory when Vera Zvonareva rallied to defeat VaniaKing, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, in the first reverse singles match, giving her team a 3-0 lead.[…] After Russia went ahead, 3-0, Ahsha Rolle defeated Elena Vesnina, 6-3, 6-4, thenKing paired with Liezel Huber to beat Vesnina and Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7-6 (3), 6-4, in the doubles.
    • 2015 March 5, Douglas Brinkley, “Selma’s historic bridge deserves a better name”, inCNN‎[2]:
      So whenKing – who had been in Atlanta for “Bloody Sunday” – telegrammed Parks about returning to Alabama to take part in a third mass march from Selma to Montgomery, her immediate answer was “Why, of course.”
  2. (UK, rail transport)King class, a class of steam locomotives once used on theGWR.
  3. A number of places in theUnited States:
    1. Anunincorporated community inGibson County,Indiana.
    2. Acity inStokes County andForsyth County,North Carolina.
    3. Aneighbourhood in north-eastPortland,Oregon.
    4. Anunincorporated community inClay County,West Virginia.
    5. Anunincorporated community inWetzel County,West Virginia.
    6. Atown inLincoln County,Wisconsin.
    7. Acensus-designated place inFarmington,Waupaca County,Wisconsin.
  4. Atownship in theRegional Municipality of York,Ontario,Canada.
  5. Avillage onNew Ireland,Papua New Guinea.

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census,King is the 34th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 465,422 individuals.King is most common among White (70.2%) and Black/African American (22.8%) individuals.

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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FromEnglishking.

Proper noun

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King

  1. a malegiven name from English
  2. thetitle of aking

Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromHokkien龔 /龚(Kéng).

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King (Baybayin spellingᜃᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. a Chinese Filipinosurname from Hokkien
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