English Words Starting With K

• kherson

  nounLow
  /ˈkɜːsən/A port city in southern Ukraine, located on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea.
• khidmatgar

  nounvery low (historical/archaic)
  /ˈkɪdmʌtˌɡɑː/a male servant, especially one who serves at the table; a waiter (historical, colonial South Asia).
• khimki

  nounRare (Outside Russian/Slavic contexts)
  /ˈkɪmki/A proper noun primarily referring to a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located northwest of Moscow.
• khingan mountains

  plural-nounC2
  /ˌkɪŋˈɡɑːn ˈmaʊntɪnz/A major mountain range system in Northeast Asia, primarily in China, with a smaller part in Russia.
• khios

  nounExtremely Low / Non-standard
  Not a standard English word; appears to be an alternative or erroneous spelling, possibly intended for 'chaos'.
• khirbet qumran

  nounVery low
  /ˌkɪəbət ˈkʊmrən/The archaeological site in the West Bank, on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea.
• khiva

  nounLow
  /ˈkiːvə/A historic city in present-day Uzbekistan, once a major center on the Silk Road and capital of the Khiva Khanate.
• khlyst

  nounVery low (historical/technical)
  /klɪst/A member of a secretive, ascetic Russian Christian sect (17th–19th centuries) known for extreme practices including self-flagellation.
• khmelnitsky

  nounVery Low
  /kəˈmɛlnɪtski/A proper noun referring to a city in western Ukraine.
• khmer

  adjectivenounC2
  /kəˈmɛː/ or /ˈkmɛː/The predominant ethnic group of Cambodia, their language, and their ancient and modern culture.
• khmer republic

  nounC2 (Very low frequency; specialized historical/political term)
  /ˌkmeə rɪˈpʌblɪk/The official name for Cambodia from 1970 to 1975, following the overthrow of the monarchy and preceding the Khmer Rouge regime.
• khmer rouge

  nounC2 / Low Frequency / Proper Noun
  /kmeə ˈruːʒ/A radical communist political regime that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979.
• khnum

  nounVery Low
  /kəˈnuːm/An ancient Egyptian creator god, often depicted with a ram's head, associated with the Nile's annual flooding and the creation of humans on a potter's wheel.
• khodzhent

  nounVery Low
  /kɒˈdʒent/A transliterated historical toponym for a city, now known as Khujand, in Tajikistan.
• khoikhoi

  nounLow
  /ˈkɔɪkɔɪ/A collective ethnonym for the indigenous pastoralist peoples of southwestern Africa, historically known as the Hottentots.
• khoisan

  adjectivenounC2
  /ˈkɔɪsɑːn/A collective term for several indigenous groups of southern Africa, notably the Khoekhoe and San peoples, and their language families.
• khoja

  nounVery Low
  /ˈkəʊdʒə/A title or term for a religious teacher, preacher, or leader, often used in Muslim communities, particularly in Central and South Asia.
• khojent

  nounVery Low
  /ˈkɒdʒənt/A city in Tajikistan, now officially known as Khujand, one of Central Asia's oldest cities.
• khomeini

  nounLow
  /xɒˈmeɪni/ (common approximation: /kɒˈmeɪni/)A proper noun referring to Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), the Iranian Shia Muslim cleric and politician who became the supreme leader of Iran after the 1979 revolution.
• khond

  nounLow (archaic/ethnographic)
  /kɒnd/A member of an Indigenous tribal people of eastern India (Odisha region).

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