AK and A.K. (but not
Ak) may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''A.K.'' (film), a 1985 film directed by Chris Marker
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AK (radio program), a weekly program produced by Alaska Public Radio Network from 2003 to 2008, later a segment on ''Alaska News Nightly''
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AK (rapper)
PSC or Pimp Squad Click (stylized as P$C or Pimp $quad Click), is an American hip hop group from Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 2001, the group was originally composed of six members, southern rappers Big Kuntry King, Mac Boney, C-Rod, ...
, also known as AK the Razorman, American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia, member of hip hop group P$C
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AK-47 (rapper), American rapper from Chicago, Illinois, member of hip hop group Do or Die
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AK the Savior
Akeem Joseph (born June 13, 1991), better known by his stage name AK the Savior (stylized as AKTHESAVIOR), is an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He is one half of the hip hop duo The Underachievers, along with his childhood friend Iss ...
, American rapper from Brooklyn, New York, member of The Underachievers
* ''
Arknights
''Arknights'' () is a free-to-play tactical RPG/tower defense mobile game developed by Chinese developer Hypergryph. It was released in China on 1 May 2019, in other countries on 16 January 2020 and in Taiwan on 29 June 2020. ''Arknights'' ...
'', the Chinese mobile game developed by Hypergryph
Businesses and organizations
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AK Press
AK Press is a worker-managed, independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. Operated out of Chico, California, the company is collectively owned.
History
AK was founded in Stirling, S ...
, a collectively owned and operated independent publisher and book distributor that specializes in radical and anarchist literature
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AK Steel Holding
AK Steel Holdings Corporation was a steelmaking company headquartered in West Chester Township, Butler County, Ohio. The company, whose name was derived from the initials of Armco, its predecessor company, and Kawasaki Steel Corporation, was ...
Company, a US-based S&P 500 (NYSE:AKS) Steel Manufacturer
* ''Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi'', the Turkish
Justice and Development Party
* ''Arbeiterkammer'', the
Austrian Chamber of Labour
The Chamber of Labour (German: ''Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte'', shortform ''Arbeiterkammer'' or ''AK''), is an organisation that represents the interests of 3 million Austrian employees and consumers. Membership is compulsory for all emp ...
*
Armia Krajowa (''Home Army''), underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II
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Ajnad al-Kavkaz
, war = Syrian Civil War
, image = Ajnad Al-Kavkaz flag.svg
, caption = Flag of Ajnad al-Kavkaz.
, groups =
, active = 2015–''present''
, ideology = *Sunni Islam, Sunni Islamic ...
, a Chechen-led militia in the Syrian Civil War
Science
* AK, the herbarium code for
Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira (or simply the Auckland Museum) is one of New Zealand's most important museums and war memorials. Its collections concentrate on New Zealand history (and especially the history of the Auckl ...
*
Patient AK
In neuroanatomy, the superior frontal gyrus (SFG, also marginal gyrus) is a gyrus – a ridge on the brain's cerebral cortex – which makes up about one third of the frontal lobe. It is bounded laterally by the superior frontal sulcus.
The su ...
, a 16-year-old female patient who laughed when her brain was stimulated with electric current during treatment for epilepsy
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Actinic keratosis
Actinic keratosis (AK), sometimes called solar keratosis or senile keratosis, is a pre-cancerous area of thick, scaly, or crusty skin.Freedberg, et al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine''. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. . Actinic k ...
, a skin condition
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Applied kinesiology, a method using manual muscle testing that purportedly gives feedback on the functional status of the body
Places
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Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
, a state in the US whose postal abbreviation is "AK"
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Azad Kashmir, a region of
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
.
Transport
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AirAsia
Capital A Berhad, () operating as AirAsia (stylized as ''airasia'') is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the largest airline in Malaysia by fleet size and destinations. AirAsia operat ...
(IATA code AK), a Malaysia-based airline
*Cargo ships (US Navy
hull classification symbol
The United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) use a hull classification symbol (sometimes called hull code or hull number) to identify their ships by type and by ind ...
AK)
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New Zealand AK class carriage
The New Zealand AK class carriage is a type of 17 cars built by Dunedin's Hillside Workshops for KiwiRail's long-distance passenger operation The Great Journeys of New Zealand. Consisting of 11 AK saloon carriages and four AKC café carriages ...
passenger carriages used by KiwiRail on their Great Railway Journeys of New Zealand
Other uses
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Akan language (ISO 639-1 code alpha-2
ak
)
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Kalashnikov rifle
A Kalashnikov (Калашников) rifle is any one of a series of automatic rifles based on the original design of Mikhail Kalashnikov. They are officially known in Russian as "Avtomát Kaláshnikova" ( rus, Автома́т Кала́шник ...
(Avtomat Kalashnikova) an originally Soviet/Russian series of rifles, e.g. AK-47, AKM, AK-74, AK-101, AK-103, etc.
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AK-47
The AK-47, officially known as the ''Avtomat Kalashnikova'' (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is a gas-operated assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian small-arms d ...
, shortened to "AK"
*
Knight of the Order of Australia
The Order of Australia is an honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...
, awarded from 1976 to 1986, and 2014 to 2015
*
Aktuaalne kaamera Aktuaalne kaamera (abbreviated AK) is an Estonian television news program shown in Eesti Televisioon. They first broadcast on March 11, 1956, which makes AK the oldest continuously running television program in Estonia.
Since October 1958, AK broad ...
, a TV program of the Eesti Televisioon
* , the primary resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II
See also
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Ak (disambiguation)
AK and A.K. (but not Ak) may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''A.K.'' (film), a 1985 film directed by Chris Marker
* AK (radio program), a weekly program produced by Alaska Public Radio Network from 2003 to 2008, later a segment on ''Alaska N ...
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