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 News Nightly'' *

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 *

AK-47 (rapper) Do or Die is an American rap trio originally from the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, consisting of N.A.R.D., Belo Zero, and AK-47. The group experienced mainstream success with the platinum single "Po Pimp", which ...

, American rapper from Chicago, Illinois, member of hip hop group Do or Die *

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'', the Chinese mobile game developed by Hypergryph

Businesses and organizations

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, Sc ...

, a collectively owned and operated independent publisher and book distributor that specializes in radical and anarchist literature * AK Steel Holding Company, a US-based S&P 500 (NYSE:AKS) Steel Manufacturer * ''Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi'', the Turkish

Justice and Development Party Justice and Development Party may refer to several political parties, the best-known ones being: * Justice and Development Party (Morocco) * Justice and Development Party (Turkey) Justice and Development Party may also refer to: * Justice and Dev ...

* ''Arbeiterkammer'', the Austrian Chamber of Labour *

Armia Krajowa The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...

(''Home Army''), underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II * Ajnad al-Kavkaz, a Chechen-led militia in the Syrian Civil War

Science

* AK, the herbarium code for Auckland War Memorial Museum *

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 *

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 * Applied kinesiology, a method using manual muscle testing that purportedly gives feedback on the functional status of the body

Places

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" *

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

, 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 List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

Transport

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 operate ...

(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) * New Zealand AK class carriage passenger carriages used by KiwiRail on their Great Railway Journeys of New Zealand

Other uses

Akan language Akan () is a Central Tano language and the principal native language of the Akan people of Ghana, spoken over much of the southern half of Ghana. About 80% of Ghana's population can speak Akan, and about 44% of Ghanaians are native speakers. I ...

(ISO 639-1 code alpha-2 ak) * Kalashnikov rifle (Avtomat Kalashnikova) an originally Soviet/Russian series of rifles, e.g. AK-47, AKM, AK-74, AK-101, AK-103, etc. ** AK-47, 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 ...