KK, K.K., kK, k.k., or other sequences of two k's with or without punctuation may refer to:

Arts and media

*KK, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''

The Faceless Ones ''The Faceless Ones'' is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967. In this serial, the Sec ...

'' * "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa * Kk. or Kirkpatrick number, a designation system for Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, devised by

Ralph Kirkpatrick Ralph Leonard Kirkpatrick (; June 10, 1911April 13, 1984) was an American harpsichordist and musicologist, widely known for his chronological catalog of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas as well as for his performances and recordings. Lif ...

* ''Kobylańska Katalog'' or ''KK'', catalogue of the works of Frédéric Chopin, authored by

Krystyna Kobylańska Krystyna Kobylańska (6 August 1925 in Brześć, Poland – 30 January 2009 in Milanówek, Poland) was a Polish musicologist Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholar ...

* ''

Kvinner og Klær ''Kvinner og Klær'' (''KK'', ), is a Norwegian weekly women's magazine published in Oslo, Norway. It is the oldest and largest magazine for women in the country. History and profile ''Kvinner og Klær'' was launched under the title of ''Nordis ...

'' (''Women and Clothes'') or ''KK'', a Norwegian weekly magazine * ''

Kritika Kultura ''Kritika Kultura'' (''KK'') is the semi-annual peer-reviewed international electronic journal of literary, language and cultural studies of the Department of English of the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. It touts itself as "a pioneerin ...

'' or ''KK'', a Philippine journal of literary, language and cultural studies

Language

* Kazakh language (ISO 639-1 code kk), a Turkic language *

Kenyon and Knott ''A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English'', also referred to as Kenyon and Knott, was first published by the G. & C. Merriam Company in 1944, and written by John Samuel Kenyon and Thomas A. Knott. It provides a phonemic transcription of Gen ...

or KK Phonetic Transcription, a transcription system used in the 1944 ''Pronouncing Dictionary of American English'' *

Kernewek Kemmyn Kernewek Kemmyn (Common Cornish or "KK") is a variety of the revived Cornish language. Kernewek Kemmyn was developed, mainly by Ken George in 1986, based upon George's earlier doctoral thesis on the phonological history of Cornish. It takes muc ...

(Common Cornish), a variety of the Cornish language *

Kk (digraph) This is a list of digraphs used in various Latin alphabets. Capitalisation involves only the first letter (''ch'' becomes ''Ch'') unless otherwise stated (''ij'' becomes ''IJ''). Letters with diacritics are arranged in alphabetic order accordin ...

, used to represent a consonant in various languages

People

KK (singer) Krishnakumar Kunnath (23 August 1968 – 31 May 2022), popularly known as KK, was an Indian playback singer. Regarded as one of the best and most versatile singers in India, he recorded songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayala ...

, (Krishnakumar Kunnath, 1968–2022), Bollywood playback singer *

KK (musician) Kristján Kristjánsson also known as KK () is an Icelandic blues and folk musician. Early life and career KK was born on March 26, 1956 in Minnesota, United States, to Icelandic parents but moved to Iceland with his family around the age of 10 ...

(born 1956), Icelandic musician *

KK (composer, producer) KK (born Kevin Kerrigan, 1 December 1975) is a British composer, record producer and sound designer, best known for his work as a composer and music producer in the field of contemporary/pop music. His past work includes collaborations with Bri ...

(born 1975), British record producer and musician *

KK Goswami KrishnaKant (K K) Goswami (born 3 September 1973) is an Indian television and film actor who appears in popular Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri films and serials. In the onscreen career spinning over twenty seven year's, Goswami h ...

(born 1973), Indian film and television actor *

K. K. Downing Kenneth Keith Downing Jr. (born 27 October 1951) is an English guitarist and a former member of the heavy metal band Judas Priest. Early life and career Downing was born in West Bromwich, West Midlands. In the late 1960s, he developed a p ...

(born 1951), British musician *

K. Keshava Rao Kancherla Keshava Rao, popularly known as KK (born 4 June 1939), is an Indian politician from Telangana Rashtra Samithi party. He is a Member of the Parliament of India in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Rao was first ...

(born 1939), Indian politician *

Kay Kay Menon Krishna Kumar Menon (born 2 October 1966), better known by the stage name Kay Kay Menon, is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and also in Gujarati, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu cinema. Early life Menon was born in a Nair f ...

(born 1968), Indian actor *

Keke Rosberg Keijo Erik Rosberg (born 6 December 1948), known as "Keke" (), is a Finnish former racing driver and winner of the Formula One World Championship. He was the first Finnish driver to compete regularly in the series, as well as the first Finnish ...

(born 1948), Finnish racing driver *

Kenneth Kaunda Kenneth David Kaunda (28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021), also known as KK, was a Zambian politician who served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. He was at the forefront of the struggle for independence from British rule. Diss ...

(1924–2021), first president of Zambia *

Jesperi Kotkaniemi Jesperi Kotkaniemi (; born 6 July 2000) is a Finnish professional ice hockey center currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted third overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2018 NHL Entry D ...

, Finnish ice hockey player *

Kwang-hyun Kim Kwang-hyun Kim (Hangul: 김광현; born July 22, 1988) is a South Korean left-handed pitcher for the SSG Landers of KBO League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals and in KBO for the SK Wyverns. Amateur c ...

, Korean baseball player, plays for the St. Louis Cardinals * KK, born Kelton L. McDonalda, rapper from the American rap group

2nd II None 2nd II None is a rap group from Compton, California. It consists of cousins KK (born Kelton L. McDonald) and Gangsta D (born Deon Barnett). They were members of the Elm Street Piru Bloods.Kinnickinnic River (Milwaukee River) The Kinnickinnic River is one of three primary rivers that flows into the harbor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Lake Michigan, along with the Menomonee River and Milwaukee River. It is locally called the "KK River". '' Kinnickinnic'' is an Ojibwe w ...

or "KK River", which flows into Lake Michigan * KK, an underground rail route replaced by the

J/Z (New York City Subway service) The J Nassau Street Local and Z Nassau Street Express are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Lower Manhattan. T ...

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or KK, a city in Sabah, Malaysia *

Kuala Kangsar The Kuala Kangsar (Perak Malay: ''Kole Kangso'') is the royal town of Perak, Malaysia. It is located at the downstream of Kangsar River where it joins the Perak River, approximately northwest of Ipoh, Perak's capital, and southeast of ...

, royal town of Perak, Malaysia *

Kuala Kurau Kuala Kurau is a mukim in Kerian District, Perak, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea ...

, a town in Kerian District, Perak Malaysia *

Kuala Klawang Kuala Klawang (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Kolo Klawang''; Jawi: كوالا كلاواڠ) is a mukim and the district capital of Jelebu District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is connected to state capital Seremban through Malaysia Federal Route 86 ...

, a town in Jelebu District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia * Northern Cyprus or by its Turkish name "Kuzey Kıbrıs"

Sport

Karachi Kings Karachi Kings ( ur, ; sd, ڪراچي ڪنگز) (abbreviated as KK) is a Pakistani professional franchise Twenty20 cricket team that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). The team is based in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, ...

, a cricket team franchise in Pakistan Super League

Other uses

Kabushiki gaisha A or ''kabushiki kaisha'', commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan. The term is often translated as "stock company", " joint-stock company" or "stock corporation". The term ''kabushiki gaisha'' ...

or kabushiki kaisha, a type of Japanese joint-stock company commonly abbreviated as "K.K." * Kaluza–Klein theory, a theory in physics * Karkat Vantas, a character from the webcomic ''Homestuck'', frequently called "KK" by his friend Sollux *

AtlasGlobal AtlasGlobal, named ''Atlasjet'' until 31 March 2015, was a Turkish airline headquartered in Istanbul, which operated scheduled domestic and international passenger services as well as charter flights, mostly out of its base at Istanbul Airport ...

(IATA airline designator KK), formerly Atlasjet, a Turkish airline *

Jeep Liberty (KK) The Jeep Liberty (KK), or Jeep Cherokee (KK) outside North America, is a compact SUV that was manufactured by Jeep and Introduced in 2008 as a successor to the first generation Liberty (KJ). The Liberty features unibody-construction and was asse ...

, a model of Jeep Liberty made from 2008 until 2012 * ''Kilokelvin'' (kK), a temperature or temperature difference of 1000

kelvin The kelvin, symbol K, is the primary unit of temperature in the International System of Units (SI), used alongside its prefixed forms and the degree Celsius. It is named after the Belfast-born and University of Glasgow-based engineer and phy ...

s * k.k. or k.-k. (kaiserlich-königlich), meaning "imperial-royal" in the Austrian and Austro-Hungarian Empires * "kk", instant-messaging slang for " OK", an acceptance and indication that no further explanation is necessary *

KK-theory In mathematics, ''KK''-theory is a common generalization both of K-homology and K-theory as an additive bivariant functor on separable C*-algebras. This notion was introduced by the Russian mathematician Gennadi Kasparov in 1980. It was influ ...

, in algebraic topology *

KK thesis The KK thesis or KK principle is a principle of epistemic logic which states that "If you know that P is the case then you know that you know that P is the case." This means that one cannot know that P is, if one does not know whether one's knowled ...

, a principle of epistemology *

Krusty Krab The Krusty Krab is a fictional fast food restaurant in the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. It is famous for its signature burger, the Krabby Patty, the formula to which is a closely guarded trade secret. The rest ...

, a fictional ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' restaurant *

K.K. Slider , more commonly known as K.K. Slider or K.K., is a fictional character within the ''Animal Crossing'' franchise. One of the franchise's most popular characters, he debuted in the title ''Animal Crossing'', and has appeared in every installment si ...

, a fictional character from the video game franchise ''Animal Crossing''

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