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aka
[ ey-key-ey ]
abbreviation for
- also known as: (used to indicate another name or alias used by a person):
According to police records he is Joe Smith aka “Baby Face Smith” and Joseph Smathers.
aka
1/ ˈɑːkə /
noun
- a vine, Metrosideros scandens , found in New Zealand
a.k.a.
2abbreviation for
- also known as
aka
- An abbreviation meaning “also known as.” It is primarily used by law enforcement officials to specify an alias: “John Smith, aka Jonathan Jones.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aka1
Word History and Origins
Origin of aka1
Example Sentences
In May, the head of Guerreros Unidos, Mario Casarrubias Salgado, aka the Beautiful Toad, was arrested.
That kind of behavior would be in keeping with somebody who had been slipped a date rape drug such as Midazolam, aka Dazzle.
The horseman, aka Abraham, is actually passably cute, with a rocking bod and apparently steady source of income.
The compilation also brought the Nazi-riffic Apt Pupil and leach-tastic The Body (aka Stand By Me) to the silver screen.
The “Hall of Fame” also houses the Duchess of Cambridge (aka Kate Middleton), which seems sad though spot-on.
The suffix -aka or -aga sometimes appears and gives a sense of continuance to the verbal root.
This form may also appear as ša, as for instance aka—to be on fire becomes aša, to set on fire.
I was drawing the grand old head of a venerable dame—Oriuhia t Aka—when she asked to see what I was about.
But if the adjective in the superlative expresses a lessening of the quality then -aka(ne) is suffixed.
"Killed a rosmaro today, second time in ten days," Ch'aka said.
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