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    kn
    knot; knots.
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    KN
    king's knight.
  • kn.
    kn.
    abbreviation
    kronen.

kn

1 American  
  1. knot; knots.


KN 2 American  
Chess.
  1. king's knight.


kn. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. kronen.


kn 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. nautical knot

  2. krona

  3. krone

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

KN 2 British  

symbol

  1. king's knight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

kn 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Saint Kitts and Nevis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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As a native of Southern California now retired kn northeast Wisconsin, I find myself in a culinary wasteland when it comes to Mexican cuisine.

From New York Times May 16, 2017

Florida must turn to backup quarterback Austin Appleby for Saturday’s game after usual starter Luke Del Rio injured his left kn ee last week in a 32-0 victory over North Texas.

From Washington Times Sep. 23, 2016

Kl, as in uncle, ankle; kld, trickl'd; kldst, truckl'dst; klst, chuckl'st; klz, wrinkles; kn, black'n; knd, reck'n'd; kndst, reck'n'dst; knst, black'n'st; knz, reck'ns; kr, crank; ks, checks; kt, act.

From Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Sanders, Charles W.

Combinations of Consonants.—There are a few consonantal combinations which offer a slight difficulty to English beginners, viz., gv, kn, kv, sc.

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by Mann, William W.

"Diversification has certainly happened," KN Raghavan, of the Seafood Exporter Association of India said.

From Barron's Jan. 11, 2026

But the man, who can only be identified as KN, told the BBC he had been in hiding and did not know about the plan.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2022

The district will receive a shipment of hundreds of thousands of N 95 or KN 95 masks as early as next week, said deputy superintendent Rob Gannon.

From Seattle Times Jan. 15, 2022

We did a few more of these concept videos for John after the success of the KN video.

From Time Apr. 2, 2013

The mathematical expression of this law is dN/dt = KN where N is the concentration of the available chlorine in parts per million.

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph

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