KS

American  

abbreviation

1. Kansas (approved especially for use with zip code).

2. Klinefelter syndrome.

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KS British  

abbreviation

1. Kansas

2. Kyrgyzstan (international car registration)

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Example Sentences

Hard consonants - k's, d's, hard c's and hard g's - gave me hell.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2010

It was because she has trouble saying words sometimes, especially beginnings, like b’s and t’s and k’s.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

There is vacillation in his k's and self-esteem in his capitals.

From The Sign of the Four by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

It is the repeated k's that make the croak so life-like. take him tail.

From Jamaican Song and Story Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes by Jekyll, Walter

It was not pedantic philology at which he aimed, though he did not disdain occasional picturesque archaisms, such as "yatches" for "yachts," or despise the artful aid of terminal k's, long s's, and old-cut type.

From De Libris: Prose and Verse by Dobson, Austin