aka
abbreviation
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aka
American
[ey-key-ey]
/ ˈeɪˈkeɪˈeɪ /
Or
a.k.a.,
abbreviation
a.k.a.
1
British
abbreviation
aka
2
British
/ ˈɑːkə /
noun
aka
Cultural
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The abbreviation, which also appears as AKA and a.k.a., is often used figuratively and facetiously: “my cousin, aka the worst gossip in the neighborhood.”
Etymology
Origin of aka
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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You play as Logan, aka Wolverine, the comic book superhero that can self-heal and has retractable claws.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Duffys also visit the Free States of Taylor Sheridania, aka Wyoming and Montana, in an episode where their young son, Patrick, is taken to the hospital after suffering abdominal pain.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
The joyful tennis pinball made it official Thursday, announcing his dramatic return to the $23 Honey Deuce Invitational aka U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This week Quentin Fottrell, aka the Moneyist, helped a woman whose 99-year-old grandmother wants to cut her only child — the letter writer’s mother — out of her will.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Karl, aka Smoke, had the idea of tucking it around the basketball hoop.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
"While we are disappointed with the jury's decision regarding Durk Banks, a.k.a. 'Lil Durk,' we look forward to presenting our evidence at his second trial", First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli said in a statement.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The killing of Biggie Smalls, a.k.a. the Notorious B.I.G., remains under investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He was diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer in 2016, the same year he made his debut as comics superhero T’Challa, a.k.a. the Black Panther, in “Captain America: Civil War.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
On my tour, no performer better represented the blurred line between theater and street life than the Duchess of Argyle, a.k.a. the Mysterious Masked Lady of Hollywoodland, a.k.a.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
He generally met us at the usual tree, a.k.a. his office.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
