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| + | * '''kilij''' (from Turkish ''kılıç'', literally "a sword"): a Turkish saber with a crescent-shaped blade, sharp on the entire convex edge and sharp on the opposite edge for about 8 in. (20 cm) back from the point. | ||
| + | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilij Wikipedia] | ||
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* '''kill:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') a church | * '''kill:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') a church | ||
Revision as of 13:38, 5 April 2010
- kilij (from Turkish kılıç, literally "a sword"): a Turkish saber with a crescent-shaped blade, sharp on the entire convex edge and sharp on the opposite edge for about 8 in. (20 cm) back from the point.
- kill: (Anglo-Irish) a church
- cill: (Irish) a church; monastic cell
- Kill! Kill! Kill!
- Kelly: a common Irish surname
- KKK: the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist society prominent in the southern states of the USA → interracial conflict between blacks and whites → Whoyteboyce and Hoodie Head
- Drom Cuill-Choille: (Irish) Hazelwood Ridge → according to antiquarian Walter Harris, this was an early name for Dublin
- Kilkelly: a village in County Mayo
- Kilkenny: a county and town in Leinster
- kill: (Dutch) creek, stream, river
