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kola (n.)[kola 词源字典]: "the cola nut," 1830, variant of cola (q.v.).[kola etymology, kola origin, 英语词源]
kolkhoz (n.): U.S.S.R. collective farm, 1921, from Russian kolkhoz, contraction of kollektivnoe khozyaistvo "collective farm."
Komodo dragon (n.): 1927, named for Indonesian island of Komodo, where it lives.
Komsomol (n.): Russian communist youth organization, 1934, from Russian Komsomol, contraction of Kommunisticheskii Soyuz Molodezhi "Communist Union of Youth."
kook (n.): 1960, American English slang; see kooky.
kookaburra (n.): 1890, from a native Australian word.
kooky (adj.): 1959, American English, originally teenager or beatnik slang, possibly a shortening of cuckoo.
Using the newest show-business jargon, Tammy [Grimes] admits, "I look kooky," meaning cuckoo. ["Life" magazine, Jan. 5, 1959]
Related: Kookily; kookiness.
kop (n.): "hill," 1835, from Afrikaans, from Dutch kop "head," from the Germanic form of the root of English cup (compare German Kopf "head").
kopeck (n.): 1/100 of a ruble, from Russian kopeika, from kop'e "lance" (cognate with Greek kopis "chopper, cleaver;" see hatchet); so called because the coin showed the czar with lance in hand.
kopje (n.): small hill in South Africa, from S.African Dutch, diminutive of Dutch kop "hill; head" (see kop).
Koran: 1610s, from Arabic qur'an "a reading, recitation, book," from root of quara-a "he read, recited." Related: Koranic.
Kore: in Greek mythology, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, also called Persephone in her aspect as Hades's wife, from Greek kore "maiden" (see crescent).
Korea: from Chinese Gao li, name of a dynasty founded 918, literally "high serenity." Japanese Chosen is from Korean Choson, literally "land of morning calm," from cho "morning" + son "calm." Related: Korean (1610s).
kos (n.): measure of distance in India (about 2 miles), from Hindi kos, from Sanskrit krosah, literally "a call, a shout;" thus, "distance within which a man's shout can be heard."
kosher (adj.): "ritually fit or pure" (especially of food), 1851, from Yiddish kosher, from Hebrew kasher "fit, proper, lawful," from base of kasher "was suitable, proper." Generalized sense of "correct, legitimate" is from 1896.
kowtow (n.): also kow-tow, 1804, from Chinese k'o-t'ou custom of touching the ground with the forehead to show respect or submission, literally "knock the head," from k'o "knock, bump" + t'ou "head." The verb in the figurative sense of "act in an obsequious manner" is from 1826. Related: Kowtowed; kowtowing.
kraal (n.): "village, pen, enclosure," 1731, South African, from colonial Dutch kraal, from Portuguese curral (see corral).
kraken (n.): monster of the North Sea, 1755, from Norwegian dialectal krake.
Krakow: city in southern Poland, said to have been named for a supposed founder, Krak.
Kraut (n.): "a German" (especially a German soldier), 1841, but popularized during World War I, from German kraut "cabbage," considered a characteristic national dish.