Standard Lemma guide

kut

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika, used to signify the joint issue of stamps by these countries from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

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name

Meaning 2

A city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 3

A traditional Korean shamanic ritual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From Arabic ٱلْكُوت (l-kūt).

From Korean 굿 (gut), romanized as kut under the McCune-Reischauer romanization system.