Klan

n.
The Ku Klux Klan.

IN BRIEF: n. - A secret society of white Southerners in the United States.

Tutor's tip: Within the "Klan" (racist, white supremacist organization), there is more than one "clan" (a clique or social group).

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a secret society of white Southerners to resist Black emancipation
  Synonyms: Ku Klux Klan, KKK

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - Ku Klux Klan, klanen

Nederlands (Dutch)
Ku-Klux-Klan

Français (French)
n. - le Ku Klux Klan

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ku Klux Klan

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Κου Κλουξ Κλαν

Italiano (Italian)
clan

Português (Portuguese)
n. - Ku-Klux-Klan (f) (organização racista)
abbr. - KKK (f)

Русский (Russian)
ку-клукс-клан

Español (Spanish)
n. - Ku Klux Klan

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Ku Klux Klan
abbr. - Ku Klux Klan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
三K党

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 三K黨

한국어 (Korean)
n. - Ku Klux Klan 의 지부

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - クラン

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جمعيه سريه أمريكيه أنشات لترسيخ سيطرة البيض على الزنوج‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קו-קלוקס-קלאן (ארגון נגד שחורים ויהודים בארה"ב)‬

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