User:Amgine/SG Details-K

k
Avoid for 1 000 except in direct quotes, and in SI abbreviations such as km, kg.

Kant, Immanuel
Not Emmanuel.

Karadžić, Radovan
Then Dr Karadžić after first mention, for the psychiatrist and war crimes suspect. Note the accents.

Kentucky Fried Chicken
The company has rebranded as KFC, so the full caps title should only be used in historical contexts.

kerosene
North American term for paraffin. A colorless, odorless fuel.

key
Almost always use is clichéd; avoid where possible. Allowable for major or minor keys, as well as in association with locks or ciphers.

kick-start
Do not use except in regard to motorcycles.

kilobyte
Abbreviate to kB, but note megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), and terabyte (TB).

kilogram
Not kilogramme, abbreviate to kg. See SI.

kilometre
Not kilometer. (Note: kilometer is a US spelling which is deprecated because the US does not even use the km officially.) See SI.

kilometres per hour
Abbreviate to km/h, not kph. See SI.

kilowatt hour
Abbreviate to kWh. See SI.

kneejerk
Prefer without hyphen or space.

knockout
Noun with neither space nor hyphen, but to knock out as verb, with knock being conjugated.

know-how
Preferred with hyphen for noun.

Koran
Do not use. Prefer Qur'an.

Kosovo, Kosovan
Prefer Kosovan, not Kosovar.

Kurdistan
Do not use. Use Iraqi Kurdistan for the Iraqi federal entity. All other portions of the Zagros and Taurus mountain ranges - elements of ancient Corduene - do not have any recognition as a Kurdish state.

Kurdistan Worker's Party
Not Kuridstan Workers' Party, in Kurdish Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan thus abbreviate PKK. The PKK is identified by the United Nations, and other national and international entities, as a terrorist organization.

Kyoto Protocol
Capitalize protocol.