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AK may mean:
- Alaska (U.S. postal abbreviation)
- Applied kinesiology
- the US Navy hull classification symbol for Cargo Ship
- Armia Krajowa (Home Army), underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War 2
- AK-47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova model 1947 g.), Russian rifle or one of its variants such as the AK-74, AK-101, AK-103, or AK-107
- the IATA code for Air Asia based in Malaysia
- Ace-King (in Poker)
- Patient AK, notable for electric stimulation to the brain eliciting laughter
- A.K. (1985), a film directed by Chris Marker about the making of Kurosawa's Ran (1985)
- AK Press
- Knight of the Order of Australia, a chivalric award, defunct since 1986
- AK, Arbeiterkammer, in English the Austrian Chamber of Labour
- The Turkish Justice and Development Party, from its Turkish name, Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
- 'Avada Kedavra,' the Killing Curse in the Harry Potter book series.
- Akan language (ISO 639 alpha-2)
- "white" in Turkish
- The Master Woodsman of the World in L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.
- The nickname for bassist Steve Jay, of the ethno-funk duo, Ak & Zuie (and "Weird Al" Yankovic's bassist).
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