Klingon

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Klingon (plural Klingons)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Klingon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 319.
• Forebears

Two Klingons

c. 1960s,[1] from the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department. In-universe, the name was a transcription of Klingon "tlhIngan".

• enPR: klĭng'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɒn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɑn/, /ˈkliŋɑn/
• Rhymes: (US) -ɪŋɑn

Klingon (plural Klingons)

1. (countable) Member of a fictional alien warrior race depicted as having distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on strict observance of honour, loyalty, and combat.
   • 1967 March 23, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Errand of Mercy (Star Trek: The Original Series), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:

     SPOCK: Captain, we've reached the designated position for scanning the coded directive tape.
     KIRK: Good. We've both guessed right. Negotiations with the Klingon Empire are on the verge of breaking down. Starfleet Command anticipates a surprise attack. We are to proceed to Organia and take whatever steps are necessary to prevent the Klingons from using it as a base.

Klingon

1. An artificial language created by Marc Okrand, for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

• Klingonese

• Klingon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Qapla'
• Appendix:Klingon

• Klingon at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Klingon Language Institute
• http://www.klingon.org/
• Klingon Wikia
• Linguist List entry for Klingon, code tlh

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Klingon (uncountable)

1. Klingon (language)