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Kancolle Dictionary

Are listed a comprehensive list of most abreviations and acronyms used by the Kancolle community.

Abreviations & Acronyms

Abbreviations, Specific terms & Trivia

Alongside acronyms, you may encounter some abbreviations, specific terms, and trivia, some being Japanese terms or names, more practical names referring to specific in-game features, or even real-life Trivia.

  • See also the disambiguation pages for clarification on equipment and mechanics sharing a similar name.
► Disambiguations

Girls nicknames

"Official" nicknames

Names often used either by the devs or the girls themselves, to humanize "number namings" of some ships.

Informal nicknames

Names mostly used by the community, ranging from abbreviations and deformations of the original names, or from other trivia facts.

  • 101-chan - No.101 Transport Ship
  • 2-4-11 - Naka. 2-4-11 refers to the fuel-ammo-steel combination received from her scrap (if scrapping with her default equipment).
  • ABKM - Abukuma
  • Beaver - Yukikaze's nickname based on her appearance. Japanese call her "Hamster".
  • Bep - Verniy, due to her writing in Cyrillic (Верный).
  • Bisckuit - Bismarck
  • Bucky - Fubuki, notably used by Kongou in the Anime.
  • CdC - Conte di Cavour
  • Cranes - Shoukaku-class, both being named after cranes.
  • Dragons - Souryuu, Hiryuu, Unryuu, Ryuujou, and Ryuuhou, all being named after dragons.
  • Ducks - Akizuki-classn the "zuki" sounding like "ducky" in Japanese
  • Goto - Gotland
  • Hotel - Yamato, reference to her being called that way by Japanese sailors, since she spent more time garrisoning rather than combating.
  • Horny - Hornet, sometime Horny Maru
  • Kamo - Akitsushima
  • KMKZ - Kamikaze
  • KTKM - Kitakami. Wordplay from Japanese netslang KTKR which is read as "kita kore", literally "it's here", sort of like "woohoo I got it" or "I've been waiting for this!".
  • KWKZ - Kawakaze
  • Lady Lex - Lexington
  • Melon-chan - Yuubari's nickname due to her uniform color scheme and general resemblance to a melon as well as the City of Yuubari, on the namesake Yuubari River, which is well known for its melons.
  • Nagamon - Nagato's name "長門" 2nd kanji, "門", can be pronounced as mon. This name contrasts Nagato's seriousness with the silly and cute things she is usually depicted doing.
  • Nagamutsu - Fusion of Nagato and Mutsu names, designating the class or both of them.
  • NGNM - Naganami
  • Potatoes - Every characters drawn by Shibafu (しばふ), referring to the simple "potatoes-like" shape of their face.
  • Pudding - Prinz Eugen, due to her name pronouciation in Japanese
  • SKK - Shoukaku
  • SMKZ - Shimakaze
  • Snail - Mutsu
  • Sodak - South Dakota
  • Strawberry - Harusame, referring to her hair color.
  • Vicky - Victorious
  • Whales - Refer to Submarine Tenders having the kanji "鯨" meaning whale in their name.
  • Yamasushi - Fusion of Yamato and Musashi names, designating the class or both of them.
  • YKKZ - Yukikaze
  • YMKZ - Yamakaze
  • Zekamashi (ぜかまし) - Shimakaze's name read backward (in traditional Japanese, characters are read right-to-left). Found on one of the Rensouhou-chan's lifebuoys.
  • ZKMS - Zekamashi (Shimakaze)
  • ZKK - Zuikaku

See here [1] for more informal ships nicknames.

Abyssals nicknames

In addition to the following list, many Abyssal bosses are called by the name of the Kanmusu they represent.

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