KC, Kc and similar may refer to:

Places

Kuçovë District Kuçovë District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 Counties of Albania, counties. It had a population of 35,571 in 2001, and an area of , making it the smallest district of Albania. I ...

, Albania's ISO 3166-2 code *

Kansas City metropolitan area The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...

, a major metropolitan area of the United States **

Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri, abbreviated KC or KCMO, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by List of cities in Missouri, population and area. The city lies within Jackson County, Missouri, Jackson, Clay County, Missouri, Clay, and Pl ...

, its principal city **

Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City (commonly known as KCK) is the third-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As ...

, the third-largest city in the state * Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia's ISO 3166-2 code

People

* Kent Cochrane (1951–2014), Canadian memory disorder patient * KC Concepcion (born 1985), Philippine model, actress, singer, songwriter * Kcee (musician) (born 1979), Nigerian singer, songwriter, performer * K.C. Potter (1939–2024), American academic administrator and LGBT rights activist * Harry Wayne Casey (born 1951), American musician best known for his band KC and the Sunshine Band * Govinda K.C. (born 1957), Nepali orthopaedic surgeon and philanthropic activist * KC or K.C., an abbreviation for the Nepalese surname Khatri Chhetri

Arts and entertainment

* ''KC'' (album), a 2010 album by KC Concepcion * KC and the Sunshine Band, an American funk, R&B and disco musical group founded in 1973 *

King Crimson King Crimson were an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald (musician), Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Guitarist Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the ...

, a British progressive rock band * K.C. Guthrie, a fictional character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * K.C. Cooper, the title character in the Disney Channel sitcom, '' K.C. Undercover''

Businesses and organizations

Schools and universities

* King's College, Hong Kong, a boys' secondary school in Hong Kong * Kingwood College, now Lone Star College-Kingwood, in Kingwood, Houston, Texas, United States * Kishinchand Chellaram College or K. C. College, South Mumbai, India * Kutama College, a boys' boarding high school in Zimbabwe * Kuen Cheng High School, a high school in Malaysia

Sports organizations

Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division. Established in 1959 ...

, a National Football League team based in Kansas City, Missouri *

Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team ...

, a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri *

Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City is an American professional Association football, soccer club based in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference (MLS), Western Conference. The ad ...

or Sporting KC, a Major League Soccer team based in Kansas City, Kansas

Other businesses and organizations

* KC HiLiTES, a US manufacturer of driving lights *

Kimberly-Clark Kimberly-Clark Corporation is an American multinational consumer goods and personal care corporation that produces mostly paper-based consumer products. The company manufactures sanitary paper products and surgical & medical instruments. Kimb ...

, a US personal care corporation * The Kennel Club, a dog-breed registry in England * Kingston Communications, a UK communications and IT service provider * Air Astana (IATA airline designator) * Karmine Corp, a French eSports organization

Science and technology

* ''K''_c, the

equilibrium constant The equilibrium constant of a chemical reaction is the value of its reaction quotient at chemical equilibrium, a state approached by a dynamic chemical system after sufficient time has elapsed at which its composition has no measurable tendency ...

, the equilibrium of a chemical reaction * K_c,

GSM The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a family of standards to describe the protocols for second-generation (2G) digital cellular networks, as used by mobile devices such as mobile phones and Mobile broadband modem, mobile broadba ...

Cipher Key * CXCL1 or KC, a cytokine * Keratoconus, a degenerative eye disease * Kilocycle, as in 1,000 cycles per second, with the modern equivalent being kilohertz

Other uses

* KC Stadium, a former name of a football and rugby-league stadium in Hull, England * Kelly criterion, a formula in probability theory and finance *

King's Counsel A King's Counsel (Post-nominal letters, post-nominal initials KC) is a senior lawyer appointed by the monarch (or their Viceroy, viceregal representative) of some Commonwealth realms as a "Counsel learned in the law". When the reigning monarc ...

, a legal position in Commonwealth countries * KC, an obsolete postnominal for Knight of the

Order of the Crescent The Imperial Order of the Crescent () was a chivalric order of the Ottoman Empire. History The order was instituted in 1799 by Sultan Selim III when he wished to reward Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Horatio Nelson, an Church of England, ...