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Kinki

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Kinki, Honshū/Japan Kansai A region whose name means ‘Near to the Imperial Capital’ from kin ‘proximity’ and ki ‘imperial capital’, a reference to the fact that the area is close to the former imperial capital of Kyōto. Its former name meant ‘Western Province’.

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Kinki

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Kinki •brickie, Dickie, hickey, icky, mickey, Nicky, picky, quickie, rickey, Rikki, sickie, sticky, tricky, Vicky •milky, silky, Wilkie •Chinky, dinky, Helsinki, inky, Kinki, kinky, minke, pinkie, pinky, slinky, stinky, stotinki •frisky, risky, whisky •Dzerzhinsky, Kandinsky, kolinsky, Nijinsky, Stravinsky •doohickey • smart-alecky • garlicky •colicky • gimmicky • panicky • finicky •plasticky •crikey, Nike, psyche, spiky •choccy, cocky, flocky, gnocchi, hockey, jockey, oche, pocky, rocky, schlocky, stocky •conchae, donkey, honky, shonky, wonky •Brodsky •Malinowski, Minkowski, Stokowski, Tchaikovsky •Chomsky • Trotsky • droshky •jabberwocky •balky, chalky, corky, gawky, Gorky, Milwaukee, pawky, porky, talkie, walkie-talkie •Sikorsky • Mussorgsky

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