# AKA

Pronunciation: say "ay-kay-AY" /ˌeɪˌkeɪˈeɪ/

## Preposition

1. Initialism of also known as. — Initialism of also known as.
   - Simple: Initialism of also known as. Use it to give another name a person or thing is known by.
   - _Detectives identified the suspect, AKA "the Fox," after months of surveillance._
   - _The singer Stefani Germanotta, AKA Lady Gaga, headlined the festival._

## Adverb

2. Used to introduce a restatement or clarification of what was just said; in other words. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Used to say the same thing again in a simpler or clearer way.
   - _She's training for a marathon, AKA running twenty miles a week._
   - _The project lead, AKA the person who actually makes the decisions, was out sick._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/aka (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).