Meaning and background
The story behind Kika
Kika has a documented kinship-word association in Plains Remo. The Remo Living Dictionary gives kika, also transcribed kǐka, for a father's younger brother or a mother's younger sister's husband. Its entry labels the word a noun in the kinship domain. This is a precise lexical reference, not an etymology for every personal name called Kika. A dog owner's family nickname, or a use in another language, may have a wholly separate history.
- Association
- Plains Remo kinship-word association with a father's younger brother or mother's younger sister's husband. Source
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About Kika
Recorded as a dog’s name
Kika appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/kɪkə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/kɪkə/ · primary stress on syllable 1K IH1 K AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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