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API (iou) and khan (sh)


API (iou)



API abbreviation.
American Petroleum Institute (used spec. with ref. to a scale for expressing the relative density of oil, with higher values corresponding to lower densities).
Computing. Application Programming interface.

khan (sh)




Historically, the ruler or monarch of a Mongol tribe.

Early on a distinction was made between the title of khan and that of khakan, or "great khan." Later the term khan was adopted by the Seljuq and Khwarezm-Shah dynasties as a title for the highest nobility. Gradually it became an affix to the name of any Muslim property owner. Today it is often used as a surname.