Klingon

plural Klingons

1. A surname.

plural Klingons

1. countableA member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.

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   SPOCK: Captain, we've reached the designated position for scanning the coded directive tape. KIRK: Good. We've both guessed right. Negotiations with the Klingon Empire are on the verge of breaking down. Starfleet Command anticipates a surprise attack. We are to proceed to Organia and take whatever steps are necessary to prevent the Klingons from using it as a base.

   1967 March 23, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Errand of Mercy (Star Trek: The Original Series), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC

1. An artificial language created by Marc Okrand for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

   The years roll by as they always do, and more examples of pIqaD usage for Klingon have been coming to light. Does this still not count as usage?

   2016, Mark Shoulson, “pIqaD (Klingon) and its Usage”, in Unicode, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2021, page 1

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   You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series "Star Trek," the Na’vi language from the movie "Avatar," and the Dothraki language from the television series "Game of Thrones" are all examples of a priori languages.

   2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan, Austin, Tex.: Texas Student Media, University of Texas at Austin, published 8 April 2013, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2020

   Synonyms: Klingonese