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Klingon WOTD: 'ech (noun)
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This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Sunday, June 1, 2008.
Category: People
Klingon word: 'ech
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: brigadier
Source: TKD-A (185 KE, 186 EK)
Swedish: överste (rang)
Additional Notes:
KGT p. 52: The officers ({yaSpu'}) are ranked as follows (from highest to lowest, each given with its usual Federation Standard translation): {'aj} ("admiral"), {Sa'} ("general"), {totlh} ("commodore"), {'ech} ("brigadier"), {HoD} ("captain"), {la'} ("commander"), {Sogh} ("lieutenant"), {lagh" ("ensign"), {ne'} ("yoeman").
When used with an individual's name, a title follows the name: {tlha'a HoD} ("Captain Klaa"), {cheng Sa'} ("General Chang"), {qeng la'} ("Commander Kang"), and so on.
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