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Kungens Kurva Kungens Kurva (literally: The Kings Curve) is a part of Huddinge Municipality in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden. The entire area consists mainly of large buildings with stores; in Kungens Kurva you find for instance supermarkets, electronics/hardware retailers and the world's largest IKEA store.
Kungsholmen borough Kungsholmen is a borough in central Stockholm, named after the dominating district and island in the borough. Except Kungsholmen (proper) there are six districts in the borough: Fredhäll, Kristineberg, Lilla Essingen, Marieberg, Stadshagen and Stora Essingen.
Kungsholmens Gymnasium Kungsholmens gymnasium (alternatively Kungsholmen's Gymnasium if following English grammar rules) is a high school located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is divided into a Swedish Section, an English-speaking International Section, and a Music Section which uses the name Stockholms Musikgymnasium.
Kungshuset Kungshuset, the "King's House", is a building in Lund in Sweden, built by the Danish king Frederick II between 1578–84 and originally intended as the residence for the bishop of Lund. After the secession of Terra Scania to Sweden at the Treaty of Roskilde 1658, and the foundation of Lund University in 1666 to enhance the Swedification of the Danish provinces, the house was incorporated to serve as the university's main building and library.
Kungsportsavenyn Kungsportsavenyn, commonly known as just Avenyn ("The Avenue", It is the major avenue in the city), is the main street of Gothenburg, Sweden, and a smaller counterpart of the Champs-Élysées. It was created in the 1860s and 1870s as a result of an international town planning competition.
Kungumam Kungumam is a Tamil weekly magazine published in Chennai, India. According to the Indian Readership Survey 2006 Kungumam has emerged as the top-selling Tamil weekly magazine overtaking historical market leaders like Kumudam and Ananda Vikatan.
Kungur Chronicle The Kungur Chronicle, also known as the Kungur Chronicler and Brief Siberian Kungur Chronicle (Кунгурская летопись, Кунгурский летописец, Летопись сибирская краткая Кунгурская in Russian) is one of the Siberian Chronicles, written in the late 16th century by one of Yermak's companions during his Siberian campaign.
Kuni (woreda) Kuni is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mirab Hararghe Zone, Kuni is bordered on the south by Boke, on the west by Habro, on the northeast by Chiro, and on the east by the Galetti River which separates it from the Misraq Hararghe Zone.
Kunigami District, Okinawa Kunigami (国頭郡; -gun Okinawan: Kunjan) is a district located in Okinawa, Japan. Roughly translated, kunigami means "head of the country", referring to its northern location on the island of Okinawa.
Kunigami language The Kunigami language is a colloquial variant of the Okinawan language that is spoken largely in the Kunigami district of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Like other variants of Okinawan, Kunigami is part of the Ryukyuan languages family.
Kunigunda of Slavonia Kunigunda Rostislavna of the House of Chernigov, daughter of ruler of Slavonia (1245 - 9 September 1285) (whom some genealogistist inconsistently dub as Kunigunda of Halych) was Queen consort of Bohemia and its regent 1278-85.
Kunihiko Ikuhara Kunihiko Ikuhara (幾原邦彦 Ikuhara Kunihiko) (born December 21 1964) is a Japanese creative artist who has collaborated on several famous anime and manga series. He is best known for his role in creating and directing Revolutionary Girl Utena.
Kunihiko Kasahara Kunihiko Kasahara (笠原邦彦 Kasahara Kunihiko; born in 1941) is a Japanese origami master. He has made hundreds and hundreds of models, from simple lion masks to complex modular origami, such as a small stellated dodecahedron.
Kunihiko Kodaira Kunihiko Kodaira (小平 邦彦 Kodaira Kunihiko, 16 March, 1915 – 26 July, 1997) was a Japanese mathematician known for distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds; and as the founder of the Japanese school of algebraic geometers. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1954, being the first Japanese to receive this honour.
Kunihiko Yuyama is a Japanese director of anime films, television, and video series. His works include Kimagure Orange Road: Summer's Beginning, the childrens' series Wedding Peach and Pokémon, and the adult-oriented Weather Report Girl.
Kuninda Kingdom The Kingdom of Kuninda (or Kulinda in ancient literature) was an ancient central Himalayan kingdom from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century, located in the modern states of Himachal and Uttaranchal in northern India.
Kuninkoja Kuninkoja is a ward (suuralue in Finnish, storomrĂĄde in Swedish) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 7. The ward is located to the northwest of the city centre and named after the historical area of the city that it occupies.
Kunio Hatoyama Kunio Hayoyama (鳩山邦夫 Hatoyama Kunio) (born 13 September 1948) is a politician of the Democratic Party of Japan representing the 18th district of Tokyo in the House of Representatives. He is the grandson of former Prime Minister Ichirō Hatoyama.
Kunio Lemari Kunio Lemari (born 29 November 1942) was acting President of the Marshall Islands from 20 December 1996 to 14 January 1997. He assumed office upon the death of the previous President, Amata Kabua, having previously served as the country's Minister of Transport and Communications.
Kunio Okawara is a mechanical designer in the Japanese anime industry (similar to a character designer, but for robots, ships, and other mechanical items found in a particular show), and was the first person in the history of the industry to be credited as such. Okawara has designed mecha for the Gundam and Brave Series franchises, as well as those of numerous Super Robot and Real Robot shows.
Kunisada Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865) (Japanese: 歌川国貞, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国 ) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan . In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
Kunishige Kamamoto Kunishige Kamamoto (釜本邦茂 Kamamoto Kunishige, born April 15, 1944 in Kyoto) is a former football player from Japan, who won the bronze medal with the Japan national football team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. He's the team's top goalscorer.
Kunitake Ando Kunitake Ando (安藤国威, Andō Kunitake; born January 1 1942) became president of Sony Corporation in June 2000, having been an employee of the company since 1969. On March 7, 2005 it was announced that he would step down to become an adviser, with Ryoji Chubachi succeeding him as president.
Kunitomo Ikkansai Kunitomo Ikkansai (1778-1840, 国友一貫斎) was Japanese gun manufacturer of the early 19th century, who, after having spent several months in Edo where he could get accustomed with Dutch wares, built in 1831 Japan's first reflective telescope, of the Gregorian type, a European innovation made in 1670.
Kunjali Marakkar Mohammed Kunjali Marakkar was the Muslim naval chief of the Samoothiri Raja Manavikraman (Samoothiri was anglicized as Zamorin) a title of the Hindu kings of Kozhikode (anglicized Calicut, also known as kozhikode), in present day state of Kerala, India during the 16th century. He was the first of the four Kunjalis who played a part in the Raja's naval wars with the Portuguese, who arrived in India in 1498.
Kunjarani Devi Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi (born March 1, 1968) is an Indian sportswoman in weightlifting. She competed in the 48 kg category towards the later part of her career, and served a six-month suspension after testing positive to anabolic steroids during 2001.
Kunjed Gyalpo Tantra The Kunjed Gyalpo (; "All-Creating King") is a Buddhist Tantra preserved in Tibetan which centres upon the direct teachings of the primordial, ultimate Buddha (Adibuddha), Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is presented as bodhi-citta, the Awakened Mind (rigpa), the "mind of perfect purity".
Kunle Fagbenle Kunle Fagbenle became the first lawyer of Nigerian descent to receive a Legal Excellence Award conferred by the Maryland Bar Foundation- USA. The award was conferred on him in recognition of his exemplary work in pioneering community change and empowerment in the economically depressed and predominantly black Jonestown on Maryland’s easternshore.
Kunming dialect The Kunming dialect of standard Chinese (Mandarin), known as Kunminghua (昆明话), is spoken by the inhabitants of Kunming city and the surrounding areas of Yunnan province in the southwest of China. The dialect is basically similar to standard Chinese, the major differences being the unique pronunciation of certain sounds and the development of unique phrases and terms.
Kunming-Bangkok Expressway Kunming-Bangkok Expressway (昆曼高速公路) is the first international expressway from China. It starts at Kunming, the provincial capital of Yunnan province in southwestern China, and ends at Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
Kunnur Manjunath Channappa Kunnur Manjunath Channappa (born 2 December, 1954) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Dharwad South constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Kuno Becker Eduardo Kuno Becker Paz (born January 14 1978) is a Mexican actor who has worked in telenovelas, the cinema of Mexico and the United States, but is best known for his portrayal of Santiago Munez in the football movie Goal! (film)
Kuno von Moltke Lieutenant General Count Kuno von Moltke (1847-1923), adjutant to Kaiser Wilhelm II and military commander of Berlin, was a principal in the homosexual scandals that rocked the Kaiser's inner circle in 1907 known as the Harden-Eulenburg Affair.
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary or Palpur-Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary is located between latitudes of 25°30’- 25°53’E & longitude of 77°07’-77°26’N, in the Sheopur district of north western Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India. It is about 120 km.
Kunowsky (lunar crater) Kunowsky is a small lunar crater on the Mare Insularum, in the western half of the Moon's near side. It lies about one third the distance from the Encke crater to the west-northwest and Lansberg crater to the east-southeast.
Kunqu Kunqu ([pinyin]: KĹ«nqÇ”; [[Wade-Giles: k'un-ch'ĂĽ), also known as Kunju, Kun opera or Kunqu Opera, is the oldest extant form of Chinese opera. It evolved from the Kunshan melody, and dominated Chinese theatre from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
Kunsan Air Base Kunsan Air Base, a base of the United States Air Force, is located on the western side of the South Korean peninsula bordered by the Yellow Sea. It is at the town of Kunsan (also romanized as Gunsan) approximately 150 miles (240 km) south of Seoul.
Kunság Kunság () is a historical and geographical region in Hungary situated in the current Bács-Kiskun and Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok counties. Like other historical European regions called Cumania, it is named for the Cumans, a nomadic tribe of pagan Kipchaks that settled the area.
Kunskapsskolan Kunskapsskolan (translates knowledge school) is a Swedish school that's currently servicing students from grades 6 to 9 in elementary school. They also station a few gymnasium schools in different areas of Sweden.
Kunstformen der Natur Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) is a book of lithographic and autotype prints by German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Originally published in sets of ten between 1899 and 1904 and as a complete volume in 1904, it consists of 100 prints of various organisms, many of which were first described by Haeckel himself.
Kunsthalle Kunsthalle is, generally, a German term for an arts center mounting temporary exhibitions, and supported by the local Kunstverein, an art association of local collectors and artists. In many German cities, the local Kunstverein established permanent collections similar to those of the Kunstmuseum, which derive mainly from earlier feudal times.
Kunsthalle Mannheim The Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum of modern and contemporary art, established in 1909. The building designed by Hermann Billing was erected as a temporary structure to serve an International Art Exhibition of 1907, commemorating the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the city.
Kunsthaus Graz The Kunsthaus Graz, Grazer Kunsthaus, or Graz Art Museum was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Its exhibition program specializes in contemporary art of the last four decades.
Kunsthistorisches Museum The Kunsthistorisches Museum (English: "Museum of Art History"), Vienna, housed in its festive palatial building on RingstraĂźe, crowned with an octagonal dome, is one of the premier museums of fine arts and decorative arts in the world. The term Kunsthistorisches Museum applies to both the institution and the main building.
Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen, mijnheer? Kunt u mij de weg naar Hamelen vertellen mijnheer (Translation: "Can you show me the way to Hamelin mister") is one of the famous 1970's children TV-series from the Netherlands with a captivating storyline, acclaimed Dutch cast and 120 songs.
Kunta Kinte Kunta Kinte (or Kunta Kunte) is the central character of the first half of the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, and of the television mini-series Roots, based on the book. Roots is now accepted as being a mixture of both fact and fiction, and much of the book's material is allegedly borrowed from a book called The African by Harold Courlander.
Kunthipuzha Kunthipuzha River is one of the tributaries of the river Thuthapuzha and flows through the Silent Valley. Thuthapuzha is one of the main tributaries of the Bharathapuzha River, the second-longest river in Kerala, south India.
Kunti Kunti (Sanskrit: कुंती) is the mother of the eldest three of the Pandava brothers from the Indian epic Mahabharata. Her story is also told within the Srimad Bhagavatam, wherein she speaks on the philosophy of devotion of Krishna, known as Bhakti yoga.
Kuntur Wasi Kuntur Wasi (House of the condor in Quechua) is the name given to ruins of a religious center with complex architecture and stone sculptures, located in the Andean highlands of Peru. It is believed the inhabitants had a link with ChavĂ­n culture.
Kununurra, Western Australia Kununurra (; post code: 6743) is a town in far northern Western Australia located at the eastern side of the Kimberley Region close to the border with the Northern Territory. It is the largest Western Australian town north of Broome, with 4,800 inhabitants, many of whom are Indigenous Australians.
Kunya River Kunya River () is a river in Pskov Oblast, Tver Oblast and Novgorod Oblast of Russia, a right tributary of the Lovat River. It flows out of the Vsteselovo Lake in the south of Pskov Oblast, near the town of Velikie Luki, flows north, and joins the Lovat in the town of Kholm.
Kunya Urgench Kunya Urgench (Turkmen: Köne Ürgenç, from Persian Kohna Urganj, "old Urgench") also known as Konya-Urgench, Old Urgench or Urganj is a municipality of about 30,000 inhabitants in north-eastern Turkmenistan, just south from its border with Uzbekistan. It is the site of the ancient town of Urgench, which contains the unexcavated ruins of the 12th-century capital of Khwarezm.
Kunzang Dechen Lingpa Rinpoche is a terton (revealer of Dharma treasures) in the Ancient Lineage (Nyingma) of Tibetan Buddhism. Renowned in his homeland in Northeastern India, he is a realized master of Dzogchen who personifies compassion and spiritual power, combined with integrity and a playful delight in life.
Kuo Cheng-wei Kuo Cheng Wei (born 9 November 1983) is a Taiwanese professional archer representing Chinese Taipei. He competed in Archery at the 2006 Asian Games and won a silver medal with the men's team consiting of himself, Chen Szu Yuan, Hsu Tzu Yi and Wang Cheng Pang
Kuo Po-cheng Kuo Po-cheng is a Taiwanese pocket billiards player. During the 2006 Men's World 9-Ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Ronato Alcano.
Kuo Shou Ching (crater) Kuo Shou Ching is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the northwestern part of the Hertzsprung walled plain, on the far side of the Moon. This is an oval-shaped crater that is elongated along the north-south axis.
Kuo-toa Kuo-toa are a debased monstrous humanoid fish-like race, in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, that dwell in the Underdark. They were created by Gary Gygax, one of the creators of role-playing games, and first appeared in dungeon module D2 - Shrine of the Kuo-Toa.
Kuolema Kuolema (Death) is a 1903 drama by Arvid Järnefelt. The drama is notable for its score, a collection of six compositions created by his brother-in-law, Jean Sibelius, and the famous excerpt, Valse Triste (Sad Waltz).
Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" was the third single released from the Once album by the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. It was released on November 24, 2004, by Spinefarm Records, together with the platinum edition of the Once album.
Kuomboka Kuomboka is a word in the Lozi language; it literally means ‘to get out of water’. In today's Zambia it is applied to a traditional ceremony that takes place at the end of the rain season, when the upper Zambezi River floods the plains of the Western Province.
Kuomintang The Nationalist Party of China (), commonly known as the Kuomintang (KMT), is a centre-right political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in terms of sitting Legislative Yuan and public membership. Together with the People First Party and Chinese New Party, it forms what is known as the pan-blue coalition, which leans towards Chinese reunification.
Kuomintang chairmanship election, 2005 The Chinese Kuomintang chairmanship election of 2005 (2005年中國國民黨主席選舉) was held on July 16, 2005 in the Republic of China (Taiwan) between Ma Ying-jeou and Wang Jin-pyng. The election was triggered by the retirement of chairman Lien Chan.
Kuopion Lyseon lukio Kuopion Lyseon lukio is a secondary school (lukio) for students aged 15-19 located in the town of Kuopio, Finland. Originally established as a boys' school in 1872, Kuopion Lyseo opened its doors to both sexes in 1977.
Kupapa Kupapa is a Māori-language term used to describe Māori fighting for the Government in the New Zealand Land Wars of the nineteenth century . Also described as Queenites (from Queen Victoria) or Loyal Māori, their motives for fighting against other Māori were often based on traditional tribal rivalry, old scores or a pragmatic decision to benefit from the trade provided by settlers.
Kuper Island Kuper Island belongs to the Penelakut First Nations Tribe, located in the southern Gulf Islands between Vancouver Island and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. Kuper has a population of about 300 members of the Penelakut Band.
Kupffer cell Kupffer cells or Browicz-Kupffer cells are specialized macrophages located in the liver that form part of the reticuloendothelial system (aka: mononuclear phagocyte system). The cells were first observed by Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer in 1876.
Kupchinsko-Primorskaya Line The Kupchinsko-Primorskaya Line () is a future fifth line of the Saint Petersburg Metro system. It is currently under construction and is planned to be opened in 2008, providing a rapid transit connection to a southern part of Saint Petersburg that is currently only served by buses, trolley buses and streetcars.
Kupinovo Kupinovo (Купиново), formerly known as Kupinik (Купиник), is a former city, today a village, located in the Pećinci municipality, in Srem District of Serbia. In 2002, the population of the village was 2,047, of which 1,852 were ethnic Serbs.
Kupres (Republika Srpska) Kupres (Cyrillic]: Купрес), also known as Srpski Kupres (Српски Купрес) and Kupres Republike Srpske (Купрес Републике Српске), is a municipality in [[Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the most undeveloped and poorest municipalities of southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kupres (town) Kupres (Cyrillic: Купрес) is a town and municipality in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the population of the Kupres municipality was 10,098, of which 5,169 were Serbs, 3,947 Croats, 745 Muslims, 213 Yugoslavs, and 24 others.
Kupu Kupu is a 'document-centric' open source client-side editor for Mozilla, Netscape and Internet Explorer. Inspired by Maik Jablonski's Epoz editor, it was written by Paul Everitt, Guido Wesdorp and Philipp von Weitershausen (and several other contributors, for a complete list refer to the CREDITS.
Kupusina Kupusina (Serbian: Купусина or Kupusina, Hungarian: Bácskertes) is a village located in the Apatin municipality, in the West Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina.
Kupyanskyi Raion Kupensk - A city of regional value, is located in the south-east portion of the Kharkiv Region approximately 120 kilometers to the east of Kharkiv and 40 kilometers south of the border with the Russian Federation. Territory of city Kupensk makes 3343 hectares.
Kur In Sumerian mythology Kur was a monstrous demon personifying the home of the dead, Hell, the "river of the dead" (see also Styx), and the void space between the primeval sea (Abzu) and the earth (Ma).
Kura River Kura (Georgian: მტკვარი - Mtkvari, Azerbaijani: Kür) is a river in the Caucasus Mountains. Starting in Eastern Turkey (formerly Georgian province of Tao), it flows through Turkey to Georgia, then to Azerbaijan, where it receives the Aras River as a right tributary, and enters the Caspian Sea.
Kura-Araxes culture The Kura-Araxes culture sometimes known also as the Early Transcaucasian culture was an important Chalcolithic (copper-stone age) and Bronze Age culture that flourished in the Caucasus, eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran from about 4000 B.C.
Kurahashi, Hiroshima Kurahashi (倉橋町; -cho) was a town located in Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On March 15, 2005 the town merged with five other towns into the expanded city of Kure and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kurahaupō In Māori tradition, Kurahaupō is the canoe which brought to New Zealand the ancestors of several iwi including Ngati Apa, Ngati Awa, Ngati Ruanui, all of Taranaki, and Ngati Kahungunu of the lower North Island. Ruatea was the chief.
Kural The Kural is one of the most important forms of classical Tamil poetry. It is a very short poetic form, exactly in 2 lines, the first line consisting of 4 metrical feet or sIr and the second line consisting of 3 metrical feet.
Kurama (YuYu Hakusho) Kurama (蔵馬), also known as Shuichi Minamino (南野秀一 Minamino Shūichi) (The Japanese spelling of his name is Minamino Shuuichi) is one of the main four characters of the popular anime and manga series YuYu Hakusho created by Yoshihiro Togashi. His Japanese seiyū are Megumi Ogata (Kurama), Shigeru Nakahara (Yoko Kurama) and his English Voice Actors are John Burgmeier (FUNimation), Sean Barker (Media Blasters), and Hideo Seaver (U.
Kurama language The Kurama language is a language within the subgroupings of the Benue-Congo group of languages, which are in turn the largest branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The language is indigenous to Nigeria, with a little over 40,000 speakers (2000 estimate).
Kuraman Island Kuraman Island (Malay: Pulau Kuraman), is a small tropical island in the South China Sea located off the coast of Labuan, North Borneo. It is sparsely populated and is popular with expatriates, divers and those who travel between Labuan and Brunei.
Kuramoto model The Kuramoto model, first proposed by Yoshiki Kuramoto (蔵本 由紀 Kuramoto Yoshiki), is a mathematical model for the behavior of a large set of coupled oscillators, and synchronization in general. Its formulation was motivated by the behavior of systems of chemical and biological oscillators, and it has found widespread applications.
Kuranda Butterfly Farm Opened in 1987, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as Australia’s largest butterfly farm. Kuranda is a bustling market town located on the edge of the tablelands in the mountains above Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia.
Kuranda Scenic Railway The Kuranda Scenic Railway is a name for the railway line that runs from Cairns, Queensland, Australia to the nearby town of Kuranda. The tourist railway snakes its way up the Kuranda Range and is no longer used for regular commuter services.
Kurang Kurang is a small village in theRatnagiri district in Maharashtra (India), which is a coastal district on the Arabian Sea. The landmass on the western part of Maharashtra along the Arabian Sea, sandwiched between the sea and a mountain range named Sahyadri, is known as Konkan.
Kurapaty Kurapaty (Belarusian: Курапаты) is a wooded area on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, where in 1941 a vast number of people were executed. At least 30,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 people are estimated to have perished there.
Kuratake, Kumamoto Kuratake (倉岳町; -machi) was a town located in Amakusa District, Kumamoto, Japan. On March 27, 2006 the town merged with seven other towns from the district and the cities of Hondo and Ushibuka forming the new city of Amakusa and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kuratowski closure axioms In topology and related branches of mathematics, the Kuratowski closure axioms are a set of axioms which can be used to define a topological structure on a set. They are equivalent to the more commonly used open set definition.
Kuraulyek In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Kuraulyek is the patron deity of urds. In mythology, he was once a servant of Kurtulmak that stole a pair of magical wings from Syranita, and created the urds to be the rivals of kobolds.
Kuravilangad Kuravilangad (in Malayalam : കുറവിലങ്ങാട്) refers to a town located in the Kottayam district of Kerala, South India. The town is situated in the Meenachil Taluk, about 22km north of Kottayam, and is located near the town of Ettumanoor and the places like Kalathoor, Vempally, Marangattupally and Kanjirathanam.
Kuraz Kuraz is a woreda in the extreme south of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region, Kuraz is bordered on the south by Kenya, on the west by the Ilemi Triangle (claimed by Ethiopia, Kenya and Sudan), on the north by Selamago, and on the east by the Omo River which separates it from Hamer Bena.
Kurów Kurów is a village in South-Eastern Poland, located between Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is capital of a separate gmina, a municipality, within the Lublin Voivodeship and has 2811 inhabitants (as of 2005).
Kurbash Kurbash or Kourbash (from the Arabic qurbash, a whip; Turkish kırbaç, a whip; and French courbachze), a whip or strap about a yard in length, made of the hide of the hippopotamus or rhinoceros. It is an instrument of punishment and torture that was used in various Muslim countries, especially in the Turkish empire.
Kurd-Dagh Kurd-Dagh or Kurdish Mountain (Kurdish: Çiyayê Kurmênc, Arabic: جبل الاكراد Jabal al-Akrad ("Mountain of Kurds"), Turkish: Kürt Dağı) is a region of Kurdistan, located in Syria (Aleppo Governorate) and Turkey (Gaziantep Province). It is bordered with Afrin River (Tell 'Afrin, Afrin Çayı) to the east and south, by Islahiye-Kırıkhan Plain to the west and by Eloğlu (Türkoğlu) Plain to the north.
Kurdaitcha Kurdaitcha (or kurdaitcha man) is a ritual "executioner" in Aboriginal Australian culture. The word is from the Aranda people and specifically refers to the shoes worn by the man, woven of human hair and feathers and treated with blood.
Kurdish celebration of Newroz Newroz (in Kurdish: Newroz meaning: new day) is the Norouz festival of the spring and coincides with the spring equinox as celebrated by some Kurds. The new year day is 21st of March and the festival falls mainly between 18th till 24th March.
Kurdish cuisine Kurdish cuisine includes a wide variety of foods ranging from Kutilk, Berbesel, kellane, kullerenaske, dokliw (a thick soup), biryani, Tobouli, kuki (meat and/or vegetable pies), plaw (white rice alone or with addition of meat and/or vegetables and herbs, and a diverse variety of salads, pastries, and drinks specific to different parts of Kurdistan.
Kurdish culture Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from the various ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurds and their society, but primarily of two layers of indigenious (Hurrian),and of the ancient Iranic (Medes).
Kurdish dance Kurdish dance (Kurdish: Govend) is a group of traditional hand-holding dances similar to those from the Balkans, Lebanon, and to Iraq. It is a form of round dancing, with a single or a couple of figure dancers often added to the geometrical centre of dancing circle.

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