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KUTF KUTF is a Spanish-language television station in Logan, Utah, broadcasting locally on channel 12 as an affiliate of TeleFutura. Founded June 9,2000, the station is owned by Equity Broadcasting along with sister-station KCBU.
KUTP KUTP is a My Network TV owned and operated station in Phoenix, Arizona. It is owned by the Fox Television Stations Group, and serves the Phoenix market with a general entertainment format of cartoons, sitcoms, reality shows, court shows, talk shows, and first-run programming from My Network TV.
KUTR KUTR ("AM 820") is a radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah broadcast at 820 kHz AM. The radio station is owned by Bonneville International, a subsidiary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormon" church) and carries 24-hour Christian music.
KUTV KUTV is the CBS owned and operated station serving the greater Salt Lake City, Utah metro area. The station broadcasts on VHF channel 2 from Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains, as well as a variety of translators throughout Utah, Nevada and Wyoming-including a full power satellite, KUSG channel 12, serving the St.
KUVE-TV KUVE-TV is a full-service television station in Green Valley, Arizona, broadcasting to the Tucson metropolitan area in analog on UHF channel 46 and in digital on UHF channel 47 as an affiliate of UnivisiĂłn. Founded October 31, 1988, the station is owned by UnivisiĂłn.
KUVS-TV KUVS Univision 19 is the Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, California owned and operated station of the Spanish-language Univision television network. The station is licensed to Modesto, California on UHF channel 19, as per the station's founding.
KUVU-LP KUVU-LP, channel 17, is a low-power CW television network affiliate based in Eureka, California, run by Eureka Television and owned by Raul Broadcasting. The logo states that the station broadcasts on channel 33; this reflects the station's channel number on many local cable systems.
KUWS-FM KUWS is a public radio station in Superior, Wisconsin, licensed to the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and operated by the University of Wisconsin-Superior since January 10, 1966. KUWS is an affiliate of Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network.
Kvalifikacija za Millstreet Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (English Translation: Qualification for Millstreet; French Translation: Qulification sur Millstreet; German Translation: Qualifikation auf Millstreet) was the preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. Seven countries took part, none of which had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest before, and three qualified for the annual Eurovision in Millstreet, Ireland.
Kvalsaukan Bridge Kvalsaukan Bridge (Kvalsaukan bru) is a bridge that crosses Hognfjorden in Nordland county in Norway, on the road between Sortland and Andøy. The bridge is 425 metres long, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 8 metres.
Kvalsund Bridge Kvalsund Bridge (Kvalsundbrua) is a suspension bridge that crosses Kvalsundet from the mainland to Kvaløya in Finnmark county in Norway. The bridge is 741 metres long, the main span is 525 metres, and the maximum clearance to the sea is 26 metres.
Kvam, Nord-Trøndelag Kvam is a former municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. Originally (from 1837) it was a part of Stod formannskapsdistrikt, but Kvam was separated from Stod and became a municipality of its own on January 1 1909.
Kvamsøy There are two islands, two church, and a lighthouse in Norway with the name Kvamsøy. Near the village Øystese located at the fjord Hardangerfjorden in Kvam municipality, the lighthouse Kvamsøy is located on a small island with the same name.
Kvant magazine Kvant ( for "quantum") is a popular science magazine in physics and mathematics for school students and teachers, issued since 1970 in Soviet Union and continued in Russia. It was a joint project of the USSR Academy of Sciences and USSR Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.
Kvarken Kvarken (alternative spelling Quarken, Swedish Kvarken, Finnish Merenkurkku, or North Kvarken as opposed to South Kvarken) is the narrow region in the Gulf of Bothnia separating the Bothnian Bay (the inner part of the gulf) from the Bothnian Sea. The distance from Swedish mainland to Finnish mainland is around 80 km while the distance between the outmost islands is only 25 km.
Kvarnbron Kvarnbron (Swedish: "The Mill Bridge") is a bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden. Serving the light rail system Tvärbanan, it stretches north from the station west of the Gullmarsplan metro station, immediately makes a sharp eastward turn to plunge under two other bridges, Skanstullsbron and Johanneshovsbron, to continue eastward over a viaduct which leads down to the station Mårtensdal in the newly built suburb Hammarby sjöstad.
Kvarner Gulf The Kvarner Gulf (Croatian: Kvarnerski zaljev, Italian: Golfo del Quarnero/Quarnaro/Carnaro; sometimes also Kvarner Bay) is a bay in the northern Adriatic Sea, located between the Istrian peninsula and the northern Croatian seacoast.
Kvarnvallen For many years Piteå IF spent most of their sporting activities at a local rival’s facilities at Kvarnbacken, a small open area north of the town Piteå. In 1931 Piteå IF bought some ground with plans of building an arena of their own, where the old facilities of Kvarnbacken were included.
Kvällens sista dans Kvällens sista dans is a 1992 album from Swedish "dansband" Kikki & Roosarna. The title track "Kvällens sista dans" and "Natt efter natt" were tested for Svensktoppen, but failed.
Kvænangen Kvænangen is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway with both coastal and plains geography, extending into Finnmarksvidda. There are mature pine forest in the valley at the head of the fjord, and there are several rivers, the largest of which is Kvænangselva, traditionally a good salmon river.
Kvænangen concentration camp Kvænangen concentration camp was established in the municipality of Kvænangen in Northern Norway by the Nazi administration of occupied Norway in August of 1942, as annex to Grini. It consisted of two subcamps, Veidal and Badderen, which was also known as Veiskaret.
Květa Jeriová Květoslava Jeriová-Pecková (born Květoslava Jeriová, October 10 1956 in Studenec, Czechoslovakia, alternatively also Květa Jeriová-Pecková) is a former Czechoslovakian cross country skier who competed from 1980 to 1984. She won three medals at the Winter Olympics with a silver at the 4 x 5 km (1984) and two bronzes in the 5 km (1980, 1984).
Květoslav Svoboda Květoslav Svoboda (born August 25, 1982 in Znojmě) is a freestyle swimmer from the Czech Republic, who won the silver medal in the 400m Freestyle at the 2002 FINA Short Course World Championships behind Australia's Grant Hackett. He competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000.
Kven Kvens (kveeni in Kven language/ Finnish) are a Norwegian ethnic minority descended from Finnish peasants and fishermen who emigrated from the northern parts of Finland and Sweden to Northern Norway in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1996 the Kvens were granted minority status in Norway, and in 2005 the Kven language was recognized as a minority language in Norway.
Kven language The Kven language is a Finno-Ugric language, spoken mostly by the Kven population in Northern Norway. Once considered a dialect of the Finnish language, it received a legal minority language status in 2005, within the framework of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Kven Sea Kven Sea (Cwen sea) is mentioned as the northern border for the ancient Germany in the "The Old English Orosius", the history of the world published in England in 890 CE with a commission from King Alfred the Great himself. It was probably the same as the Gulf of Finland, although Arctic Ocean and Gulf of Bothnia have also been suggested.
Kvenland Kvenland (Cwenland, Kænlandi etc in sources) is an ancient name for an area in Fennoscandia. Kvenland is only known from a Norwegian account from the 9th century and from Icelandic sources written in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Kverkfjöll The mountain range Kverkfjöll (1920 m) is situated on the north-eastern border of the glacier Vatnajökull in Iceland. With their glacier Kverkjökull, they are to be found between the Vatnajökull and the Dyngjufjöll (s.
Kvernberget Kvernberget (literally "Mill Cliff" or "Mill Mountain") is a barren mountain formation with a maximum elevation of 205 meters, on the Nordlandet island of Norwegian northwestern coastal town Kristiansund, whose Kristiansund Airport takes its name from the mountain.
Kverneland Kverneland () is a Norwegian manufacturer of agricultural equipment, and is the world's largest manufacturer of equipment for ploughing. The company was established by Ole Gabriel Kverneland (1854 - 1941) in 1879.
Kveta Peschke Kveta Peschke (née Hrdlickova) (born July 9, 1975 in Bilovec, Czechoslovakia) is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic. She plays mostly on the baseline, with her best shot being the forehand.
Kvichak River The Kvichak River is a river in southwestern Alaska, located at the conjunction of the Alaska Peninsula, to the Alaska mainland at about With headwaters in Iliamna Lake, it drains the lake into Kvichak Bay, an arm of Bristol Bay. The river is about 97 km (60 miles) long.
Kvikkalkul Kvikkalkul is an esoteric programming language ostensibly developed by the Swedish Navy in the 1950s and used on the SABINA computer. It came to fame in 1994 when someone made an anonymous post to USENET regarding it.
Kvinesdal Kvinesdal is a municipality in the county of Vest-Agder, Norway. It is an elongated mountain-to-coast municipality, reaching saltwater at the head of the Fedafjord, which provides access to the North Sea in the south.
Kvinna & man Kvinna & man was released on February 23 2005 and is an album with the Swedish singer Lotta Engberg, where she together with Jarl Carlsson sings love songs. The last track on the album, "Nära livets mening", was recorded by her in Prague in the Czech Republic, together with the symphony orchestra Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
Kvishkheti The village Kvishkheti is located in the Khashuri district of the Shida Kartli region in the Republic of Georgia. It is situated between the Likhi mountain range to the west and the Trialeti range to the east, and the Mtkvari River flows nearby.
Kvistaberg Observatory The Kvistabergs observatorium (Kvistaberg Observatory) is an observatory in Sweden belonging to the Institute of Astronomy at Uppsala University and located between Uppsala and Stockholm, at almost equal distance from both cities.
KV1 Tomb KV1, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses VII of the Twentieth Dynasty. Although it has been open since antiquity, it was only properly investigated and cleared by Edwin Brock in 1984 and 1985.
KV10 Tomb KV10, located in the Valley of the Kings near the modern-day Egyptian city of Luxor, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Amenmesse of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Later the decoration was replaced with scenes for Takhat and Baketwerel, two royal women from the late 20th dynasty.
KV11 Tomb KV11 is the tomb of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses III. Located in the main valley of the Valley of the Kings, the tomb was originally started by Setnakhte, but abandoned when it broke into the earlier tomb of Amenmesse (KV10).
KV12 Located in the Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV12 is an unusual tomb, used originally in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, and then again in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Dynasties. It was probably used for multiple burials of royal family members, rather like KV5.
KV14 Tomb KV14 is a joint tomb, used originally by Twosret and then reused and extended by Setnakhte. It has been open since antiquity, but was not properly recorded until Hartwig AltenmĂĽller excavated it from 1983 to 1987.
KV17 Tomb KV17, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings and also known by the names "Belzoni's tomb", "the Tomb of Apis", and "the Tomb of Psammis, son of Nechois", is the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I of the Nineteenth Dynasty. It is one of the best decorated tombs in the valley, but now is almost always closed to the public due to damage.
KV18 Tomb KV18, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was intended for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses X of the Twentieth Dynasty; however, because it was apparently abandoned while still incomplete and since no funerary equipment has ever found there, it is uncertain whether it was actually used for his burial.
KV19 Tomb KV19, located in a side branch of Egypt's Valley of the Kings, was intended as the burial place of Prince Ramesses Sethherkhepshef, better known as Pharaoh Ramesses VIII, but was later used for the burial of Prince Mentuherkhepshef, the son of Ramesses IX, who died during the reign of Ramesses X.
KV2 Tomb KV2, found in the Valley of the Kings, is the tomb of Ramesses IV, and is located low down in the main valley, between KV7 and KV1. It has been open since antiquity and contains a large amount of hieratic graffiti.
KV3 Tomb KV3, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, was intended for the burial of an unidentified son of Pharaoh Ramesses III in the Twentieth Dynasty (it is similar in design to the tombs of his sons that were built in the nearby Valley of the Queens). However, there is no evidence that the tomb actually contained a royal burial.
KV4 Tomb KV4, located in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, was intended for the burial of Pharaoh Ramesses XI in the Twentieth Dynasty, although it is unclear whether or not it was ever actually used by him. Running back over 100 metres into the mountainside, KV4 has the distinction of being the last royal tomb cut in the Valley.
KV41 Tomb KV41, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was the last tomb to be found by Victor Loret, and has not been excavated or examined. The original owner of this tomb is unclear, but it may have been Tetisheri.
KV47 Tomb KV47, located in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, was used for the burial of Pharaoh Siptah of the Nineteenth Dynasty, though Siptah's mummy was found in KV35. KV47 was discovered on December 18, 1905 by Edward R.
KV5 Tomb KV5 is the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, and the recent discovery of the large size of its extent, has been referred to as the most amazing discovery in the Valley of the Kings since the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.
KV6 Tomb KV6 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings was the final resting place of the 20th-dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses IX. However, the archaeological evidence and the quality of decoration it contains indicates that the tomb was not finished in time for Ramesses's death but was hastily rushed through to completion, many corners being cut, following his demise.
KV60 Tomb KV60 in Egypt's Valley of the Kings is one of the more perplexing tombs of the Theban Necropolis, due to the uncertainty over the identity of one female mummy found there, thought by some (such as the noted Egyptologist Elizabeth Thomas) to perhaps be that of the Pharaoh Hatshepsut, whose body is otherwise mysteriously unaccounted for.
KV63 KV63 is the most recently opened chamber in Egypt's Valley of the Kings pharaonic necropolis. (There is a radar anomaly that is referred to as KV64, but it has not been excavated, and its existence is denied by the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
KV64 "KV64" is a radar anomaly discovered in the Valley of the Kings pharaonic necropolis in Egypt. It is believed that the anomaly could either be a new tomb or a chamber and is located 50 feet north of KV63 which was discovered in March 2006.
KV7 Tomb KV7 in the Valley of the Kings was the final resting place of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II ("Ramesses the Great") of the Nineteenth Dynasty. It is located in the main valley, opposite the tomb of his sons, KV5, and near to the tomb of his son and successor, Merenptah, KV8.
KVAT-LP KVAT-LP is a low-power television station in Garfield, Texas (Austin market), broadcasting locally on channel 17 as an affiliate of LAT TV. The station is owned by Mako Communications, LLC of Corpus Christi, Texas.
KVCD KVCD stands for "K Video Compression Dynamics" which is a non-standard modification of the MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video standards for encoding digital video. It is compatible with a number of standalone DVD players, though it is not universal.
KVCU KVCU AM-1190, popularly known as Radio 1190 is a college radio station affiliated with the University of Colorado at Boulder. Staff of the station are compensated with funds provided by the University of Colorado Student Union while operating funds are raised during biannual on-air pledge drives.
KVDF-CA KVDF is a low-powered Class A television station affiliated with Azteca América, It broadcasts on channel 31 and licensed to San Antonio, Texas by Una Vez Mas Holdings, LLC. Unlike many low-powered stations, it is seen on Time Warner Cable on Channel 9 in the San Antonio area in addition to its low-power signal.
KVEC (AM) KVEC 920 AM broadcasting is a radio station located in San Luis Obispo on the Central Coast of California. The station airs a variety of nationally syndicated talk show programs in addition to "home town radio" shows such as that of Dave Congalton.
KVER-CA KVER-CA is a low-power Class A Univision affiliate in Indio, California, broadcasting locally in analog on VHF channel 4. Its over-the-air signal is very weak and directional (to protect KNBC-TV), but the station is repeated on KVES-LP, UHF channel 28 in Palm Springs and is carried on many cable systems throughout the Coachella Valley.
KVEW KVEW, Channel 42, is the ABC affiliate for the Tri-Cities area of Pasco, Richland, and Kennewick, Washington. It is the sister station of KAPP/Yakima, Washington, the two of which make up Apple Valley Broadcasting.
KVFW-LP KVFW-LP is a low-powered Spanish Religious TV station for the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex, licensed in Fort Worth, Texas, owned and operated by Gerald Benavides. It is not available on either Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Verizon FiOS, or USDTV at this time.
KVHP KVHP is a television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, broadcasting locally on channel 29 as an affiliate of the Fox network. KVHP is owned by National Communications, and its transmitter is located halfway between Lake Charles and Beaumont, Texas in Vinton, Louisiana, allowing it to reach both markets.
KVHW KVHW was an American rock band that was active and toured nationally from January 1998 through December 1999. The band's name came from the last names of its four members: Steve Kimock (guitar), Bobby Vega (bass), Alan Hertz (drums), and Ray White (vocals and guitar).
KVLY-TV KVLY channel 11 (44 digital/HD) is the NBC television affiliate based in Fargo, North Dakota, with a studio in Grand Forks, North Dakota also, that serves much of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. The station is most notable for using the tallest above-ground structure in the world for broadcasting its signal.
KVM switch A KVM switch (with KVM being an initialism for Keyboard, Video, Mouse) is a hardware device that allows a user to control multiple computers from a single keyboard, video monitor and mouse. Although multiple computers are connected to the KVM, typically a smaller number of computers can be controlled at any given time.
KVMD KVMD is a digital-only independent television station licensed to Twentynine Palms, California, USA. The broadcast signal covers most of the Inland Empire on digital UHF channel 23; it is also carried on DIRECTV and Dish Network at channel 31 (its historical analog channel) on both systems in the Los Angeles market.
KVMM-CA KVMM-CA is a Mas Musica owned-and-operated station in Santa Barbara, California, broadcasting locally on channel 41. The station airs videos of various Latin American music styles, including salsa/cumbia, regional Mexican, and contemporary Spanish-language hits.
KVN KVN (, an abbreviation of , Klub Vesyolykh i Nakhodchivykh", "Club of the cheerful and sharp-witted" people) is a Russian humor TV show where Russian post-secondary student teams compete by giving funny answers to questions, improvisations, prepared sketches. The program has been aired by Channel One since 1961.
KVNI KVNI is an Oldies radio outlet specializing playing Rock & Roll hits from the 1950s and 1960s. They broadcast at 1080 kHz on the AM dial and is licenced to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, but they also serve the Spokane, Washington area.
KVNR KVNR is a Vietnamese-language AM radio station bradcasting at a frequency of 1480 in Orange and Los Angeles counties in California. It broadcasts Little Saigon Radio, which is also broadcast to the San Jose (KSJX) and Houston (KJOJ, KYND) areas.
KVOA KVOA is a full-service television station serving Tucson, Arizona as the NBC affiliate. It broadcasts in analog on VHF channel 4 and in digital on UHF channel 23 from its transmitter on Mount Bigelow, northeast of Tucson.
KVPA-LP KVPA-LP is a low-power television station broadcasting in analog on UHF channel 42 in Phoenix, Arizona, and owned by Latin America Broadcasting of Houston, Texas. The station carries programming from LAT TV, a Spanish-language network also owned by Latin America Broadcasting.
KVPS-LP KVPS-LP is a Mas Musica owned-and-operated station in Indio, California, broadcasting locally on channel 18. The station airs videos of various Latin American music styles, including salsa/cumbia, regional Mexican, and contemporary Spanish-language hits.
KVPT KVPT channel 18 known on-air as Valley Public Television, is the sole source of public television broadcasting in California’s Central San Joaquin Valley. Based in Fresno, California, Valley Public Television is licensed to operate UHF Channel 18 and Digital Channel 40 (which appears on Channel 18.
KVQT-LP KVQT is a low-power television station in Houston, Texas, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 21. Branded as Vision Celestial, the independent station is operated by Iglesia Cristo Viene, a local church located in Baytown, and broadcasts Spanish-language Christian programming from facilities at the church.
KVSW-LP KVSW-LP is a low-power television station serving Winslow, Arizona, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 38 as an affiliate of America One Television Network. The station is owned by Village Broadcasting Corp.
KVTN VTN is a Christian television network founded in 1988 by Happy and Jeanne Caldwell as a result of a direct calling from God to reach the state of Arkansas with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. KVTN in Little Rock, AR was the first station to go on the air and was followed by KVTH in Hot Springs and KVTJ in Jonesboro.
KVVU-TV KVVU (Channel 5 analog, 9 digital) is a FOX station serving the Las Vegas, Nevada market owned and operated by the Meredith Corporation. The station is licensed to and has transmission facilities located in Henderson, Nevada.
KVVV-TV KVVV-TV channel 16 was an Independent television station for the Houston area. KVVV was officially licensed to Galveston, Texas, but physically located at 1400 Lundy Lane in Friendswood, at FM 528, 4 miles north of Alvin.
Kw'adza The Kw'adza were an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Mbulu District of central Tanzania, distinct from but related to the Iraqw. In 1999 Ethnologue reported that the Kw'adza language had become extinct, though no information was given regarding whether living descendents of the Kw'adza people identify themselves as such groups in Tanzania]
Kwa languages The Kwa languages are spoken in the south-eastern part of CĂ´te d'Ivoire, in Ghana, Togo and Benin, and the southwestern corner of Nigeria. The term was introduced 1885 by Krause and used by Westermann (1952) and Greenberg (1963).
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel (isiZulu: Gathering Place in the City of Gold) is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. The complex, built in 1970 originally as "The Tollman Towers" (owned by the prominent South African family), was two separate towers, one 40 stories and the other 22, linked by a four-story podium with a pool deck and a running track.
Kwaheri Kwaheri, also known as Kwaheri: Vanishing Africa or Kwaheri: The Forbidden, is a mondo film directed by David Chudnow and Thor Brooks. The film was a pseudo-documentary about vanishing native tribes in Africa.
Kwacha The kwacha is the name of the monetary unit of Zambia (since 1968) and of Malawi (since 1971). The Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217: ZMK) is divided into 100 ngwee; the Malawian kwacha (ISO 4217: MWK) into 100 tambala.
Kwai The Kwai are an insect-like humanoid fictional species in the DC Comics universe, created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Oliver Coipel. Allies of the Legion of Super-Heroes, they were a nomadic, matriarchical people who mostly displayed a pacifistic approach to life.
Kwai Hing (MTR) Kwai Hing (葵興, Jyutping: kwai4 hing1, Pinyin: Kuíxīng) station is an elevated railway station on the Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR system. It is named after the nearest public housing estate, and is between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau Stations.
Kwai Chang Caine Kwai Chang Caine is a fictional television character played by David Carradine as an adult, Keith Carradine as a younger Caine and Radames Pera as the youngest Caine, in the 1972-1975 western television series, Kung Fu.
Kwai Chi Kwai Chi (born August 23, 1981) is a British Chinese actor who was born Kwai-Hing Sum in Bath, England. He grew up in Canterbury for many years before going to study Astrophysics at the University of Hertfordshire.
Kwai Chung Hospital Kwai Chung Hospital (葵涌醫院) is a psychiatric hospital in Ha Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Located near Princess Margaret Hospital, it provides 1372 psychiatric beds and serves the population of Kowloon, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, Tung Chung and outlying islands.
Kwai Chung Road Kwai Chung Road (葵涌道) is a main road in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It starts from the junction with Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok Road and Butterfly Valley Road in Cheung Sha Wan, via Mei Foo, Lai Chi Kok Bridge, Chung Kwai Chung, to the junction with Castle Peak Road and Cheung Wing Road in Sheung Kwai Chung.
Kwai river The River Kwai, more correctly Khwae Noi (, English small tributary) or Khwae Sai Yok (Thai แควไทรโยค), is a river in western Thailand, near the border with Myanmar. It begins at the confluence of Ranti, Songkalia and Bikhli Rivers.
Kwai Shing Kwai Shing (葵盛) is an area on the hill between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau in the Kwai Chung area of Hong Kong. The area is named after the two major public housing estates on the hill, Kwai Shing East Estate and Kwai Shing West Estate, accommodating the influx of immigrants after World War II.
Kwai Tsing Container Terminals Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It evolves from 4 berths of Kwai Chung Container Port (葵涌貨櫃碼頭) completed in 1970s.
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (often abbreviated to Kwaidan) is a book by Lafcadio Hearn, which features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. It was later used as the basis for a movie called Kwaidan by Masaki Kobayashi in 1965.
Kwaito Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa in the early 1990s. It is based on house music beats, but typically at a slower tempo and containing melodic and percussive African samples which are looped, deep basslines and often vocals, generally male, shouted or chanted rather than sung or rapped.
Kwak (surname) Kwak is a surname of Korea. Although not as common as the Kim and Lee surnames in the Korean community, families with Kwak surname and the Kwak genealogy can be traced further down as late as the Kim (Shilla) and Lee dynasty.
Kwakiutl Until the 1980s the term Kwakiutl was usually applied to all of the various First Nations peoples of northern Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Strait and the Johnstone Strait whose traditional Wakashan language was Kwak'wala. Increasingly through that time, those First nations began to resurrect and insist on the use of their own names for themselves and Kwakiutl, pronounced something like "kwag-yewlth", came to refer more specifically to the First Nation whose home community was at Fort Rupert near Port Hardy.
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