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Karachi Circular Railway Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) is a Mass Transport System (MRTS) proposed for the city of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. A plan for building a mass transit system for this city has been under consideration since the 1980s.
Karachi Dock Labour Board The Karachi Dock Labour Board (KDLB) is reponsible for labour relations between employees and the Karachi Port Trust. In October 2006, the Pakistan government has decided to close down Karachi Dock Labour Board by December this year as part of its landlord port strategy and under the National Trade Corridor (NTC) programme.
Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases The Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases (KIHD), is located in Karachi, became functional on June 3, 2005. It is the second cardiac care facility of the metropolis after the National Institute of Cardio Vascular Diseases (NICVD).
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation Karachi Metropolitan Corporation is located at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. In 1846 when the Karachi only comprised of about 9,000 citizens, a Cholera epidemic spread and to combat this infectious disease a Conservancy Board was established in the city.
Karachi Port Trust Karachi Port Trust (KPT) is a Pakistan federal government agency that oversees the operations of Karachi Port at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The Karachi Port is administered by a Board of Trustees, comprising Chairman and 10 Trustees.
Karachi Stock Exchange The Karachi Stock Exchange (Guarantee) Limited (colloquially known as the Karachi Stock Exchange) is the largest of three stock exchanges in Pakistan. It is located in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and commercial hub.
Karaikkal Ammeiyar Karaikkal Ammeiyar (which means the mother from Karaikkal), one of the few females amongst the sixty three Nayanmars, is one of the greatest figures of early Tamil literature. Her birth name was Punitavati, and she was born at Karaikkal, South India, and lived during the 6th century, and was a great devotee of Shiva.
Karaim language The Karaim language (Crimean dialect: къарай тили, Trakai dialect: karaj tili) is a Turkic language with Hebrew influences, in a similar manner to Yiddish or Ladino. It is spoken by Crimean Karaites (also known as Karaims and Qarays) - ethnic Turkic adherents of Karaite Judaism in Crimea, Lithuania, Poland and western Ukraine.
Karaiskákis Stadium The Karaiskaki Stadium (in Greek: Γήπεδο Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης ; ) is in the Neo Faliro area of Piraeus, Greece. It is the home ground for the football section of the Olympiacos sports club, which has been Greece's strongest football club team in recent years, except for European games.
Karaite Judaism Karaite Judaism or Karaism is a Jewish denomination characterized by the sole reliance on the Tanakh as scripture, and the rejection of the Oral Law (the Mishnah and the Talmud) as halakha (Legally Binding, i.e.
Karak Expressway Karak Expressway (E8) (Lebuhraya Karak), or also known as Karak Highway is a 60-km partial-access expressway in Malaysia connecting the capital city of Kuala Lumpur to the town of Karak in Pahang. It incorporates a twin tunnel at Genting Sempah, near one of Malaysia's famous highland resorts, Genting Highlands.
Karakalou monastery Karakalou monastery (Greek: Μονή Καρακάλου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks eleventh in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
Karakalpak language Karakalpak is a Turkic language mainly spoken by Karakalpaks in Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan), as well as by Kazakhs, Bashkirs and Nogay. Ethnic Karakalpaks who live in the wiloyatlar of Uzbekistan tend to speak local Uzbek dialects.
Karakalpaks The Karakalpaks are a small ethnic group of Turkic people who mainly live in the lower reaches of the Amu Darya and in the (former) delta of Amu Darya on the southern shore of the Aral Sea. The Karakalpaks probably number about 550,000 worldwide, out of which about 500,000 live in the so-called Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan, which in reality has little autonomy, being essentially no more than a province of Uzbekistan, albeit the largest one (Richardson and Richardson, 2005).
Karakalpakstan Karakalpakstan (Uzbek: Qoraqalpog'iston Respublikasi or Қорақалпоғистон Республикаси; Karakalpak: Қарақалпақстан Республикасы or Qaraqalpaqstan Respublikası) is an autonomous republic of Uzbekistan. It occupies the whole western end of Uzbekistan. The capital is Nukus (Karakalpak: Nökis or Нөкис). The Republic of Karakalpakstan has an area of 160,000 km2. Its territory covers the classical land of Khwarezm, though in classical Persian literature, the area was known as "Kāth".
Karakash River The Karakash or Black Jade River, also spelled Karakax (Chinese: 黑玉河; pinyin: Hēiyù hé) flows from its origin near Sumde on the northern slopes of the Karakoram Range, the actual Aksai Chin on the Tibetan Plateau westward along the northern crest range of the Kunlun Mountains.
Karakax County The Karakax County (Chinese: 墨玉县, Pinyin: Mòyù Xiàn; also known as Karakax)The official spelling is "Karakax" according to Zhōngguó dìmínglù 中国地名录 (Beijing, Zhōngguó dìtú chūbǎnshè 中国地图出版社 1997); ISBN 7-5031-1718-4; p. 312.
Karakoncolos A malevolent creature from Northeast Anatolian Pontic (Turk [Greek descent], Laz, Hemsheen) and Bulgarian folklore. The Karakoncolos is a variety of the boogyman - merely troublesome and rather harmless, but sometimes truly evil.
Karakoram Karakoram is a mountain range spanning the borders between Pakistan, China, and India, located in the regions of Gilgit, Ladakh and Baltistan. It is one of the Greater Ranges of Asia, often considered together with the Himalaya, but not technically part of that range.
Karakoram Highway The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved international road in the world. It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet), by far the highest paved international border crossing in the world.
Karakoram Pass The Karakoram Pass (5,575 m or 18,291 ft) was the highest pass on the ancient caravan route between Leh, Ladakh and Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. The high altitude was responsible for the deaths of innumerable pack animals, and the route across the Pass was notorious for the trail of bones strewn along the way.
Karakorum Karakorum (also K'a-la-k'un-lun, Khara-khorin, Kharakhorum, Khara Khorum in Classical Mongolian) was an ancient palace and "capital city" of the Mongol Empire in the 13th century, although for only about 30 years. Today its ruins lie in the southeastern corner of the Arhangay Province of Mongolia or, to be more specific, in the upper part of the World Heritage Site entitled Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape (see references: 2.
Karakul The Karakul or QaraQul (Persian: قراقل ; from Karakul, a village in Uzbekistan) is a breed of domesticated sheep. It originated in Central Asia, and some archaeological evidence points to it being bred there continuously since 1400 BC.
Karakul Lake Karakul Lake (Kirgiz: "black lake") is located approximately 200km from Kashgar, Xinjiang province, China, in Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture on the Karakoram Highway, before reaching Tashkurgan, the Khunjerab Pass on the China - Pakistan border and Sost in Pakistan. At an altitude of 3600m (though a height of nearer 3,900 m has been quoted), it is the highest lake of the Pamir plateau, near the junction of the Pamirs, Tian Shan and Kunlun Shan mountain ranges.
Karakum Desert The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum (“Black Sand”) (Turkmen: Garagum, Russian: Каракумы) is a desert in Central Asia. It occupies about 70 percent, or 350,000 km², of the area of Turkmenistan.
Karakuri tansu Karakuri tansu is a traditional Japanese craft which has been rediscovered in modern times. The chest of drawers (tansu in Japanese) might look like ordinary Japanese furniture, but it has a trick drawer which can hide what the user puts inside as if by magic.
Karaš The Karaš (in Serbian, also Cyrillic: Караш) or Caraş (in Romanian) is a 110 km long river in the Banat region of Romania and Serbia, left tributary of the Danube. In the Roman times, the river was known as Apo, from a Thracian word meaning "water".
Karam Ibrahim Karam Ibrahim Gaber (Arabic:كرم ابراهيم جابر)(born September 1, 1979 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. He had already won the silver medal at the 2003 World Championships.
Karama Khamis Karama Khamis (also known as Khamis Al-Mulaiki) is a citizen of Yemen who was detained, then released, from custody in the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Khamis was arrested in Kabul during the Invasion of Afghanistan.
Karamanli dynasty The Karamanli or Qaramanli or al-Qaramanli dynasty was a series of Pashas who ruled from 1711 to 1835 in Tripolitania (Tripoli and its surroundings in present-day Libya). At their peak, the Karamanlis' influence reached Cyrenaica and Fezzan covering most of Libya.
Karamanlides The Karamanlides (Greek: Καραμανλήδες; Turkish: Karamanlılar), or simply Karamanlis, are a Greek Orthodox, Turkish-speaking people native to the Karaman and Cappadocia regions of Anatolia. Today, a majority of the population live within Greece, though there is a notable diaspora in Western Europe and North America.
Karamanoğlu Beylik of Karaman or of Karamanoğlu (Karamanoğulları in plural), also called Karamanids was the first Turkic kingdom to accept Turkish as its official language. Speaking any language aside from Turkish was prohibited.
Karamay Karamay or Karamai (Uyghur: قاراماي / ; , Wade-Giles: K'o-la-ma-i) is a prefecture-level city in the north of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China. Karamay comes from the Uyghur language, and means "black oil".
Karamea Bight The Karamea Bight is the name given to a large bay in the Tasman Sea formed by a curved stretch of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It stretches for 100 kilometres north from Cape Foulwind to just north of the mouth of the Heaphy River.
Karamenderes River Karamenderes is the modern name of the river Scamander, along the lower course of which, according to the Iliad, the battles of the Trojan War were fought. It flows entirely within the Turkish province of Çanakkale.
Karamesutlu Karamesutlu is a village in the district of Babaeski in the province of Kırklareli in Thrace Turkey. It lies on the highway that connects Babaeski to Kırklareli and further extends to Dereköy, the customs with Bulgaria.
Karamjeet Singh Judge Lieutenant Karamjeet Singh Judge was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Karamjit Singh Karamjit Singh (born January 29, 1962), also known as the Flying Sikh, is a Malaysian professional race driver in rallying, and was the first Asian driver to win the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Production Car World Championship for Drivers, doing so on his first try. He has been rallying professionally since 1985.
Karamogo The Karamogo were the scholar class among the peaceful Dyula traders of Western Africa, of which Al-Hajj Salim Suwari was a prominent member. The Karamogo developed theological rationales for living among non-Muslims, arguing that one should nurture one's own faith and let conversion happen in its own time.
Karamoja (film) Karamoja was a 1954 film produced by exploitation filmmaker Kroger Babb. A documentary of a native tribe from Uganda, the film was marketed by Babb to focus on the imagery that would be shocking to an American audience, including advertising which claimed that the tribe wore "only the wind and live[d] on blood and beer.
Karamojong The Karamojong or Karimojong, are an ethnic group of agro-pastoral herders who live in the Karamoja region in the north-east of Uganda. They occupy an areas equivalent to 1/10th of Uganda (more than the area of Rwanda).
Karamu (tree) Karamu is the Māori name given to Coprosma robusta and Coprosma lucida, two of the 45 Coprosma species found in New Zealand. Coprosma lucida is sometimes called Shining Karamu, and is distinguished by its pale bark.
Karan Arjun Karan Arjun (known as Karan and Arjun in English) (Hindi: करन अरजुन Urdu: کرن اَرجُن) is a 1995 Bollywood film starring- Salman Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Mamta Kulkarni, Raakhee, Amrish Puri, Johnny Lever and Ranjeet. The film was directed by Rakesh Roshan, and written by Ravi Kapoor and Sachin Bhowmick.
Karan Armstrong Karan Armstrong, born in Harve, Montana, on December 14, 1941 is an American soprano. She studied under the famed soprano Lotte Lehmann, and made her operatic debut in San Francisco, as Musetta in La bohème, in 1965.
Karan S'jet Karan S'jet is the main protagonist in the Homeworld [She is both leader and prophet] to her people, a scientific genius, and eventually, the commander-in-chief of the [[Kushan (Homeworld)|Kushan Mothership Fleet. Her struggles earned her a nearly deity-like status, especially after she took up the mantle of Fleet Command for the second time.
Karan Thapar Karaṇ Thāpar (Hindi: करण थापर), born in November 1955 in Srinagar, India, is one of India's noted television commentator and interviewer. Currently the President of Infotainment Television, Thapar is noted for his aggressive interviews with leading politicians and celebrities - his interviews with cricketer Kapil Dev (where Dev broke down into tears)George Fernandes, Jayalalithaa, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh], [[Pervez Musharraf|General Pervez Musharraf, Benazir Bhutto, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and The Dalai Lama are particularly well remembered by Indians.
Karanakushi are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri.
Karanda The Seven Kingdoms of Karanda (Delchin, Ganesia, Jenno, Katakor, Pallia, Voresbo, and Zamad) exist in David Eddings' fictional world of the Belgariad and Mallorean. They lie to the northeast of the eastern continent, from the north temperate latitudes north beyond the arctic circle.
Karandev I Karandev I was a Solanki ruler credited with laying the foundation of the city of Karnavati, an old name for the city of Ahmedabad in western India. He waged a successful war against the Bhil king of Ashaval and soon after the victory established Karnavati on the banks of the Sabarmati river at the site of modern Ahmedabad.
Karangahake Gorge The Karangahake Gorge lies between the Coromandel and Kaimai Ranges at the southern end of the Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand's North Island. A sharply winding canyon, it was formed by the Ohinemuri River.
Karangahape Road Karangahape Road (commonly known as K Road) is located close to the central business district of the city of Auckland, New Zealand and runs perpendicular to Queen Street. At the intersection of Karangahape Road and Queen Street, Queen Street heading south becomes Upper Queen Street.
Karanchery Karanchery is an Important Family of South Malabar, Kerala, India. The most noteworthy person from this family is Professor Gangadharan Karanchery, Presently Chairman Information technologies, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India.
Karanjadi train crash The Karanjadi train crash was the accidental derailment of a passenger train at Karanjadi, a village in Maharashtra, India, on June 17 2004. 20 people were killed and well over 100 injured in the crash, which was the result of heavy monsoon rains.
Karantania Karantania (also Carantania, Carentania, in old Slovenian onomastics Korotan, or Karantanija) was a Slavic principality that emerged in the 7th century and was centered on the territory of contemporary Carinthia. Having lasted almost 300 years, it is considered one of the first Slavic state forms.
Karantere The area is located in the central and northern parts of the prefecture and extends along the Greek-Î’ulgarian border area. It is characterised by dense forests which cover 90% of the area and by the existence of the forest village of Elatia.
Karantina Karantina (Arabic: القرنطينة al-qarantīna) is a residential area in eastern Beirut, named so after having been an old immigration quarantine area. It is close to a main port and adjacent to the Beirut River.
Karaoke is a form of entertainment in which an amateur singer or singers sing along with recorded music on microphone. The music is typically of a well-known song in which the voice of the original singer is absent or reduced in volume.
Karaoke High Karaoke High was a New Zealand drama series on TVNZ, the first episode was shown on the TVNZ website one week before it was shown on television. The first series screened weeknights between 18th December 2006 and 5th January 2007 as a replacement for Shortland Street over the Summer Holidays.
Karaoke Revolution Karaoke Revolution, and its sequels Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 , Karaoke Revolution Volume 3 , Karaoke Revolution Party, CMT Presents: Karaoke Revolution Country and Karaoke Revolution presents American Idol are video games for the Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft Xbox, developed by Harmonix and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games.
Karaoke Television Karaoke Television, usually called KTV for short, is a live-action music competition airing on Great Belize Television (Channel 5). It premiered in February of 2001 and is scheduled to return in 2007 for its sixth season.
Karapapak The Karapapak are a small ethnic group of Turkic people who mainly live in north west province of West Azerbaijan (Azarbaijan-e-Gharbi) in and around the Sulduz area and North West of Turkey near the border with Georgia. The Karapapaks probably number about 300,000 worldwide.
Karapoti Classic The Karapoti Classic is New Zealand's longest running annual mountain bike event, started in 1986 by Paul Kennett. It starts at Karapoti Park off Akatarawa Road, north of Upper Hutt, and heads up the 8 km Karapoti Gorge.
Karasangal Karasangal is a village in the kancheepuram district of Tamilnadu, India.It is very close to chennai and 10 kms from Tambaramtransportation to this village is only through roads and all buses moving towards Padappai will cross Karasangal.
Karasjohka Karasjohka river joins Anarjohka downstream of Karigasniemi and forms the famous salmon fishing Tana river (in Sámi: Deatnu). Karasjok municipality in Finnmark, Norway is situated along the upper river basin of the Deatnu / Tana river, and its tributaries Anarjohka and Karasjohka, and includes large tracts of the high plateau of Finnmarksvidda, which the Karasjohka drains.
Karasuma Station Karasuma Station (烏丸駅, -eki) is one of the busiest stations outside of Umeda Station and Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line. Located at the intersection of Karasuma and Shijo Streets, the station is located underground from the myriad banks and financial institutions that populate the intersection.
Karasumi Karasumi (Japanese: カラスミ (鱲子), Romaji: karasumi; Chinese: 烏魚子, Pinyin: wūyúzi) is a specialty of Nagasaki and along with salt-pickled sea urchin roe and Konowata one of the three chinmi of Japan . It is made by desalinating salt pickled mullet roe and drying it by the sunlight.
Karatal River The Karatal River (also known as Qaratal) rises in the Dzungarsk-Alatau Mountains near the border of Kazakhstan and China. The river flows generally northwestward turning generally northward when it reaches the Saryesik-Atyrau Desert, a large sand desert south of Lake Balkhash.
KarataĹź KarataĹź is a district of Adana Province, on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, 47km from the city of Adana, between to rivers of Seyhan and Ceyhan. The town of KarataĹź has a population of 9,000 (in 2004), with another 23,000 living in surrounding villages.
Karate Bearfighter Karate Bearfighter is a Japanese martial arts film made by Toei Company in 1977 and directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. It is the second installment of a trilogy of films based on the manga Karate Baka Ichidai (literal title: "The Fanatical Karate Generation") by Jiro Tsunoda.
Karate Gi Karategi (空手着 or 空手衣) is the Japanese name for the Karate training uniform. A karategi is somewhat similar to a judogi (柔道着 or 柔道衣, Judo uniform) as it shares a common origin, however the material and cut of the uniform is generally much lighter and looser fitting.
Karate Champ Karate Champ (original title: 空手道 Karate Dô, "The Way of Karate") is a 1984 arcade game developed by Technos Japan Corporation for Data East. It is one of the first fighting games and was the first to use today's common side-perspective.
Karate kata Karate Kata are executed as a specified series of approximately 20 to 70 moves, generally with stepping and turning, while attempting to maintain perfect form. There are perhaps 100 kata across the various forms of karate, each with many minor variations.
Karate Kid (comics) Karate Kid (Val Armorr) is a fictional character, a superhero in the future of the DC Comics universe, also a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes who is a master of every form of martial arts to have been developed by the 30th century. The extent of his skill was so great that he could severely damage various types of hard material with a single blow and was briefly able to hold his own against Superboy through use of what he called "Super Karate".
Karate Union of Great Britain The KUGB - Karate Union of Great Britain - is a democratic body controlled by its membership and operates under an approved constitution. All positions on its committees are elected at the Annual General meeting by its members.
Karatedo at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Karatedo at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games took place in the Mandaue Coliseum, Mandaue City, Cebu, Philippines. The participants were competing in different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions.
Karatmeter The Karatmeter is a scientific device which uses X-rays (generating inside) to give an exact reading of the purity of gold in just three minutes. Due to its excellent precision, X-ray analysis has been adopted by international agencies in India as part of the certification process used to hallmark gold.
Karatsu Kunchi Karatsu Kunchi (唐津くんち; the suffix "kunchi" simply meaning festival) is a Japanese festival that takes place annually in the city of Karatsu, Saga on Japan's island of Kyūshū. The festival, which begins on the evening of November 2 and concludes on the 4th, features daily parades of fourteen hikiyama, massive floats in the form of samurai helmets, sea bream, dragons, and other fantastical creatures, all constructed from wood, lacquer, and other materials.
Karatsu, Saga Karatsu (唐津市; -shi) is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. Its name, formed by the kanji "kara" (China), and "tsu" (port), signifies its historical importance as a link between Japan and China.
Karatu Karatu is one of the five districts in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It is bordered by the Ngorongoro District to the north, the Shinyanga Region to the west, the Monduli District to the east, and the Manyara Region to the south and southeast.
Karava Heraldry The Karavas were the only Sri Lankan community traditionally entitled to use flags. British Government Agents studying Sri Lankan flags during the early 20th century have noted that not a single flag could be found even in the residences of Kandyan chiefs, the Radala nobility of the Kandyan Kingdom, as even they were not entitled to use flags.
Karavelova Point Karavelova Point (Nos Karavelova 'nos ka-ra-'ve-lo-va) is on the NE coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island forming the southern side of the entrance to Lister Cove. It is named after Ekaterina Karavelova (1860-1947), translator, author and woman activist.
Karay-a The Karay-as, or Southwestern Visayans, or, Hamtikanon, form the seventeenth largest Filipino ethnic group. The name of their tribe was derived from the word "iraya", which means "upstream".
Karaya Quartet The Karaya Quartet was a special high-altitude fighter unit that specialized in confronting British De Havilland Mosquito light bombers. The group was initiated by Luftwaffe Commander Herman Goering and lead by Geschwaderkommodore Herman Graff of the Luftwaffe.
Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute is a 1975 Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura. It is a documentary on one of the Japanese "comfort women," who were attached to the military as prostitutes during the war years.
Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu Shaolin Kempo Karate is a formalized system of Martial Arts, which can be found throughout the United States, and in parts of Europe and Latin America. Generally, there is a consistency of curriculum wherever the art is taught.
Karbala Governorate Karbala province () is a province in the nation of Iraq. The capital is the city of Karbala, a holy city for Shi'ite Muslims; it houses the shrine of Imam Hussein (AS), a heavily revered figure in Shi'ite Islam.
Karbi The Karbi, mentioned as the Mikir in the Constitution Order of the Government of India, constitute an important ethnic group in the hill areas of Assam. They do not call themselves Mikir rather Karbi, and sometimes Arleng, which literally means a man.
Kard A kard is a type of Islamic knife found in Turkey, Armenia, Persia, and all the way to India. Mostly used in the 18th century and before, it has a straight single edged blade and is usually no longer than 16 inches in length.
Kardam Buttress Kardam Buttress (Kardamov Rid kar-'da-mov 'rid) is a sloping buttress projecting 1 km northwards from St. Ivan Rilski Col into Huron Glacier, Livingston Island, and has precipitous and partly ice-free western slopes.
Kardam, Prince of Turnovo Prince Kardam (born December 2, 1962), is eldest son of the deposed tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, however born after his loss of the throne. As such, he is by courtesy also sometimes styled as if being a crown prince.
Kardamena Kardamena (Greek: Καρδάμαινα), is a small town 7km from Kos airport at Antimacheia, situated mid-way along the south coast of Kos, in the Dodecanese. Once a small fishing village, it has emerged as one of the most popular summer destinations, especially for British tourists, over the past two decades, offering scores of pubs and restaurants, bars and night clubs and watersports facilities.
Kardashev scale The Kardashev scale is a general method of classifying how technologically advanced a civilization is, first proposed in 1964 by the Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev. It has three categories, based on the amount of usable energy a civilization has at its disposal and increasing logarithmically:
Kardiac Kids The Kardiac Kids is a reference to the 1980 Cleveland Browns who had a penchant for having games decided in the final moments. Finishing 11-5, the Browns captured their first division title since 1971, winning a tiebreaker with the Houston Oilers.
Kardiakafti Kardiakafti (Greek, Modern: Καρδιακαύτι, Ancient/Katharevoussa: -on) is a village that is in the northwestern part of the municipality of Gastouni in the prefecture of Ilia. It is connected only with one paved road.
Karditsomagoula Karditsomagoula (Greek: Καρδιτσομαγούλα from Karditsa and Magoula, a former name of a village because another Magoula is nearly ten kilometres west) is the biggest village in Karditsa county in Greece, with 2,500 inhabitants. It has a grid layout consisting of six 1,500-metre roads (North–South) and eleven 900-metre roads (East–West).
Kareem McKenzie Kareem Michael McKenzie (born May 24, 1979 in Willingboro, New Jersey} is an American football player who currently plays offensive tackle for the NFL's New York Giants. He played college football at Penn State University, was drafted 79th overall in the 2001 NFL Draft by the New York Jets, and established himself as a premier run blocker over his first four seasons as a professional.
Kareem Rush Kareem Lamar Rush (born October 30, 1980 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American professional basketball player positioned at shooting guard formerly of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Bobcats, currently playing for Lithuanian club BC Lietuvos Rytas.
Kareeya Hydro Power Station, Queensland Kareeya Hydro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Tully River, 60km north-west of Tully, Queensland, Australia. Kareeya has four turbo generators, with a generating capacity of 84MW of electricity.
Karefa Kargbo Karefa Kargbo is a politician in Sierra Leone. He was the foreign minister under Valentine Strasser in 1993 and 1994 under the National Provisional Ruling Council, the military coup that overthrew Joseph Saidu Momoh as president.
Karekin I Karekin I (Eastern Armenian pronunciation: Garegin I) (Armenian: ) (August 27, 1932 - June 29, 1999), served as the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1994 and 1999. Previously, he served as the Catholicos of Cilicia from 1983 to 1994 under the name Karekin II (Armenian: ).

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