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Katurian Katurian (full name Katurian Katurian Katurian) is a fictitious character taken from The Pillowman, a play written by Martin McDonagh. In the play, Katurian is a writer of short stories, who is interrogated for their gruesome content and their similarities to a series of child murders occurring in his home town.
Katuvai Sothanai Katuvai Sothanai, in Tamil means, Trial with Tiger. This is an important event in Ayyavazhi mythology tells us about the happenings that took place when Ayya Vaikundar was thrown before a three-days-starving tiger.
Katy Davies Cambridge University (Homerton College) graduate Katy Suzanne Davies (born 8 June 1982 in Ashford, Middlesex) was the youngest candidate to run in the 2005 General Election, standing for the UK Independence Party in the New Forest East Constituency, gaining 5.2% of the total votes cast.
Katy Gallagher Katy Gallagher (born March 17, 1970) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly since 2001, representing the electorate of Molonglo.
Katy Manning Katy Manning (born October 14, 1949 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British-born actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now a citizen of Australia.
Katy Mills Katy Mills is an outlet shopping mall in Katy, Texas—west of Houston—and is owned by The Mills Corporation. The mall opened in October 1999 and hosts a variety of over 200 specialty stores—such as Bass Pro Shops, American Eagle, Bath and Body Works Outlet, and Neiman Marcus Last Call Clearance Center.
Katy Murphy Katy Murphy is a Scottish actress who has appeared in Mike and Angelo, Spatz, The River, Takin' Over The Asylum, Casualty and perhaps most memorably Tutti Frutti. Her most recent performance was in the TV drama Prime Suspect 7.
Katy Selverstone Katy Selverstone (born February 4, 1966 in New York) is an American actress. She is primarily known for her work on The Drew Carey Show as Lisa, Drew's girlfriend in the first season and a couple of episodes in the second season of the show.
Katya Berger Katya Berger (b. Munich, 1964) (sometimes credited as Katia or Katja) is the name of a German-born film actress (not to be confused with writer Katya Berger Andreadakis, the daughter of art critic John Berger).
Katya Kinski Katya Kinski is a fictional character in the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours, and is played by Dichen Lachman. She entered the show's canvas in late 2005, when her father Alex was in the last stages of Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma, an acute idiopathic form of leukaemia.
Katyn war cemetery Katyn war cemetery is a Polish military cemetery located in Katyn, a small village 22 kilometres away from Smolensk, Russia, on the road to Vitebsk. It contains the remnants of 4412 Polish officers of the Kozelsk prisoner of war camp, who were murdered in 1940 in what is called the Katyn massacre.
Katyusha Katyusha multiple rocket launchers are a type of rocket artillery built and fielded by the Soviet Union beginning in the Second World War. Compared to other types of artillery, multiple rocket launchers are able to deliver a devastating amount of explosives to an area target in a short period of time, although with low accuracy, and then take a relatively long period of time to reload.
Katyusha (song) Katyusha (Катюша) is a Russian Soviet wartime song about a girl longing for her beloved, who is away on military service. The music was composed in 1938 by Matvei Blanter and the lyrics were written by Mikhail Isakovsky.
Katzbalger A Katzbalger is a short Renaissance arming sword, notable for its sturdy build and a distinctive s-shaped or figure-8 shaped guard. Measuring 75-85 cm long and weighing 1-2 kg, it the was the signature blade of the Landsknecht.
Katzelmacher Katzelmacher is a 1969 German film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. The film centers on an aimless group of friends whose lives are shaken up by the arrival of an immigrant Greek worker, Jorgos (played by Fassbinder himself, in an uncredited role).
Katzen Arts Center The Katzen Arts Center is home to all of the visual and performing arts programs at American University. Located at Ward Circle, the intersection of Nebraska Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, the Center sits atop Embassy Row in Washington, DC, one of the highest points in the nation's capitol.
Katzenberger Trial The Katzenberger Trial was a notorious Nazi show trial. The Jewish businessman and leading member of the Nuremberg Jewish community Lehmann (Leo) Katzenberger was accused of having an affair with a young "Aryan" woman, and on the 14 March 1942 was sentenced to death.
Katzenjammer Kids Katzenjammer Kids is a comic strip created by the German immigrant Rudolph Dirks. It debuted on December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, a Sunday supplement of the New York Journal owned by newspaper king William Randolph Hearst.
Katzenklavier The Katzenklavier (Also known as the Cat Organ or Cat Piano) was a musical instrument that used live cats arranged into an octave according to the natural timbre of their voices. Performing on it required the player to inflict pain on the animals so they would meow on cue.
Kau Kee Restaurant Kau Kee Restaurant () is a noodle shop on 21, Gough Street, Midlevels, Hong Kong famous for creating the beef brisket noodle in clear soup (清湯牛腩). Unlike most of the other noodle shops in Hong Kong which usually serve both fish ball noodles and beef brisket noodles, Kau Kee exclusively serves beef brisket noodles (either in clear soup or curry soup).
Kau Pui Lung Kau Pui Lung (靠背壟), formerly Kau Pui Loong or Hau Pui Loong, is a valley and an area between Ma Tau Wai and To Kwa Wan, and west of Ma Tau Kok in Kowloon of Hong Kong. The area now full of schools near the junction of Kau Pui Lung Road and Tin Kwong Road.
Kau Yi Chau Kau Yi Chau (交椅洲, formerly Kau I Island or Kau-i-chau), also known as Tai Kau Yi Chau (大交椅洲), is an island between Peng Chau and Green Island in Hong Kong. West of Victoria Harbour, it is located on the crossroad of sea routes, east to west and north to south.
Kaua‘i ‘Ō‘ō The Kauaʻi ʻOʻo Moho braccatus, also known as the ʻOʻoʻaʻa, is an extinct Hawaiian honeyeater which was endemic to the island of Kauai. It was common in the subtropical forests of the island until the early twentieth century, when its decline began.
Kauai Community College Kauai Community College is a public, co-educational commuter college in Līhue, Hawaii on the island of Kauai. It is one of ten branches of the University of Hawaii system anchored by the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in Honolulu and is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Once completed, the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts will be a 316,000 square-foot performing arts center. Located in Downtown Kansas City in the United States, it will serve the Kansas City Metropolitan Area as host to three resident companies: the Kansas City Symphony, Ballet, and Opera.
Kauffman Stadium Kauffman Stadium (formerly Royals Stadium) is a Major League Baseball stadium located in Kansas City, Missouri, and home to the Kansas City Royals of the American League. It is a part of the Truman Sports Complex (together with Arrowhead Stadium).
Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge Kauffman's Distillery Covered Bridge or Sporting Hill Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Chiques Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Big Chickies #1 Bridge.
Kauffman-White classification Kauffman and White classification permits serological varieties of the genus Salmonella to be differentiated from each other. This scheme differentiates isolates by determining which surface antigens are produced by the bacterium.
Kaufhaus des Westens The Kaufhaus des Westens (English "Department Store of the West", commonly abbreviated KaDeWe) is a department store in Berlin, the largest in all of continental Europe. With over 60,000 square meters of floor space and more than 380,000 articles available it attracts 40,000 to 50,000 visitors every day.
Kauklahti Kauklahti (Köklax in Swedish, alternative spelling Köklaks, old Finnish Kaukalaksi) is a district of Espoo, in the Greater Helsinki area of Finland. It is one of the oldest population centers in the city: it was already inhabited 6000 years ago.
Kaula Kaula is a small, crescent-shaped island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in the state of Hawaii, about 20 miles to the west-southwest of Niihau. The island is actually the very top of a volcanic tuff cone that rests on top of a larger, submerged shield volcano.
Kaumajet Mountains The Kaumajet Mountains are a compact range rising directly out of the sea on the northern Labrador coast. The range boasts one 4000-foot peak, the highest island peak on the east coast of North America between the Caribbean and Hudson Strait, and several peaks with very high prominence.
Kaumatua Kaumatua are respected male tribal elders in a Māori community who have been involved with their whānau for a number of years. They are appointed by their people who believe the chosen elders have the capacity to teach and guide both current and future generations.
Kaumualii Kaumualii (c. 1778 – May 26, 1824), also known as George Kaumualii, was the last independent Alii Aimoku, or king, of the islands of Kauai and Niihau before becoming a vassal of Kamehameha I of the unified Kingdom of Hawaii in 1810.
Kaun Banega Crorepati Kaun Banega Crorepati (Hindi: कौन बनेगा करोड़पति - popularly known as KBC) is an Indian game show based on the UK show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. This version's title literally translates to "Who will be a ten-millionaire?
Kaunas Botanical Garden The Kaunas Botanical Garden was founded in 1923 in Kaunas, Lithuania, in conjunction with the University of Lithuania (later renamed Vytautas Magnus University) by the initiative of Tadas Ivanauskas and Konstantinas Regelis. The garden currently covers 62 hectares of land, with 517 square meters of conservatories and experimental greenhouses comprising 0.
Kaunas Ghetto The Kaunas Ghetto (also called the Kovno Ghetto) was a ghetto established by Nazi Germany to hold the Jews of the Lithuanian city of Kaunas during the Holocaust. At its peak, the Ghetto held 30,000 people, most of whom were later sent to concentration camps, extermination camps, or were shot at the Ninth Fort.
Kaunas Priest Seminary Kaunas Priest Seminary is the biggest priest seminary in Lithuania. It was founded after 1863 uprising as Samogitian diocese, Bishop of Samogitia and all related institutions 1864 were moved from Varniai to Kaunas.
Kaundinya Kaundinya (Sanskrit:कौण्डिन्य, Kaundinya, Pali:Kondanna) also known as Ajnata Kaundinya (Sanskrit:अज्ञात कौण्डिन्य, Ajnata Kaundinya, Pali:Anna Kondanna) was a Buddhist bhikkhu in the Sangha of Gautama Buddha and the first to become an arahant. He lived during 6th century BC in what is now Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, India.
Kauno AutobusĹł Gamykla Kauno Autobusu Gamykla (KAG) was a factory in Kaunas that produced more than 12,000 buses from 1950 to 1961 (most of them were based on the GAZ-51 truck).The factory was established in an old Ford workshop that was nationalised after Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union.
Kaunos Kaunos or Kaunus (Lycian: Khbide; also Peraea, Latin: Peræa Rhodiorum) is an ancient city of Caria, Anatolia, currently a few km west of the modern town of Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey. Kaunos was said to have been founded by Kaunos, son of Miletos and Kyane, on the southern coast of Caria, opposite Rhodes, and was known as Rhodian Peraea, at the foot of Mount Tarbelos.
Kaupanger stave church Kaupanger stave church (Kaupanger Stavkyrkje) is the largest stave church in the Sogn og Fjordane, and is situated in the town of Kaupanger, Norway. The nave is supported by 22 staves, 8 on each of the longer sides and 3 on each of the shorter.
Kaupthing Bank Kaupthing Bank (ICEX: KAUP, OMX (Stockholm): KAUP SEK) is a northern European bank, headquartered in ReykjavĂ­k, Iceland. It was formed by the merger of Kaupthing and BĂşnaĂ°arbanki ĂŤslands in 2003 and is the largest bank in Iceland.
Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander is a financial services provider offering corporate and investment banking services to small and medium-sized companies, as well as wealth management services for high net worth clients. Primary areas of activity are treasury, investment management, capital markets services, asset finance, and private banking.
Kaura Kaura are a rock band from Berkeley, CA that was formed in 2004 by vocalist and guitarist Malcolm Guess and drummer Benjamin Jones. The band have created an epic sound that fuses ancient instruments such as hammered dulcimer, gamelan bells, and tabla, with melodic hard rock.
Kauri-butanol The Kauri-butanol value is a standardized measure of solvent power for a hydrocarbon solvent, and is governed by an ASTM standardized test, ASTM D1133. The result of this test is a scaleless index, usually referred to as the "Kb value.
Kaurna The Kaurna (pronounced "Garner" or "Gowna") people are a group of Indigenous Australians whose traditional lands lie in and around the Adelaide Plains of South Australia. Kaurna language is the spoken language of the Kaurna people.
Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi Kausalya (कौशल्या, kauśalyā), Sumitra (सुमित्रा, sumitrā) and Kaikeyi (कैकेयी, kaikeyī), in the Hindu epic Ramayana, are the three wives of King Dasaratha of Ayodhya. They are the mothers of Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata, and Shatrughna.
Kaustinen Folk Music Festival Kaustinen Folk Music Festival (Kaustisen kansanmusiikkijuhlat), arranged yearly in July in Kaustinen, Finland, is the biggest folk music and dance festival in the Nordic countries. It was first arranged in 1968.
Kautsky effect Kautsky effect (also named fluorescence transient, fluorescence induction or fluorescence decay) is a phenomenon consisting on a typical variation on the behavior of a plant fluorescence when is exposed to light. It was discovered in 1931 by H.
Kauzmann paradox In thermodynamics, the Kauzmann Paradox is the apparent result that it is possible to obtain a supercooled liquid with an entropy lower than that of its corresponding crystal. This is viewed as a paradox, since the disordered liquid must have a higher entropy than the ordered crystal.
Kava culture Kava culture refers to the Polynesian and Melanesian cultures which consume kava, and the religious and cultural traditions associated with it. There are similarities in the use of kava between the different cultures, but each one also has its own traditions.
Kava Kava Kava Kava is the rock band / live dance act from Huddersfield in the UK featuring the vocals of Pat Fulgoni, Matt Bond guitarist, Jason Riley on bass guitar, Mick Reed on drums alongside electronica, brass, strings and beats.
Kavadarci Kavadarci (Macedonian: Кавадарци) is a town and municipality located in the Tikveš (Macedonian: Тиквеш) region of The Republic of Macedonia. Situated in the heart of the Macedonia’s wine country, it is home to the country’s largest manmade lake and the largest winery in south-eastern Europe, Official Tikveš Winery Website both named after the Tikveš plain.
Kavadh II Kavadh II (Siroes), King of Persia, son of Khosrau II (590–628), was raised to the throne in opposition to his father in February 628, after the great victories of the Emperor Heraclius (610–641). He put his father and eighteen brothers to death, began negotiations with Heraclius, but died after a reign of a few months.
Kaval The kaval is a chromatic end-blown flute traditionally played throughout Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo / Albania (Kavall), northern Greece (Kavali or Dzhamara), southern Romania (Caval), Armenia (Blur) and Kurdistan (Blul). The kaval is primarily associated with mountain shepherds throughout the Balkans and Anatolia and in the book "KAVAL: Traditional Folk Melodies for Balkan & Anatolian Folk Flute", author Pat MacSwyney suggests that the kaval was spread throughout these regions by Yoruk nomads who inhabited the Pindus, Shar, Pirin, Rhodope mountains of the southern European Balkan peninsula and the Taurus mountains of southern Turkey.
Kavalan people The Kavalan ("People living in the plain") (Chinese: 噶瑪蘭族) or Kuvalan are an indigenous people of Taiwan, part of the larger Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group. The Kavalan originally inhabited modern-day Yilan County.
Kavanagh building The Edificio Kavanagh (The Kavanagh Building) is located at 1065th Florida St in the barrio of Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in front of "Plaza San Martín" square. It was constructed in the 1930's in the Rationalist style, by the architects Gregorio Sánchez, Ernesto Lagos and Luis María de la Torre, finished in 1936.
Kavandapadi Kavandapadi is located on the Erode District of Tamil Nadu, which is one of the major producers of sugar in India. It is also famous for its agriculture, producing the lump sum amount of sugarcane and bananas to the people of Tamil Nadu.
Kavangoland Kavangoland was a bantustan in South West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Kavango people. It was set up in 1970 and self-government was granted in 1973.
Kaveh Kāveh the Blacksmith (Persian: کاوه آهنگر , Kurdish: Hesinkar Kawaalternative spelling: Kāvah) is a mythical figure of ancient Iranian] who leads a popular uprising of Iranians against a ruthless foreign ruler, [[Zahhak|Zahhāk. His story is narrated in the Epic of Shāhnāma by the 10th century poet Ferdowsi Tousi.
Kaveri River The Kaveri River (Kannada: ಕಾವೇರಿ, , also spelled Cauvery or Kaveri in English) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus. The river originates at Talakaveri in the Western Ghats in the state of Karnataka, flows generally south and east through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and across the southern Deccan plateau through the southeastern lowlands, emptying into the Bay of Bengal through two principal mouths.
Kaveri River Water Dispute The waters of the river Kaveri has been the bone of contention of a serious conflict between Karnataka and the state of Tamil Nadu. Over the years, the dispute has become increasingly complex both due to the stubborn stances of the parties involved, particularly those of the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and also due to petty politicking that has come to dog the dispute.
Kavindar Singh Kavindar Singh is a British actor who appeared on the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2002-2003. He left acting to become a writer, working with Fox and various independent studios, leaving the industry after a crippling car accident.
Kavirajamarga Kavirajamarga (850AD) is the first extant literary work in the Kannada language. It is ascribed to early 9th century Rashtrakuta king Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I and famous Kannada poet Sri Vijaya of those times.
Kaviratna Kalidasa Kaviratna Kalidasa is one of the all-time top money-grossing films in the history of Kannada Movies. Dr Rajkumar, the undisputed king of Kannada film industry starred in the film, portraying the role of Kalidasa to near perfection.
Kavirondo Kavirondo is the former name of the region surrounding Kavirondo Gulf (now Winam Gulf) as well as of two native peoples living there under the regime of British East Africa (The "Nilotic Kavirondo" and the "Bantu Kavirondo"). Broadly, this was defined as those who dwelt in the valley of the Nzoia River, on the western slopes of Mount Elgon, and along the northeast coast of Victoria Nyanza.
Kaviyoor Kaviyoor (Malayalam: കവിയൂര് (also Kaviyur) is village located on the banks of the Manimala River in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala, India. The majority of the residents belong to the Hindu or Christian community.
Kavkaz Center The Kavkaz Center is an Internet publication that claims to be "a Chechen independent international Islamic internet agency". It was founded in March 1999 in the city of Grozny, by the National Center for Strategic Research and Political Technologies, headed by Movladi Udugov, former Minister of Information of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and current leader of a "national information service" currently wanted under terrorism] charges in the [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS and Turkey.
Kavkazskiy Plennik Kavkazskiy Plennik, (English language:Prisoner of the Mountains) is a 1996 Russian war drama film directed by Sergei Bodrov. It was released in the United States under the title, Prisoner of the Mountains in 1996.
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) is an independent laboratory of Stanford University, founded in 2003 by a gift by Fred Kavli and the Kavli Foundation. It is located on the grounds of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience The Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft was established in 2004 at the Department of NanoScience, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology through a generous grant by the US-based Kavli foundation.
Kavod HaBriyot Kavod HaBriyot כבוד הברייות (literally in Hebrew: "honor [of/due to] the [God's] creations (human beings)" also variously translated as "individual dignity", "individual honor", or "human dignity" is a phrase used in Judaism and by Jews when wanting to stress the importance of treating others with dignity and honor. It has a variety of common usages, particulalrly among Orthodox Jews, depending on the context.
Kavrepalanchok District Kavrepalanchok district, a part of Bagmati zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Dhulikhet as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,396 sq km and has a population (2001) of 385,672.
Kavyalankara Kâvyâlankâra (Meaning: The ornaments of poetry) is the earliest Indian knight's tour is that given on a half-chessboard in the verse work by the Kashmirian poet Rudrata, ascribed to the reign of Sankaravarman, 884 – 903. He also gives a simple boustrophedonal rook tour and a sawtooth elephant tour.
Kavyan The word Kavyan refers to a group of Malaysian writers of Indian descent who write in Bahasa Malaysia, the national language of Malaysia. Kavyan writers (or Sasterawan Kavyan) contribute novels, short stories, and poems to the Malaysian literary scene, occasionally in English and Tamil as well.
Kavyen Temperley Kavyen Temperley (born Finlay Beaton 3rd of July 1978, Fremantle, Western Australia) is the lead singer, song writer, bassist and occasionally the keys of the Australian band Eskimo Joe. He apparently changed his name at age 7 to Satyam Kavyen Temperley, Temperley being his mother's maiden name and the rest meaning "Poet of Truth" .
Kaw (tribe) The Kaw (or Kanza ) are an American Indian people of the central Midwestern United States. The tribe known as "Kaw" have also been known as the "Wind People", "People of the South Wind", "Kaza", Kanza", Kosa", and "Kasa".
Kaw Valley School District The Kaw Valley School District (Unified School District 321) is a public school district located in St. Marys, Kansas, and serving students of the cities of Rossville, Emmett, and Delia, as well as other parts of the tri-county area.
Kaw-Liga (song) Kaw-Liga (IPA: ) is a proto-rockabilly song written by Hank Williams and Fred Rose. Backed by the Drifting Cowboys, Hank Williams recorded the song in Nashville in September, 1952 and the single was released posthumously in January 1953 on the MGM Records label.
Kawagoe castle Kawagoe castle (川越城) is a Japanese castle in the city of Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture. It is the closest castle to Tokyo to be accessible to visitors, as Edo castle is now the Imperial palace, and largely inaccessible.
Kawaguchi Detachment IJA 35th Infantry Brigade with 124th Infantry Regiment, lead by Major General Kiyotaki Kawaguchi operated independently of its parent IJA 18th Division as the Kawaguchi Detachment, and was still at Camranh Bay, at the start of the Burma Campaign of World War II.
Kawachi Genji The Kawachi Genji (河内源氏) were members of a family line within that of the Seiwa Genji, which in turn was one of several branches of the Minamoto clan, one the most famous noble clans in Japanese history. Descended from Minamoto no Yorinobu (968-1048), the Kawachi Genji included Minamoto no Yoshiie (1041-1108), who fought in the Zenkunen War and Gosannen War, and common ancestor of nearly all the major Minamoto generals of the Genpei War from which the Minamoto are famous.
Kawachi ondo Kawachi Ondo (河内音頭) is a kind of Japanese folk song accompanying the Obon dance (AKA Bon Odori), specifically in the old Kawachi region of Japan. (Modern-day Osaka) What is peculiar about this specific song is that while it has a common melody (or variations thereof) and a returning chorus, the main lyrics of the song are fluid; there is not one set of lyrics for Kawachi Ondo.
Kawachi, Ishikawa Kawachi (河内村; -mura) was a village located in Ishikawa District, Ishikawa, Japan. On February 1, 2005 the village merged with a number of other villages and towns from the district and the city of Matto forming the city of Hakusan and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kawai Nui Marsh Kawai Nui Marsh (or Kawanui) is, at over 800 ac, the largest wetlands in the Hawaiian Islands. The marsh is located near Kailua on the windward side of O'ahu and is owned by the State of Hawaii and the City & County of Honolulu.
Kawaiahaʻo Church Kawaiahao Church (or Ka wai a Hao) is a historic Congregational church located in Downtown Honolulu on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. At one time the national church of the Hawaiian Kingdom and chapel of the royal family, Kawaiahao Church is popularly known as Hawaii's Westminster Abbey.
Kawaimina Kawaimina is a syllabic abbreviation used to refer to four similar dialects of East Timor, specifically Kairui, Waimaha, Midiki, and Naueti, spoken by one or two thousand speakers each. It is a name used by linguists discussing the languages, not the speakers themselves.
Kawakami Gensai Kawakami Gensai (河上彦斎, 4 December 1834 - 13 January 1871), was an imperialist (in favor of the emperor) and one of the four great Hitokiri (lit. "man-slayer") of the Bakumatsu period of 19th century Japan, and fought against the Western-accommodating Tokugawa shogunate in order to restore the Emperor to power and force all foreigners from Japan.
Kawakami Hiromi Kawakami Hiromi (川上 弘美 Kawakami Hiromi) born April 1,1958, is a Japanese writer. She made her first debut as “Yamada Hiromi” in NW-SF #16, edited by Yamano Koichi and Yamada Kazuko, in 1980 with the story So-shimoku (“Diptera”), and also helped edit some early issues of NW-SF in the 1970’s.
Kawakami, Okayama (Kawakami) Kawakami (川上町; -cho) was a town located in the former Kawakami District, Okayama, Japan. On October 1, 2004 the town merged with three other towns into the expanded city of Takahashi, Okayama and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Kawaks Kawaks is an emulator (a simpler Clone-Version of Nebula Emulator without Neo Geo CD, PolyGameMaster and Konami support, in addition missing rasters in few Neo Geo games) for the Windows operating system that emulates the CPS-1, CPS-2, and the Neo Geo systems. It runs well on some low end computers and has the option of netplay using Kaillera.
Kawana, Queensland Kawana is a statistical area in Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. The statistical area encompasses the suburbs of Parrearra to the West, Minyama to the North, and the suburbs of Warana and Bokarina to the South.
Kawanabe Kyōsai Kawanabe KyōsaiHe changed the first character of his name from 狂 (wild, crazy) to 暁 (dawn, enlightenment), after one of his several releases from prison. 暁 has two On-readings, "kyō" and "gyō", the latter being more well-known (many dictionaries provide only this reading), so the artist's name is also falsely romanised as Kawanabe Gyōsai.
Kawanishi H6K The Kawanishi H6K was an Imperial Japanese Navy flying boat used during World War II for maritime patrol duties. The Allied reporting name for the type was "Mavis"; the Navy designation was "Type 97 Large Flying Boat" (九七式大型飛行艇).
Kawanishi N1K-J The Kawanishi N1K "Kyōfū" (強風 "Strong Wind") was an Imperial Japanese Navy seaplane fighter aircraft. The Kawanishi N1K-J "Shiden" (紫電 "Violet Lightning") was an Imperial Japanese Navy land-based version of the N1K.
Kawarau River A major New Zealand lake, Lake Wakatipu, in northwestern Otago, drains to the Kawarau River, which flows generally eastwards for about 60 km until it reaches Lake Dunstan near Cromwell. The Shotover River enters it from the north; the Nevis River enters it from the south.
Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park (officially called Kawartha Highlands Signature Site) is a 375 km² area of preserved wilderness and recreational areas in south-central Ontario, Canada. It is located to the north and east of the main belt of the Kawartha lakes.
Kawasaki C-1 The Kawasaki C-1 is a twin-engined short-range STOL military transport, used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. Development on it began in 1966 as the JASDF sought to replace its aging, World War II-era C-46 Commandos, production in 1971, and it remains in use today.
Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge is a Super NES racing game where either one or two players can race Kawasaki vehicles across the Caribbean islands. There are a lot of treacherous curves and bends on the race track as the player(s) race for top supremacy and for a finish in the top spot.

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