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Kaiti Hill Kaiti Hill is an ancestral site of the Ngati Oneone hapu (sub-tribe) in Gisborne, New Zealand. It is at the base of this hill that Captain James Cook came ashore, after first sighting New Zealand in October 1769.
Kaitlin & Rick Kaitlin and Rick are two recurring characters on Saturday Night Live. Kaitlin, a preteen, hyperactive, socially-inept girl who has difficulty talking due to some sort of heavy-duty orthodontic work, is played by Amy Poehler.
Kaitlin Colombo Kaitlin Colombo (born 1986) is an American stand-up comedian, television personality, writer, and actress. She is perhaps best known for her brief but noteworthy audition for the fourth season of NBC's reality series Last Comic Standing, and for her stand-up comedy work in the field of gay rights activism.
Kaitlin Howell Kaitlin Howell (born January 2 1989) is a Canadian actress who began acting in 2003 and has since then been cast as one of the major roles in the animated series Jacob Two-Two. She plays Emma on the Canadian series which is currently being broadcasted by YTV.
Kaitoke Kaitoke, part of Upper Hutt City, is a locality in the southern North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the northern end of the Hutt Valley, 45 kilometres northeast of Wellington City and six kilometres from the northern end of the Upper Hutt urban area.
Kaitorete Spit Kaitorete Spit is a long finger of land which extends along the coast of Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. it runs southwest from Banks Peninsula for 25 kilometres, and separates the shallow Lake Ellesmere from the Canterbury Bight and Pacific Ocean.
Kaitsepolitseiamet Kaitsepolitseiamet (commonly abbreviated KAPO), translated as The Security Police board in English, is the government institution that protects the Estonian constitutional regime and performs counterintelligence in Estonia. Its tasks also include the prevention and discovery of crimes against the parliamentary democracy in Estonia.
Kaizen Kaizen (改善, Japanese for "change for the better" or "improvement", the English translation is "continuous improvement", or "continual improvement.") is an approach to productivity improvement originating in applications of the work of American experts such as Frederick Winslow Taylor, Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Walter Shewhart, W.
Kaizen (DJ) Kaizen, also known as Connor Mc Auley is an Irish DJ & aspiring record producer. Beginning his career during the growing years of house (1990's), he quickly became entranced with the music he played across the country.
Kaizen Gamorra Kaizen Gamorra is a fictional character in the Wildstorm Universe comics. Brandon Choi and Jim Lee had referred to him many times as an important character within the Wildstorm Universe, but their Kaizen Gamorra turned out to be an imposter called John Colt and the true Kaizen Gamorra appeared for the first time in Stormwatch #40, written by Warren Ellis, with art by Tom Raney.
Kaizers Orchestra Kaizers Orchestra is a Norwegian rock band formed in 2000. The two leading members, vocalist Janove Ottesen and guitarist Geir Zahl, had known each other for years, and first played together in a band called Blod, SnĂĄtt & Juling in 1991.
Kaizers Orchestra EP The Kaizers Orchestra EP, also known as the Gul (english: Yellow) EP, was the first EP ever recorded by Kaizers Orchestra. It had four tracks on it, including "Bastard", the song that "gave birth" to Kaizers Orchestra.
Kaizo (magazine) Kaizo (改造 kaizō) is a Japanese general-interest magazine that started publication during the Taisho period and printed many articles of socialist content. Kaizo can be translated into English as "Reorganize", "Restructure" or "Reconstruct".
Kaizo magazine Kaizo (改造 kaizō) is a Japanese general-interest magazine that started publication during the Taisho period and printed many articles of socialist content. Kaizo can be translated into English as "Reorganize", "Restructure" or "Reconstruct".
Kaj Franck Kaj Franck (1911-1989) was one of the leading figures of Finnish design, the teacher of several generations of professional designers in Finland, and an influential figure in design and applied arts between 1940-1980. He was artistic director of the Wärtsilä Group (later Hackman Plc, present-day Iittala Group) and artistic director and teacher at the College of Applied Arts, the predecessor of the University of Art and Design Helsinki.
Kaj Chydenius Kaj Chydenius (born 16 October 1939) is a Finnish composer probably best known for his political songs interpreted by various artists. He studied at the Sibelius Academy, the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki School of Economics, starting his career with avant-garde music, happening, instrumental theatre and the aesthetics of John Cage.
Kaj Stenvall Kaj Kristian Stenvall (born 25 December 1951 in Tampere) is a Finnish artist who became internationally famous when he began his career in 1989 for painting what his site describes as "a very familiar looking duck.." Many have likened this duck to the Donald Duck of Disney Comics.
Kaj-Erik Eriksen Kaj-Erik Eriksen (born February 15, 1979) is a Canadian television actor. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, he is best known to date for his role as Danny Farrell in the television series The 4400 and Jeremy Peters in the television series Boston Public.
Kaja Silverman Kaja Silverman is an American film critic. She taught at Yale University, Trinity College, Simon Fraser University, Brown University, and the University of Rochester before joining the Rhetoric Department and the Film Studies Program at the University of California, Berkeley in 1991.
Kajaani castle The Kajaani castle (Finnish: Kajaanin linna, Swedish: Kajaneborg) was a fortress built on the Ämmäkoski island of the Kajaani river in the centre of Kajaani, Finland, in the 17th century. In its day, the stone castle was important to the defence of Finland.
Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway Kajang Dispersal Link Expressway, SILK, E18 is a highway built to disperse and regulate the traffic flow in Kajang, Selangor and to bypass the town centre of Kajang. It is also useful as the main ring road of Kajang.
Kaji Man Samsohang Kaji Man Samsohang is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist). He contested the Taplejung-1 constituency in the 1994 legislative election, coming in second place with 9822 votes.
Kajjanbai Kajjanbai was a singer and actress in India during the 1920s and 1930s, often referred to as the "Nightingale of Bengal".Orsini 2006: 272 Aside from acting, she and Ghulam Mohammed also taught Noor Jehan when the latter was young, making her do riyaz up to 12 hours each day.
Kajkavian dialect Kajkavian (kajkavski) dialect is one of the three dialects of the Croatian language. The name of the dialect, like those of its correspondents, Shtokavian and Chakavian, is based on the interrogative pronoun kaj ("what").
Kajko i Kokosz Kajko i Kokosz (Kajko and Kokosz) is a notable comic book series by Janusz Christa, published in Poland between 1970's and 1980's. It is based around a story of two Slavic warriors named Kajko and Kokosz, loosely resembling both Asterix and Obelix, as well as two personalities from Christa's earlier series on Kajtek i Koko (set in contemporary and science-fiction background).
Kajra Re Nominated for best song in 2005 in India, the song Kajra Re, which in English translation means kohl-lined eyes, was a big hit. It debuted in the movie Bunty Aur Babli, which premiered in 2005, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Rani Mukherji, with a special appearance by Aishwarya Rai.
Kajsa Bergqvist Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist (born October 12, 1976 in Sollentuna, Sweden) is an athlete competing in the high jump. She has won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships.
Kajukenbo Kajukenbo is a hybrid martial art that combines karate, judo, jujutsu, kenpo, and kung fu. It was invented in 1947 in Oahu, Hawaii, at the Palama Settlements, to deal with local crime, as well as to help the people defend themselves from U.
Kak neural network The Kak neural network, which was first proposed by Subhash Kak, is an instantaneously trained neural network that creates a new hidden neuron for each training sample, achieving instantaneous training for binary data and also for real data if some small additional processing is allowed. These networks, therefore, model short-term biological memory.
Kak's three stage protocol Kak's three stage protocol is a new protocol for quantum cryptography that has recently become popular in research circles. Although it is also open to the man-in-the-middle attacks like the BB type of quantum cryptography protocols, it uses only quantum transformations which makes it quite different from other systems.
Kaka Ferskur Kaka Ferksur (or; Fresh Rolls): The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking is an R-rated film created for underground audiences. Released in 1988, the same year another popular Pippi movie was released, Kaka Ferskur (Swedish for "fresh rolls") is a Pippi film for adults.
Kaka Hathrasi Kaka Hathrasi is widely regarded as one of the greatest Hindi satirists. Born on 18 September 1906 in the North Indian town of Hathras as Prabhunath Garg, he wrote under his poetic alias "Kaka Hathrasi".
Kaka Joginder Singh Kaka Joginder Singh (1918 in Gujranwala - December 23, 1998 in Bareilly) (alias Dharti Pakad meaning "one who clings") was a textile owner who contested and lost over 300 elections in India.The Evergreen Candidate Rediff - February 4, 1998Uncorking the mirth IndianTelevision - February 4, 2004
Kaka Point Kaka Point is a small settlement at the northern edge of The Catlins, an area of the southern South Island of New Zealand. It is located 14 kilometres south of Balclutha and eight kilometres north of the headland of Nugget Point.
Kaka Street Special School Kaka Street Special School is a school catering for children with mild-severe learning and physical disabilities located in Tauranga, New Zealand. It is the only school of it's kind in the Western Bay of Plenty region, and operates 3 satellite classes in Tauranga Intermediate school, Merivale primary school and Te Puke primary school.
Kakaako Kaka‘ako is the name of a commercial and retail district of Honolulu, Hawai‘i nestled between Ala Moana near Waikīkī to the east, downtown Honolulu and Honolulu Harbor to the west. Kaka‘ako is situated along the southern shores of the island of O‘ahu and features a vast stretch of waterfront.
Kakabeka Falls Kakabeka Falls is a waterfall on the Kaministiquia River, just west of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. It is also the name of the nearby village of Kakabeka Falls, located in the municipality of Oliver Paipoonge.
Kakakhel Kakakhel Myagaan/Syeds (Mya is alternative word for syed in pushto) are living all along the so called Durand Line, stretching from Attock to Hangu, Ningrar, Dir, Bajawur, Shaukadar, Mardaan, Swat, and Charssada territories. So roughly speaking, they are all over Afghanistan, whether it's east or west of the Khaybar Pass.
Kakamega Forest Kakamega Forest is situated in Western Province Kenya, north-west of the capital Nairobi, and near to the border with Uganda. It is said to be Kenya's last remnant of the ancient Guineo-Congolian rainforest that once spanned the continent.
Kakanui Range The Kakanui Range is a range of high hills located inland from Oamaru in the South Island of New Zealand. The range forms a boundary between the valley of the Waitaki River to the north and the high plateau known as the Maniototo to the southwest.
Kakapo The Kakapo (Māori: kākāpō, meaning night parrot), Strigops habroptilus (from the Greek strix, genitive strigos: owl and ops: face; and habros: soft, and ptilon: feather), also called Owl parrot, is a species of nocturnal parrot endemic to New Zealand. It is notable for being the world's only flightless parrot, the heaviest parrot, and the only parrot to have a lek breeding system.
Kakar Kakar is a common surname of two contemporary communities living in Afghanistan ,India and Pakistan . The Kakars of Afghanistan and Pakistan are Muslim Pashtun and the Kakars now living in India after 1947 are Punjabi Hindu and Sikh originally from areas of West Punjab now part of Pakistan .
Kakariko Village Kakariko Village is a fictional village in the Legend of Zelda series. It first appeared in The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but it has since reappeared in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures,The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and remakes thereof.
Kakashi Gaiden is a six-part spinoff manga based on the popular manga Naruto, by Masashi Kishimoto. Kishimoto published the miniseries in place of the regular Naruto storyline in Shonen Jump, which lasts through chapters 239-244.
Kakashi Hatake is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto. Though his name is written in the manga using kana, Japanese syllabic scripts that carry no particular meaning, the family name "Hatake" can be written in kanji (Chinese characters) as 畑 (はたけ, hatake), which means 'field' or 'farmland'.
Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Sciences or KITS is a college affiliated to Kakatiya University in Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh in India. Established in 1980 and now celebrating silver jubilee year is one of the few reputed institutions in Andhra Pradesh which is famous for its strong academic background and infrastructure as well as student community in home and abroad.
Kakawin Bhāratayuddha Kakawin Bhāratayuddha is an Old Javanese poetical rendering of some books (parva) of the Mahabharata by Mpu Sedah and his brother Mpu Panuluh in Indian meters (kāvya or Kakawin). The commencement of this work was exactly November 6 1157.
Kakawin Hariwangsa Kakawin Hariwangsa is an Old Javanese poem in Indian metres (kakawin or kavya) which tells the story of Krishna, as an avatar of Vishnu, when he wished to marry the Goddess Rukminī, from the land of Kundina, and daughter of Lord Bhishmaka. Rukmini is an avatar of the goddess Śrī.
Kake War The Kake War involved the United States and the tribe of the Tlingits, on Kupreanof Island, Alaska, who were feared by European explorers and settlers in the 18th and 19th centuries. They frightened Captain George Vancouver during his voyages and sometimes had conflicts with trappers.
Kakerlakkene Kakerlakkene (Norwegian: "The Cockroaches") is the second crime novel about Harry Hole, written by Jo Nesbø. Here we can read about Harry's journey to Thailand, where he is asked to solve the murder of the Norwegian ambassador.
Kakeya needle problem In mathematics, the Kakeya needle problem asks whether there is a minimum area of a region D in the plane, in which a needle can be turned through 360°. This question was first posed, for convex regions, in 1917 by Soichi Kakeya (1886-1947), a Japanese mathematician who worked mainly in mathematical analysis.
Kakhaber Gogichaishvili Kakhaber Gogichaishvili (born October 31, 1968) is a retired football defender who was capped 27 times for Georgia between 1992 and 2000. He scored 1 goal, a penalty kick in Georgia's 6-3 win over Azerbaijan in 1992 (Azerbaijan's first international match).
Kakhaberisdze Kakhaberisdze (Georgian: კახაბერისძე; pl: Kakhaberisdzeebi, კახაბერისძეები, literally sons of Kakhaber) were a noble family (didebuli’s) in medieval Georgia ruling over the northwestern provinces of Racha and Lechkhumi (Takveri) from the early 11th to the late 13th centuries.
Kakheti Kakheti (Georgian: კახეთი) is a province in Eastern Georgia. It is bordered by the small mountainous province of Tusheti and mountain-range of Greater Caucasus to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and the south, and the Georgian province of Kartli to the west.
Kakhi Kakhiashvili Kakhi Kakhiashvili (born July 131969), a Georgian-Greek weightlifter, is one of only four weightlifters to have won three consecutive gold medals at Olympic Games. He won his first in 1992 at Barcelona, competing with Georgia, and later as a citizen of Greece in 1996 at Atlanta and in 2000 at Sydney.
Kakhovka Kakhovka () is a port city on the Dnieper River in the Kherson Oblast (province) of southern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Kakhovsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located at around .
Kakhovka Reservoir The Kakhovka Reservoir () is a water reservoir located on the Dnieper River. It covers a total surface area of 2,155 square kilometres in the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhia, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts of Ukraine.
Kakhovskaya (Metro) Kakhovskaya () is a station of the Moscow Metro's Kakhovskaya Line, the station was opened on 11 August,1969 as the southern terminus of the Zamoskvoretskaya Line, and from 1983 until 1995 was also the terminus of the Kahovskaya branch. Since then it was the terminus of the present Kakhovskaya Line.
Kakching Kakching is a small town situated in the southeastern part of Manipur in the Thoubal District. The town is about 44 km from the capital of Manipur, Imphal, and about 70 km from the border of India with Mayanmar.
Kakia (Mythology) The Greek goddess of vice and moral badness (presumably, sin or crime), Kakia was depicted as a vain, plump and heavily made-up woman dressed in revealing clothes. She tries to tempt many people to become evil, but her most famous temptation was that of Heracles, the famous immortal strongman.
Kakiemon From the mid-17th century, Kakiemon wares were produced at the factories of Arita in Japan with much in common with the Chinese "Famille Verte" style. The superb quality of its enamel decoration was highly prized in the West and widely imitated by the major European porcelain manufacturers.
Kakistocracy Kakistocracy is a form of government in which the person least qualified to control the government is the person who controls the government. For example, in Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series, the man who run the universe in an old man who lives in a shack on a distant planet who spend his days wondering if there really is a world outside of his shack.
Kakkinje Kakkinje is a village located in Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka State in India and comes under Belthangady Taluk. The city incorporates an eclectic mix of religious denominations, including Christians, Hindus and Muslims.
Kakongo Kakongo, a former small kingdom located on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa in the modern day Republic of Congo. Although independent, the people speak a dialect of the Kikongo language and could be considered a part of the Bakongo ethnicity.
Kakopetria Kakopetria is a village located 55km south-west of the capital Nicosia] on the north facing foothills of the [[Troodos Mountain range. It stands at an altitude of 667 metres and it is the highest village in the Solea valley.
Kakori train robbery Kakori train robbery (alt. Kakori Conspiracy, Kakori Case) (Hindi: काकोड़ी कांड) was a famous train robbery that took place at Kakori, near Lucknow during the Indian Independence Movement.
Kaku Genji Kaku Genji, or Kuo Yuen-chih(郭 源治, born October 4, 1956 in Taitung City, Taiwan), is a famous retired Taiwanese baseball player, he is revered in both Japan and Taiwan for his achievement in Central League of Japan. He joined the Chunichi Dragons in 1981, where he would continue to play for 16 years.
Kakuei Tanaka Kakuei Tanaka (田中 角栄 Tanaka Kakuei May 4, 1918–December 16, 1993) was a Japanese politician and the 64th and 65th Prime Minister of Japan from July 7,1972 to December 22,1972 and from December 22, 1972 to December 9, 1974 respectively. He was also the most influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party until the mid-1980s, when he fell from power after a long series of scandals.
Kakugo Kakugo (Ready to Attack) or Kakugo RNA is a Picorna-like virus, which is most commonly found in the brains of worker bees. The Kakugo virus, when resident in a bee's brain, can contribute to aggressive behaviors such as are preeminent during a bee's guard phase in their life cycle.
Kakuji Inagawa Kakuji Inagawa (稲川 角二 Inagawa Kakuji) , as known as Seijō Inagawa (稲川 聖城 Inagawa Seijō; 1915 - ) is a Japanese yakuza boss best known for founding the Inagawa-kai, Japan's third-largest yakuza syndicate.
Kakul Kakul or Kakul Valley is a town 5 km north of Abbottabad city near Thandiani Hills, NWFP, Pakistan founded by ex military chief Ghufran Tahir in 1957. Pakistan Military Academy is located in the eastarn side of the valley.
Kakum National Park Kakum National Park is one of the best known national parks in Ghana; it is in the southern part of Ghana, in what is known as the Central Region. The Park was first established in 1990 from an area of 350 square kilometers to the north of Cape Coast and Elmina near the small town of Abrafo.
Kakure Kirishitan Kakure Kirishitan (隠れキリシタン, Japanese for "Hidden Christian") is a modern term for a member of a sect of Japanese Roman Catholicism that went underground after the Shimabara Rebellion in the 1630s.
Kakurenbo Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek (カクレンボ), meaning Hide and Seek in Japanese, is a chilling short 25 minute animated CGI film that is based around an innocent children's game. "Otokoyo", as they call it, is a game of hide and seek, played near the ruins of an old city which no one inhabits.
Kakuro Kakuro is a kind of logic puzzle that is often referred to as a mathematical transliteration of the crossword. In principle, Kakuro puzzles are integer programming problems, and can be solved using matrix techniques, although they are typically solved by hand.
Kakusandha In Buddhist tradition, Kakusandha (Pāli) is the name of the twenty-fifth Buddha, the first of the five Buddhas of the present era, and the fourth of the seven ancient Buddhas. In the Buddhist texts in Sanskrit, this Buddha is known as Krakucchanda.
Kakutani fixed point theorem In mathematics, the Kakutani fixed point theorem is a fixed-point theorem that generalizes the Brouwer fixed point theorem. It was developed by Shizuo Kakutani in 1941 and was famously used by John Nash in his description of Nash equilibrium.
Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal is a versus fighting game exclusively made for Microsoft's Xbox gaming console published in 2002 by Microsoft Game Studios. The game was the sole product of developer Dream Publishing, a studio created from members of Dream Factory and Microsoft.
Kakutsa Cholokashvili Kaikhosro Cholokashvili (Georgian: ქაიხოსრო ჩოლოყაშვილი) commonly known as Kakutsa (Georgian: ქაქუცა, a hypocorism of Kaikhosro;) (July 14, 1888 – June 27, 1930) is a national hero of Georgia who gained popularity as a guerilla leader against the Bolshevik Red Army during the Russian Civil War. His name is also spelled Kakoutsa Tcholokhachvili in a French manner.
Kal Ho Naa Ho Kal Ho Naa Ho (Hindi कल हो ना हो, Urdu: کل ہو نہ ہو, English: Tommorow May Or May Not Be) is a 2003 Bollywood film set in New York City. It stars Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, and Saif Ali Khan.
Kal Jerico Kal Jerico is a fictional character in the Warhammer 40,000 universe that inhabits the Hive City section of Hive Primus on Necromunda. A man of fine tastes and good graces (or so Kal thinks), he uses his reputation as a sweet-talker and ladies man to his advantage often.
Kal Skirata Kal Skirata is a character in the fictional Star Wars novel Republic Commando: Triple Zero. In it, he trains six young clones, Ordo, Mereel, Prudii, A'den, Jaing, and Kom'rk (Only 3 ID numbers are given to match a name Ordo N-11, Mereel N-7 and Prudii N-5) to be highly skilled military commandos.
Kal vachomer Kal vachomer is a Rabbinical concept used to interpret and extrapolate Jewish laws from the Tanakh (holy scriptures) and, sometimes, the Mishnah and Baraita (oral laws.) The meaning of the concept is "to determine something more obvious from something less obvious.
Kal-Haven Trail Formally known as the Kal-Haven Trail Sesquicentennial State Park, it runs 34 miles (55 km) between South Haven, Michigan, to a point just west of the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, though there are plans to extend it into the city. Most of the trail is in Van Buren County.
Kal-toh (Star Trek) In the fictional Star Trek universe Kal-Toh (kal-toe) is a Vulcan game of logic. According to Tuvok, its goal "Is not about striving for balance but about finding the seeds of order even in the midst of profound chaos.
Kala Lagaw Ya Kala Lagaw Ya (several other names; see below) is a language spoken on several western Torres Strait Islands, Queensland, Australia. It has the highest speaker population of any indigenous language within Australian territory, with between 3000 and 4000 people speaking the language (Ethnologue).
Kala Pokhri Kala Pokhri (3186 m) is a small Himalayan community inside the Singalila National Park in the Darjeeling subdivision, Darjeeling district in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies on the trekking route from Manebhanjan to Sandakphu (the highest peak in West Bengal), and is roughly halfway between the steep final stretch of the trek from Gairibas to Sandakphu.
Kalaallisut language The Kalaallisut language (also called Western Greenlandic, Greenlandic Eskimo, or Greenlandic Inuktitut) is an Eskimo-Aleut language spoken in Greenland. It is closely related to some languages in Canada, such as Inuktitut.
Kalabagh Dam The Kalabagh dam is a mega water reservoir that Government of Pakistan planning to develop across the Indus River, one of the world's largest rivers. The proposed site for the dam is situated at Kalabagh in Mianwali District of the north-west Punjab province, bordering NWFP.
Kalabaland Glacier Kalabaland Glacier of Himalaya is situated in the eastern Kumaun of the Pithoragarh district of Uttaranchal state of India. Kalabaland is situated to the north of the Milam valley and to the west of the Darma valley.
Kalabhak Kadhalan ‘’’’’Kalabhak Kadhalan’’’’’ (2006) is a Tamil film directed by debutant Igore, starring Arya and Renuka Menon. This film was a low-budget production and the soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar.
Kalacuri Era Kalacuri Era is the era was used by the Kalacuris, who ruled over the ancient Cede country with their capital at Tripuri near Jabalpur, and was called the Kalacuri or Cedi-samvat. The era was originated in the region around the northern
Kaladian Coulibaly Kaladian Coulibaly was a West African ruler who founded one of the first large Bambara kingdoms, centered on Ségou in what is now Mali. Around 1650, Coulibaly's kingdom was one of the dominant forces in the region.
Kalaeloa, Hawai'i Kalaeloa is the modern name given to the former Barbers Point Naval Air Station after the military base was listed for closing in 1993 and subsequently transferred to the State of Hawaii. The geographical name, Ka lae loa, means "long point" in Hawaiian and is the native name for what is now called Barbers Point on Oahu.
Kalah Kalah, also called Kalaha and often simply Mancala, is a game in the mancala family introduced to the West by William Julius Champion Jr in the 20th century. When someone refers to "the game Mancala", they are probably referring to this game, although there are deeper mancala games available: this game heavily favors the starting player.
Kalahandi Kalahandi, a district of Orissa,India,was known as Mahakantara (Great Forest) in ancient India. It is also known as Karunda Mandal, which means treasure of precious stones like karandam (Manik), Garnet (red stone), Beruz, Neelam (blue stone), and Alexandra etc.
Kalahari (film) Kalahari is an animated feature film slated for international release in 2009. The film is the first of its kind to be produced in South Africa, and will be released in the United States by a major distribution company.
Kalahari Desert The Kalahari Desert is a large arid to semi-arid sandy area in southern Africa extending 900,000 km², covering much of Botswana and parts of Namibia and South Africa, as semi-desert, with huge tracts of excellent grazing after good rains.Mary Sadler-Altena, "Kalahari: Introduction" webpage: SouthernCape-Kalahari: Kalahari name/climate/reserves and history.
Kalahasti temple Sri Kalahasthi ( Telugu: శ్రీ కాళహస్తి) is a temple town in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Located here is one of the famous Shiva temples in South India, and is said to be the site where Kannappa, one of the 63 Saivite Nayanars, was ready to offer his last remaining eye to cover blood flowing from the Siva linga before the Lord Siva stopped him and granted mukti.
Kalachuri The name Kalachuri is used by two kingdoms who had a succession of dynasties from the 10th-12th centuries, one ruling over areas in Central India (west Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan) and were called Chedi or Haihaya (Heyheya) (northern branch) and the other southern Kalachuri who ruled over parts of Karnataka. They are disparately placed in time and space.
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