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Kosei Line The is one of commuter rail lines and services in Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto Metropolitan Area, operated by West Japan Railway Company. It originates at Yamashina Station in Yamashina, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture and ends at Omi-Shiotsu Station in Nishiasai, Ika District, Shiga Prefecture.
Koseki A koseki (戸籍) is a family registry. Japanese law requires all households (ie) to report births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and criminal convictions to their local authority, which compiles the information into a detailed family tree that encompasses everyone within their jurisdiction.
Kosh Kosh is a character in the fictional universe of the science fiction television series Babylon 5. The voice for the character was provided by Ardwight Chamberlain, and he was physically played by Jeffrey Willerth.
Kosh (art director) Kosh (born John Kosh) is an art director, album cover designer, graphic artist and documentary producer/director. He was born in London, England and rose to prominence in the mid-1960s while designing for the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera House.
Kosh (city) The village of Kosh is located in the Ashtarak district in Armenia, about 18km south-west of the district centre. There are numerous remainings from early iron age residential ruins and buildings of large basalt stone blocks.
Koshekhabl Koshekhabl (; ) is an aul (village) in the Republic of Adygea, Russia, located on the Bolshaya Laba River (Kuban's tributary) some 70 km north-east of Maykop. It is the administrative center of Koshekhablsky District.
Kosher foods Kosher foods are those that meet certain criteria of Jewish law. Invalidating characteristics may range from the presence of a mixture of meat and milk, to the use of produce from Israel that has not been tithed properly, or even the use of cooking utensils which had previously been used for non-kosher food.
Kosher salt Kosher salt (sodium chloride) (or more correctly, Koshering Salt), is one of the most commonly used varieties of salt in commercial kitchens today. Kosher salt, unlike common table salt, typically contains no additives (for example, iodine), although kosher salt produced by Morton contains sodium ferrocyanide as a free-flow agent.
Kosher style Kosher style usually refers to food that is not strictly Kosher, but either adheres to the laws of Kashrut very loosely and/or is traditional Ashkenazic Jewish food. Generally, Kosher style food does not include meat from forbidden animals, such as pigs or shellfish, and does not contain both meat and milk.
Kosher wine Kosher wine (Hebrew: יין כשר, yayin kashèr) results only when wine is produced according to Judaism's religious law, specifically, the Jewish dietary laws of (kashrut, Hebrew: כשרות), and then is known as "kosher wine". However other branches of Judaism are more "lenient" with these laws, see views of Conservative Judaism below.
Koshi High School (Fukui) Fukui Prefectural Koshi High School (福井県立高志高等学校, Fukui Kenritsu Koshi Kōtō Gakkō) is a high school in Fukui, Japan, founded in 1948. The school is operated by the Fukui Prefectural Board of Education.
Koshiki karate Koshiki karate is not a style (or ryu) of karate but rather is a way of practicing one's karate fighting skills. In practice and in tournaments, koshiki fighters are allowed to throw near full-force punches and kicks to their opponent's body, which is armored with bogu, a thick armor.
Koshikijima Islands Koshikijima Islands (甑島列島 Koshikijima rettō) in the East China Sea are an island chain that belongs to the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan. It is located 38 km west of the port city of Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima.
Koshy's Koshy's is a very popular restaurant and hangout in St Mark's Road, Bangalore, which is a meeting point for journalists, artists, theatre persons, students and foreigners. Founded in 1940, it retains an old-world charm with huge pillars and large fans.
Koschei In Russian mythology, Koschei (, Koshchey, also Kashchei or Kashchey) is an evil person of ugly senile appearance, menacing principally young women. Koschei is also known as Koschei the Immortal or Koschei the Deathless (Коще́й Бессме́ртный), as well as Tzar Koschei .
Kosi River The Kosi River or Koshi River, formerly Kausiki, in Nepal and Bijar in northern India is a major tributary of the Ganges River. Among it's tributaries is the Dudh Kosi which flows joins the Sun Kosi at the Nepalese village of Harkapur creating the Kosi River.
Kosi Zone Koshi Zone is one of fourteen Zones of Nepal and comprised of six districts, namely, Bhojpur, Dhankuta, Morang, Sankhuwasabha, Sunsari, and Terhathum. Headquarters of Koshi Zone is Dharan, the largest city is Biratnagar.
Kosik Kosik is a South Korean elephant (Elephas indicus), 16 years old, who made headlines in September 2006 when it was discovered he could imitate the Korean words for "yes," "no," "sit," "lie down," and four other words. He makes the sounds by putting his trunk in his mouth and shaking it while exhaling, similar to the way a human whistles with fingers in his or her mouth.
Koskenkorva Viina Koskenkorva Viina (also known simply as Koskenkorva, or Kossu) is the most common clear spirit drink (38%) in Finland, produced by Altia in the Koskenkorva distillery in Ilmajoki. The grain (barley) alcohol is produced using 200-step continuous distillation designed to produce high-purity industrial ethanol.
Kosmas Air Kosmas Air is a charter cargo airline based in Belgrade, Serbia. The airlines main fields of activity cover air freighter and transport of humanitarian aid relief among the regions of Europe, Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Kosmische Musik Kosmische Musik is the genre of experimental electronic music that was born in Germany in late 1960s-early 1970s; the term often refers to the whole German electronic and progressive rock scene of the same period.
Kosmopoisk Kosmopoisk (, full name—Общеросси́йская нау́чно-иссле́довательская обще́ственная организа́ция «Космопо́иск», abbreviated as ОНИОО), or "Spacesearch", is a self-styled all-Russian public scientific Organization (registered as such in 2004), and an International Movement (since 2001) with interests in ufology, cryptozoology, and other mystery investigations.
Kosmotropic Solutes may be defined as kosmotropic or chaotropic based on their "water structuring" or "water disrupting" nature. These properties, however, may depend on, for instance, the concentration or the presence of a macromolecule, that is the kosmotropicity or chaotropicity depends on the interactions with all particles in the system.
Kosovar Superliga The Kosovar Superliga is the major football (soccer) competition in Kosovo, Serbia. It played from 1945, and from 2001 the tournament is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo (Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës).
Kosovka djevojka Bijelo Dugme (unofficially Kosovka djevojka) is the seventh studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme. Due to Bijelo Dugme's usage of the famous painting by Uroš Predić for the albums cover the most widely used name for the album is Kosovka djevojka (Kosovo Maiden), despite it not having an official name.
Kosovo Kosovo (Serbian: Косово и Метохија or Kosovo i Metohija, also Космет or Kosmet; Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova) is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. While Serbia's nominal sovereignty is recognised by the international community, in practice Serbian governance in the province is virtually non-existent (see also Constitutional status of Kosovo).
Kosovo Force The Kosovo Force (KFOR) is a NATO-led international force responsible for establishing a safe and secure environment in Kosovo. KFOR entered Kosovo on June 12 1999 under a United Nations mandate, two days after the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1244.
Kosovo Police Service The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) was created in 1999, in the aftermath of the NATO bombing campaign and subsequent withdrawal of the Yugoslav and Serbian forces from Kosovo. Slobodan Milošević had previously purged most Albanians from the police in Kosovo, thus, when Serbian forces withdrew, there were no longer any police officers to maintain public order in Kosovo.
Kosovo Property Agency - KPA The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) was established on 4 March 2006 under UNMIK Regulation 2006/10, as an administrative agency functioning independently pursuant to Chapter 11.2 of the Constitutional Framework of Kosovo.
Kosovo Protection Corps The Kosovo Protection Corps is a civilian emergency services organization in Kosovo. The KPC was created on September 21, 1999 through the promulgation of UNMIK Regulation 1999/8 and the agreement of a "Statement of Principles" on the KPC's permitted role in Kosovo.
Kosovo Province, Ottoman Empire The Province of Kosovo (Turkish: Kosova Vilayeti; Serbian: Покрајина Косова or Pokrajina Kosova; Albanian: Vilayeti i Kosovës; Macedonian: Покраина на Косово, Pokraina na Kosovo) was a vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Peninsula only roughly corresponding to the current region of Kosovo. It was created from the former Rumelia Province as part of an Ottoman administrative reform law of 1864.
Kosovo-Pomoravlje District The Kosovo-Pomoravlje District (Serbian: Kosovsko-Pomoravski okrug or Косовско-Поморавски округ ) was a district in Kosovo between 1990 and 1999. It was located in the eastern part of Kosovo.
Kosovska Mitrovica Kosovska Mitrovica (Serbian: Kosovska Mitrovica or Косовска Митровица ; Albanian: Mitrovica or Mitrovicë ) is a city and municipality in northern Kosovo, a Serbian province under UN administration. It is located at 42.
Kosovska Mitrovica District The Kosovska Mitrovica District (Albanian: Distrikti i Mitrovicës, Serbian: Kosovskomitrovički okrug or Косовскомитровички округ ) was a district in northern Kosovo between 1990 and 1999. It had a population of 275,904.
Kosrae Kosrae (pronounced in English), also known as Kusaie, is an island in Micronesia. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia with a population of 7,317 (1994 census) and a part of the Caroline Islands.
Kosrae Island Starling The Kosrae Island Starling (Aplonis corvina) is an extinct bird from the family of starlings (Sturnidae). It was endemic to the montane forests on the island of Kosrae which belong to the Caroline Islands in the south-western Pacific.
Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu and Rabbit is the 1971 rock album made by guitarist Paul Kossoff, drummer Simon Kirke, bassist Tetsu Yamauchi and keyboard player John "Rabbit" Bundrick. Bundrick wrote five tracks for the album, his comments on those tracks are below.
Kossuth (Dungeons & Dragons) In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Kossuth, is the god of fire. Ed Greenwood created Kossuth for his home Dungeons & Dragons game, inspired by the deity Kakatal, created by Michael Moorcock for his Elric stories.
Kossuth Memorial Kossuth Memorial is an imposing statue of former Hungarian Regent-President Lajos Kossuth in front of the Hungarian Parliament Building on Lajos Kossuth Square in Budapest. The memorial is an important Hungarian national symbol and scene of official celebrations.
Kost Novytsky Kostantyn Heorhiovych Novytsky, better known as Kost' Novytsky () {December 26, 1950 in Kyiv) is one of the more influential bandurists in Kyiv today. Originally, he studied under Andriy Omelchenko and later at the Kyiv Conservatory under Serhiy Bashtan.
Kosta Glasbruk Kosta Glasbruk (later known as Kosta Boda) is a Swedish glassworks founded by two foreign officers in Charles XII's army, Anders Koskull and Georg Bogislaus Stael von Holstein, in 1742. It is located in Kosta (between the cities of Kalmar and Växjö) in the forested Småland province.
Kosta Yankov Major Kosta Yankov was the leader of the Military Organisation of the BCP and as such he was influential in creating small isolated terrorist groups ("шесторки", "shestorki") that carried out single acts of terrorism.
Kostas Bantas Kostas Bantas (born July 19, 1976 in Karditsa, Greece) is a professional football sweeper and Defender currently playing for Akratitos in Greece's top national division. Bantas career started in 1994 for Anagennisi Karditsa, where he played over 100 games, scoring eight goals along the way.
Kostas Exarhakis Kostas "Konstantine" Exarhakis is a Greek Heavy Metal musician. After playing bass for the unsuccessful Thrash Metal band Medieval Death in the late 1980s and early 1990s he gained minor recognition by playing on the first album by the Power Metal band Firewind.
Kostas Georgakis Kostas Georgakis (Greek: Κώστας Γεωργάκης) ( 23 August 1948 Corfu, Greece – 19 September, 1970 Genoa, Italy), was a Greek student of Geology, who set himself ablaze in Genoa, Italy as a protest against the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.
Kostas Gousgounis Kostas Gousgounis (Gr: Κώστας Γκουσγκούνης) (born 1931 in Larissa, Greece) is a legendary figure of 1970s and 1980s Greek pornography, although a few of his films were in the genre of hardcore pornography.
Kostas Karyotakis Kostas Karyotakis (Greek: Κώστας Καρυωτάκης) (October 30, 1896 – July 20, 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use modernist themes in Greece. His poetry conveys a great deal of nature imagery and traces of expressionism and surrealism.
Kostas Nestoridis Kostas Nestoridis (Greek: Κώστας Νεστορίδης), a Greek footballer, is still widely regarded as one of the best forwards Greece has ever produced. He debuted for the Greek National Football Team in 1951 and won 17 caps for his country, scoring 3 goals.
Kostas Sommer Kostas Sommer, (Greek: Κώστας Σόμμερ), (born May 17, 1975) is a Greek actor who has appeared in numerous Greek movies and TV shows. In 2005 he appeared in the Hollywood film Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo starting Rob Schneider as the Greek gigolo Assapopoulos Mariolis.
Kostas Tsartsaris Kostas Tsartsaris (born October 17, 1979 in Veria, Greece), is a Greek professional basketball player currently with Panathinaikos BC. A 6'11" power forward, Tsartsaris was first noticed by professional Greek clubs when he played for Grindavik in Iceland during the 1997-98 season, becoming of one of the best rebounders of the Icelandic league.
Kostiantynivka Kostiantynivka () is an industrial city in the Donetsk Oblast (province) of eastern Ukraine, on the Krivoy Torets River, the center of Kostiantynivkyi Raion (district). It's also known as Kostyantynivka or Konstantinovka.
Kostica Dafinoiu Kostica Dafinoiu (born February 6, 1954) is a retired boxer from Romania, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the light heavyweight division (– 48 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by Cuba's eventual silver medalist Sixto Soria.
Kostiuk The origins of the Ukrainian surname Kostiuk lie in a patronym, that is to say, it is derived from the personal name of the father of the initial bearer. In this instance, this surname derives from the personal name "Kosty, Kost", and the Ukrainian diminutive suffix "uk".
Kostmann syndrome Kostmann syndrome also known as Severe Congenital Neutropenia (SCN) is a rare inherited form of Severe Chronic Neutropenia usually detected soon after birth. It was discovered in 1956 by Swedish doctor Kostmann.
Kostomuksha Kostomuksha (, ) is a town located in the northwestern part of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, thirty kilometers from the border with Finland and on the shore of lake Kontoki. The nearest large towns in Russia are St.
Kostopol Kostopol (German: Kostopil, Ukrainian: Костопіль, Russian Костополь) is a town, originally named Ostlec Wielki or Ostaltsi, on the Zamchys'ke river. It is the administrative centre of Kostopilskyi Raion in Rivne Oblast, in western Ukraine.
Kostrad KOSTRAD (Komando Strategis Cadangan Angkatan Darat) is the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve Command, which has between 25,000 and 26,000 troops, supervises operational readiness among all commands and conducts defense and security operations at the strategic level in accordance with policies of the TNI commander.
Kostroma Kostroma () is a historic city in central Russia, administrative centre of the Kostroma Oblast. A part of the Golden ring of the Russian towns, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Volga and Kostroma, 65 km east of Yaroslavl.
Kostroma Moose Farm Kostroma Moose Farm () is an experimental farm in Kostroma Oblast, Russia, where a herd of moose is kept, primarily for milk production. It is located near the village of Sumarokovo in Krasnoselsky District of Kostroma Oblast, some 25 km east of the city of Kostroma.
Kostrzyn Kostrzyn is a town in Poland, in Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 8,398 inhabitants (2004). It is the birthplace of footballers Dariusz Dudka and Łukasz Fabiański as well as Prussian antiquarian Philipp von Stosch.
Kostrzyn nad OdrÄ… Kostrzyn nad OdrÄ… () is a town in western Poland, about 40 km west of GorzĂłw Wielkopolski, at the confluence of the Oder and Warta rivers, on the border with Germany. Located in the Lubusz Voivodship, in GorzĂłw Wielkopolski County, it has 17,620 inhabitants (2004).
Kosuke Fukudome Kosuke Fukudome (福留孝介, Fukudome Kōsuke, born April 26, 1977 in Kagoshima, Japan) is a Japanese baseball player for the Chunichi Dragons. He is a member of the Japanese national baseball team, and played in the 2004 Olympic Games.
Kosuke Matsuura Kosuke Matsuura (松浦孝亮, born September 4, 1979 in Aichi, Japan) is a race car driver in the Indy Racing League. He was the 2004 Bombardier Rookie of the Year for the series finishing 14th in points and the 2004 Bank One Rookie of the Year for the Indianapolis 500.
Koszalin County Koszalin County () is a powiat (county) in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The county seat is the town of Koszalin and the powiat includes the area around it, but not the city itself which forms its own separate urban powiat.
Kosztowy Kosztowy (German: Kosztow) is a quarter of the city of Mysłowice in the Silesian Voivodship of Poland. The formely independent municipality is approximately 4 km south the city centre of Mysłowice, close of the neighbouring city of Imielin.
Koszul complex In mathematics, the Koszul complex was first introduced to define a cohomology theory for Lie algebras, by Jean-Louis Koszul (see Lie algebra cohomology). It turned out to be a useful general construction in homological algebra.
Koszul-Tate resolution In mathematics, a Koszul-Tate resolution or Koszul-Tate complex is a projective resolution of R/M that is an R-algebra (where R is a commutative ring and M is an ideal). They were introduced by John Tate and have been used to calculate BRST cohomology.
Kot Addu Power Company The Kot Addu Power Company Limited (KAPCO), was incorporated in 1996, location in Kot Addu, District Muzaffargarh, Punjab, Pakistan. Kot Addu Power Plant was built by the Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA).
Kot Diji Fort The Kot Diji Fort, formally known as Fort Ahmadabad, dominates the town of Khairpurin Pakistan, about 25 miles east of the Indus River at the edge of the Nara-Rajisthan Desert. The initial fortifications were made from 1785 to 1795 by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur, founder of the Kingdom of Upper Sindh in 1783.
Kot massacre The Kot massacre was a bloodbath in 1846, when the Queen of Nepal and her nobles clashed with the seven unsuspecting Rana brothers. Approximately 85-90 noblemen died with the seven Rana brothers wounded but victorious.
Kota brahmin Kota Brahmins hail from the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi district in Karnataka. Originally, thought to have been brought to these places from northern India by Parashurama, they speak a Kannada different from the other dialects spoken in that region.
Kota Barrage The Kota Barrage is part of the irrigation canal system on the Chambal River. Barrage operates 18 gates to control flow of flood and canal water downstream, and serves as bridge between parts of Kota on both side of the river.
Kota Brahmin Kota Brahmins hail from the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi district in Karnataka. Originally, thought to have been brought to these places from northern India by Parashurama, they speak a Kannada different from the other dialects spoken in that region.
Kota Darul Ehsan Kota Darul Ehsan is an arch symbolizing the border on Malaysian Federal Highway between the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur and Malaysian state of Selangor. Erected on route 2, it is the biggest arch in Malaysia.
Kota Gelanggi Kota Gelanggi or Perbendaharaan Permata (Treasury of Jewels in Malay language) is an archaeological site that is believed to be the first capital of the Srivijaya empire dating back to 650. It's discovery was announced in February 2005.
Kota Hoshino Kota Hoshino (In Japanese order: Hoshino Kota) (born April 23 1975 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese musical composer (the chief composer at the From Software video game development company), educated at Surugadai University. His primary series (and the company's flagship) is the Armored Core series.
Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary is the only remains of 24 hectares of mangrove forest that once existed extensively along the coastal region of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Previously know as Likas Swamp or Likas Mangrove, the sanctuary came foremost out of 20 wetlands selected by the Sabah Wetlands Inventory Committee in 1986.
Kota Kinabalu City Mosque The Kota Kinabalu City Mosque is the second main mosque in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia after State Mosque. It was officially opened on 2 February 2000 following a proclamation of Kota Kinabalu as city status.
Kota Marudu Kota Marudu is a tiny district of Kudat Division, Malaysia with approximately 19.17 square kilometres of land and a population (est at 2000) of more than 58,000 people, made up mainly by Dusun, Bajau, Orang Brunei, Orang Sungai and Chinese (Hakka and Hokkien).
Kota Tinggi Kota Tinggi is a small town in the state of Johor of Malaysia, located around 42 kilometers north-east of Johor Bahru, on the road to Mersing. Kota Tinggi can also be reached by ferry from Changi terminal in Singapore where tourists need to pass through the immigration check point at Tanjung Belungkur ferry terminal before their arrival.
Kota, Rajasthan Kota (formerly Kotah) is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. Situated on the Chambal River, the city is the trade center for an area in which cotton, millet, wheat, coriander and oilseeds are grown; industries include cotton and oilseed milling, textile weaving, distilling, dairying, and the manufacture of metal handcrafts.
Kotak Mahindra Bank Kotak Mahindra Bank was previously known as the Kotak Mahindra Finance Limited as a Non-Banking Financial Company. In 2003, The Reserve Bank of India gave its approval and authorized the license of starting banking operations.
Kotaro Honda Kotaro Honda (本多 光太郎, Honda Kōtarō, born on February 23, 1870 in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture - February 12, 1954) was a Japanese scientist and inventor. He invented KS steel (initials from Kichiei Sumitomo), which is a type of magnetic resistant steel that is three times more resistant than tungsten steel.
Kotaro Koizumi Kotaro Koizumi (小泉 孝太郎 Koizumi Kōtarō, born July 10, 1978 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto.
Kotaro Suzuki Kotaro Suzuki (鈴木鼓太郎; Suzuki Kotarō), born June 18, 1978 in Warabi City, Saitama is a professional wrestler who currently wrestles for Pro Wrestling NOAH where he is one half of the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions with Ricky Marvin
Kotaro Yoshida Kotaro Yoshida was an 19th to 20th Century Japanese martial artist and member of the Amur River Society (also known as the Black Dragon Society), an ultra-nationalist organization based in Japan that both preserved the traditional warrior culture of Japan, and promulgated "pan-Asiatic ascendancy" in line with the rise of Japanese imperialism. While by all accounts a prolific martial artist and teacher, there is little surviving documentation of Yoshida's life that has been translated into English.
Kote Abkhazi Prince Kote (Konstantine) Abkhazi (In Georgian:კოტე აბხაზი) (November 17, 1867-May 19, 1923), was a distinguished Georgian military figure, politician and public benefactor, one of the leaders of the Georgian national liberation movement in 1921-1923, Major General of Artillery (1914). He was executed by the Bolsheviks in 1923.
Koteka The koteka, horim, or penis sheath is a phallocrypt traditionally worn by native male inhabitants of some (mainly highland) ethnic groups in western New Guinea to cover their genitals. They are normally made from a dried out gourd, Lagenaria siceraria.
Kotekan Kotekan is a style of playing fast interlocking parts in most varieties of Balinese Gamelan music, including Gamelan gong kebyar, Gamelan angklung, Gamelan jegog and others. In kotekan there are two independent parts called polos and sangsih, each of which fills in the gaps of the other to form a complete rhythmic texture.
Kotel Gap Kotel Gap (Kotelska Sedlovina 'ko-tel-ska se-dlo-vi-'na) is a saddle of elevation over 600 m extending 1 km between Serdica Peak and Silistra Knoll in Levski Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The saddle is part of the divide between the glacial catchments of Macy Glacier to the N and Boyana Glacier to the S.
Kotel, Bulgaria Kotel (Котел, "cauldron") is a town in central Bulgaria, part of Sliven Province. Kotel has a population of 7,179 and is known for the numerous personalities of the Bulgarian National Revival that are somehow connected to the town, such as politicians Alexander Bogoridi and Stefan Bogoridi, enlighteners Sophronius of Vratsa and Petar Beron, public figure Gavril Krastevich, revolutionary Georgi Rakovski, as well as World War II prime minister Dobri Bozhilov.
Kotelnich Kotelnich () is a river port town in Kirov Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Vyatka River near its confluence with the Moloma, along the route of the Transsiberian Railway, 124 km south-west of Kirov. Population: 28,245 (2002 Census); 36,841 (1989 Census).
Kotha Ramayana Kotha Ramayana is a poem written by the powerful Assamese poet Madhava Kandali during the 14th century and is one of many versions of Ramayana in a regional Indian language other than Valmiki's Ramayana in Sanskrit. This work is also considered one of the earliest written examples of the Assamese language.
Kothagiri Kothagiri (also Kotagiri) is the oldest hill station (old European town) of the Nilgiris, in southern India. It enjoys a climatic advantage over Ooty in that it is protected by the Doddabetta range from the onslaught of the south-east monsoon.
Kothagudem Kothagudem is a small cosmopolitan industrial town in the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, about 270 km from Hyderabad. It is also known as the coal town of South India, as it heads the Singareni Colleries Company Limited.
Kothamangalam Kothamangalam (Malayalam :കോതമംഗലം) is the name of a Taluk and a municipality that is the headquarters of the taluk in Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala in India. It is located 13 km from Muvattupuzha.
Kothar-wa-Khasis Kothar-wa-Khasis is a Canaanite god whose name means "Skillful-and-Wise" or "Adroit-and-Perceptive" or "Deft-and-Clever". Another of his names means "Deft-with-both-hands".
Kothi Kothi or Koti is one of the most well-known and busiest districts of Hyderabad, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh, India. The area's name is derived from the word kothi meaning a mansion, for the lavish mansion built in Victorian and Corinthian style once belonging to one of the city's wealthy British residents and which was, in 1949, converted into the campus of the Osmania University College for Women.
Kotch Kotch is a 1971 comedy film which tells the story of an elderly man who runs away so as not to be put into a nursing home. It stars Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Felicia Farr, Charles Aidman and Ellen Geer.
Kotipelto Kotipelto is the name for the solo project of Timo Kotipelto, the vocalist of power metal pioneers Stratovarius. Kotipelto is the only permanent fixture in the project's lineup; for each album he assembles an all-star cast of some of the greatest musicians from the world of heavy metal.

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