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Kotkapura Kotkapura is a historic city situated around 50 kilometers away from Bathinda in the state of Punjab in India. It is the largest city in the Faridkot District, and has a large cotton market(one of the best in Asia).
Kotla Mohsin Khan Kotla Mohsin Khan was constructed in the mid 16th century in the old city of Peshawar, and today consists of two domed tombs and the famous majestic gateway through which, historically, invaders would enter the walled city it was also the residence of Mazullah Khan, seventeenth century Pashtu poet.
Kotlin class destroyer (Project 56) The Kotlin class ships were cold-war era destroyers built for the Soviet Navy, The Russian name for this class was Project 56 Spokoinyy. 27 ships were built between 1955 and 1958, they were all decomissioned in the late 1980's. Kildin class is based on Kotlin's design. The Chinese Luda class destroyer, which is based on the Neustrashimy class destroyer, also borrows some design concepts from the Kotlin class.
Kotlin Island Kotlin (or Kettle; Finnish Retusaari) is a Russian island, located near the head of the Gulf of Finland, 20 miles west of Saint Petersburg in the Baltic Sea. The fortified town of Kronstadt is located on the island.
Koto (band) Koto is an Italian synth pop group that originally consisted of Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari. Their most popular songs were "Visitors", "Dragon's Legend", "Chinese Revenge" and "Jabdah", released in 1983-1988.
Koto (musical instrument) The koto (箏) is a traditional Japanese stringed musical instrument derived from Chinese zithers. Koto are about 180 cm long and have 13 strings that are strung tautly across 13 movable bridges along the length of the instrument.
Koto (traditional clothing) The koto is a traditional dress from the Afro-Surinamese women or Creoles in Suriname. The koto was developed during the slavery period in Suriname; its special purpose was to protect the Afro-Surinamese woman against their masters’ sexual interest.
Kotoamatsukami In Japanese Shintoism, Kotoamatsukami (別天神, literally means "distinguishing heavenly kami") is the collective name for the first powers which came into existence at the time of the creation of the universe. They were born in Takamagahara, the world of Heaven at the time of the creation, as Amenominakanushi 天御中主 (Sky), Takamimusubi (High Producer), Kamimusubi (Divine Producer), and a bit later Umashiashikabihikoji (Reed) and Amenotokotachi (Heaven).
Kotohira Shrine The Kotohira Shrine (金刀比羅宮 Kotohira-gū; referred to familiarly as Kompirasan) is in the town of Kotohira, Nakatado District, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. Prior to the Meiji period, it was known as Konpira Dai-gongen, and stands at the head of the nationwide group of shrines bearing the names Kotohira and Konpira.
Kotok-McCarthy Kotok-McCarthy also known as A Chess Playing Program for the IBM 7090 Computer was the first computer program to play chess convincingly. It is also remembered because it played in and lost the first chess match between two computer programs.
Kotoōshū Katsunori , (born Kaloyan Stefanov Mahlyanov () on February 19, 1983 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria) is a professional sumo wrestler or rikishi. He is currently ranked as an ozeki or 'champion', the second-highest level in the sumo ranking system behind only yokozuna.
Kotorosl Kotorosl, or Kotorost River (Ко́торосль) is a right tributary of the Volga in the Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia. The river flows from Lake Nero near Rostov past Karabikha and enters the Volga in Yaroslavl.
Kotov syndrome In chess, Kotov syndrome is a phenomenon first described in Alexander Kotov's 1971 book Think Like a Grandmaster. It occurs when a player thinks very hard for a long time in a complicated position, but does not find a clear path.
Kotrag Nunatak Kotrag Nunatak (Nunatak Kotrag 'nu-na-tak ko-'trag) is a conspicuous rocky peak of elevation 290 m projecting from Murgash Glacier, Greenwich Island. It was named after Khan Kotrag, founder of the Kingdom of Volga Bulgaria in the 7th Century AD.
Kotri Kotri (کوٹری), a large town, (25o - 22’ north latitude, 68o – 22’ east longitudes) is the headquarters station of the Kotri taluka, or administrative district. It is situated on the right bank of the Indus (in Sindh, Pakistan) and since 1900 has been connected with Gudu Bander on the other side of the river by an iron bridge replacing the steam ferry which used to ply between these two places.
Kotsari Kotsari (Greek), Kochari (Armenian), Köçeri (Turkish), Köçəri (Azeri) is a dance from the Kars, Artvin region of Pontos (Black Sea), an ancient kingdom in the area of modern Turkey. A Greek dance originally from the Kars region of Pontos,its name derives from the word kots which means "heel bone" in the Pontic dialect], referring to the lifting of the foot in several steps.
Kottar Kottar is a locality and a thriving bazaar area of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu state, India ; though a part of Nagercoil today, it is the original town around which the city of Nagercoil, near the southernmost tip of Peninsular India, grew.
Kottarakara Kottarakara is a town located in the district of Kollam], formerly known as [[Quilon, in the Kerala state of India. It is 72 km to the north of the State Capital, Thiruvananthapuram, on the Main Central Road, a State Highway and 25 km to the east of Kollam on the National Highway.
Kottayam Kottayam (in Malayalam:കോട്ടയം) is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of Kerala. An important trading center of commercial crops and a publishing centre in Kerala, Kottayam is also the administrative capital of Kottayam District.
Kotte Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte, (ශ්‍රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ in Sinhala, ஸ்ரீ ஜயவர்த்தனபுரம் கோட்டே in Tamil), also known as Kotte, is the Administrative capital of Sri Lanka. It is located beyond the eastern suburbs of the Commercial capital Colombo and is often called New Capital territory.
Kottenbutter The so-called Kottenbutter or Kottenbotter is a slice of buttered brown bread, smoked pork sausage (Kottensausage), fresh onion rings and spread with spicy mustard. This local, rustic specialty founded in the alimentary behavior of the grinder that worked in the area of the Wupper river in Remscheid, Wuppertal and Solingen.
Kottu Kottu, or Kottu Roti is a Sri Lankan dish, made from a chopped-up mix of pancake like "Roti" and Vegetables, Egg, and/or Meat. A delicious hot kottu can be found in almost all parts of Sri Lanka, and is generally eaten as a dinner meal.
Kotturpuram Kotturpuram is a locality in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. Located on the south bank of the Adyar River, it is easily identified on satellite maps, being situated on a prominent northward bend of the river.
Kotwica The Kotwica (; Polish for "Anchor") was a World War II emblem of the Polish Secret State and Armia Krajowa (Home Army, or AK). It was created in 1942 by members of the AK Wawer "Small Sabotage" unit as an easily-usable emblem for the Polish struggle to regain independence.
Kotychi Kotychi or Kotihi, rarely Kotikhi, Kotichio (Greek, Modern: Κοτύχι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -o), also Kotichi, Kotyhi older forms Kotychio, is a lagoon in the northwestern part of the prefecture of Ilia. It forms the municipal boundaries of Lechaina and Vouprasias.
Kou Qianzhi Kou Qianzhi (; 365-448) was a Taoist reformer who reenvisioned many of the ceremonies and rites of the Way of the Celestial Master form of Taoism and reformulated its theology. His influence was such that he had Taoism established as the official state religion of the Northern Wei dynasty (386–534); this act, however, embroiled Taoism in long and often bloody factional political struggles.
Kou Uraki In the fictional Gundam universe, Kou Uraki is a 19 year-old Federation pilot stationed at the Torrington base in Australia, assigned as a test pilot after graduating from the Federation military academy and commissioned with the rank of Ensign. He is the main character in Gundam 0083.
Koufonisi, Crete Gavdos is a today uninhabited greek island, which is located four Kilometres south of the coast of Crete in the east of the Mediterranean Sea. The island is roughly six kilometres long and in the north-soulth-richtung up to 5.
Kouga Danjo Kōga Danjō (japanese: 甲賀 弾正, hiragana: こうが だんじょう, rōmaji: Kouga Danjou) a character featured in the Japanese anime Basilisk Kouga Ninpou Chou (known in English as the Kouga Ninja Scrolls). As lord of Koga Manjidani, Danjo was ordered by retired shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu to lead nine other warriors besides himself against the chosen ten of the rival Iga Tsubagakure clan to determine a successor to the shogunate.
Kouga Gennosuke Kōga Gennosuke (japanese: 甲賀 弦之介, hiragana: こうが げんのすけ, rōmaji: Kouga Gennosuke) the primary male character in the Japanese anime Basilisk Kouga Ninpou Chou (known in English as the Kouga Ninja Scrolls). As the grandson of Lord Kouga Danjo, Gennosuke was chosen to be one of ten warriors to represent their clan of Koga Manjidani against the chosen ten of the Iga Tsubagakure.
Kouilou-Niari River The Kouilou-Niari River—also spelled Kwilu, Kwila, or Kwil—is the main drainage path for the coastal basin of the Republic of the Congo. The river is called the Kouilou River along most of its length, but its center section, in the Niari region of The Congo, is called the Niari River.
Kouji Kouji,(chinese:口技),which can be translated litterally as Skill of Mouth, is a kind of Vocal percussion and sound effects and vocal imitating techniques in China.The actors tried to imitate the different peoples speaking,all kinds of human sound including the child crying,snores,the animal sounds,sounds causing by the colliding between objects,sound of fireburning,sound of winds,sound of collapsing of buildings,etc.
Kouk Sun Do Kouk Sun Do is a Korean meditation and healing art, which may appear similar to other Chinese Taoist (see Taoism) practices, such as Qigong but it is a much deeper and more comprehensive practice. Kouk Sun Do builds chi or life energy in the practioner's body and balances their mind, body and spirit.
Kouklia Kouklia is a village of the district of Pafos and lies at a distance of about 16 kilometres from the city of Pafos, Cyprus. It is built at an average altitude of 85 meters in the coastal plain of Pafos, north of the central highway of Limassol - Pafos, where -according to mythology -the goddess of Beauty and Love, Aphrodite, emerged.
Koukounaries Koukounaries (Greek: Κουκουναριές, meaning "pine cones" after the trees surrounding the beach), is a site on the island Skiathos (part of the Sporades), 16 km southwest of Skiathos Town, Greece. Koukounaries was once known as Maratha (Μάραθα).
Koumei Nakamura Komei Nakamura (中村孝明 Nakamura Kōmei, born 1947 in Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture), is a celebrity chef. Most famous for being the second Japanese Iron Chef on the show, Iron Chef, he has worked at numerous restaurants such as the Oriental Hotel in Osaka, Nadaman in the Hotel New Otani, and the Nadaman Singapore in the Shangri La Hotel.
Koupéla Koupéla is a city in Burkina Faso, lying east of Ouagadougou (137 km) and west of Fada-Ngourma (82 km) in an area settled by the Gourmantché people. It is known for its pottery and sculptures these where made from natrual clays found in the area.
Kouprey Kouprey (Bos sauveli also known as Kouproh) is a wild forest-dwelling ox found mainly in northern Cambodia but also believed to exist in southern Laos, western Vietnam, and eastern Thailand. It was discovered in 1937.
Kouris dam Its construction was opposed by environmental groups concerned about the effects of water diversion on the Limassol Salt Lake a wetland used by migratory birdsRamsar mission to Cyprus, point 14 The dam is part of the Southern Conveyor Project, which carries water from the SW side of Cyprus to the SE part of the island, over a distance of 120 Km. The dam has a central clay core zoned earthfill embankment with a height of 110m and a crest length of approximately 550 metres providing a water storage volume of 115 million cubic metresCyprus Water Board, Information on the Southern Conveyor Project [http://www.
Kourkouas The Kourkouas or Curcuas (Greek : Κουρκούας, , Gourgen) family was one of the many nakharar families from Armenia that migrated to the Byzantine Empire during the Islamic invasions. The family name is derived from the Old Persian word for wolf.
Kouros A kouros (plural kouroi) is a statue of a male youth, dating from the Archaic Period of Greek sculpture (about 650 BC to about 500 BC). The earliest kouroi were made of wood and have not survived, but by the seventh century the Greeks had learned from the Egyptians the art of carving stone with iron tools, and were making kouroi from stone, particularly marble from the islands of Paros and Samos.
Kouroukan Fouga The Kouroukan Fouga or Kurukan Fuga was the constitution of the Mali Empire (1235-1670). It formally established the federation of Mandinka tribes under one government, outlined how it would operate and established the laws which the people would live by.
Kourtaliotiko Gorge The Kourtaliotiko Gorge (also known as the Asomatos Gorge) is a gorge on the southern side of the western part of the island of Crete. It is situated where the Kourtaliotiko River flows southwards between the mountains of Kouroupa and Xiron.
Kouryu Densetsu Villgust Kouryu Densetsu Villgust(甲竜伝説ヴィルガスト) is a shōjo RPG that is only available in Japan for the Super Famicom. The object of the game is to rescue your girlfriend and to return to the real world.
Kousa Dogwood The Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa or Benthamidia kousa), also known as the Japanese Flowering Dogwood ( in Japanese), is a small deciduous tree 8-12 m tall, native to eastern Asia. Like most dogwoods, it has opposite, simple leaves, which are 4-10 cm long.
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger , translated into English as High Speed Squadron Turboranger, was the 13th entry of Super Sentai series produced by Toei Company and Bandai. It was aired on TV Asahi on February 25, 1989 to February 23, 1990 with a total of 51 episodes.
Kousokuya Kōsokuya (光束夜) is a Japanese dark psychedelic rock band. This Japanese rock outfit, founded by legendary guitarist Jutok Kaneko in the late 1970s, has released only a handful of recordings internationally, and scant more in their local Tokyo underground scene.
Kousséri Kousséri is a city in Cameroon, lying on the border with Chad, across the Chari River from N'Djamena. It is a market town and is growing extremely fast, some sources suggesting its population is increasing at 10% per year.
Koustogerako Koustogerako (greek Κουστογέρακο) is a small village in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete, Greece. It has 76 residents (2001 census source) and it's within the municipality of East Selino (Anatoliko Selino).
Koutammakou Koutammouko, the Land of the Batammariba is a cultural landscape designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Togo. The area features traditional mud tower-houses which remain the preferred style of living.
Koutloumousiou monastery Koutloumousiou monastery (Greek: Μονή Κουτλουμουσίου) is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the monastic state of Mount Athos in Greece. The monastery ranks sixth in the hierarchy of the Athonite monasteries.
Koutoubia Mosque The Koutoubia Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية) is the largest mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yacoub el-Mansour (1184-1199) and was used as model for Giralda of Seville then for the Hassan Tower of Rabat.
Kouyu Shurei Kouyu Shurei (珠黎こうゆ Shurei Kōyu) is an artist whose career includes illustrations for several series of novels, as well as creating doujinshi with the 'Shi no Tenshi' circle. She was awarded the prestigious Cobalt Illustrator's Award in 1995.
Kovaipudur Kovaipudur, on the outskirts of Coimbatore is a small township on the foot hills of the Western Ghats, earlier known as Little Ooty for excellent climate and serene settings, was set up sometime in late seventies. Today this township has 7500 families , 2 arts colleges, 1 engineering college and a handful of schools.
Koval'skiy (crater) Koval'skiy is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies about a crater diameter to the southeast of the prominent Sklodowska crater, and to the north-northwest of Bowditch crater and Lacus Solitudinis, a small lunar mare.
Kovalam Kovalam is a beach town on the Arabian Sea around 16 km outside Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum) City in the Thiruvananthapuram District in Kerala, a state in south India. There are a number of beach resorts in and around Kovalam.
Kovalan Kovalan, the son of a wealthy merchant, Maasaathuvasn in Kavirippattinam, married Kannagi, the lovely daughter of another merchant. They lived together happily in the city of Kaveripoompattinam, until Kovalan met the dancer Madhavi and fell in love with her.
Kovan MRT Station Kovan MRT Station (NE13) is an underground station on the North East Line of the Mass Rapid Transit in Singapore. The station is located in the southern part of Hougang New Town with a neighbourhood mall known as Heartland Mall, the former Hougang South Bus Interchange in its vicinity.
Kovilan Kandanisseri Vattomparambil Velappan Ayyappan (born July 9, 1923), better known as Kovilan, is a Malayalam novelist. He has been chosen for the Kerala state government's highest literary honour Ezhuthachan Puraskaram in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature.
Kovilingal KOVILINGAL is name of house located at cherumbala, Mannur Village, Palakkad District, India. The name 'Kovilingal' named after a Kovil (a small temple) was built at the centre of the large compound having individual houses for each members.
Kovilj monastery The Kovilj Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Ковиљ / Manastir Kovilj) is a Serb Orthodox monastery in the Bačka region, in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is near the village of Kovilj, in the Novi Sad municipality.
Kovno kollel The Kovno kollel (or Kollel Perushim of Kovno or Kollel Knesses Bais Yitzchok) was a kollel, located in what is today known as Kaunas, Lithuania. It was founded in 1877 by Rabbi Yisrael Lipkin Salanter when the latter was 67.
Kovrov Kovrov () is a city in Vladimir Oblast, Russia, situated 250 km from Moscow on the right bank of the Klyazma River (tributary of the Oka) at . Kovrov is the administrative center of Kovrovsky District of Vladimir Oblast.
Kowloon In modern day Hong Kong, Kowloon refers to the urban area made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutter's Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south. Population (2000): 2,071,000.
Kowloon (MTR) Kowloon (Chinese: 九龍站; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: gau2 lung4 zaam5; Mandarin Pinyin: Jiǔlóng Zàn) is a station on and the of Hong Kong's MTR. Only about 10,000 passengers use this station daily, making it one of the least used stations in the MTR system.
Kowloon Bay (MTR) Kowloon Bay (Chinese: 九龍灣, Jyutping: gau2 lung4 waan1, Pinyin: Jiǔlóngwān) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line. The headquarters of the MTR Corporation Limited and the depot for the Kwun Tong Line are both located at this station.
Kowloon Bowling Green Club Kowloon Bowling Green Club (九龍草地滾球會) is a bowling green for playing bowls in southern King's Park, Kowloon. The club is at the junction Austin Road, next to Kowloon Cricket Club and Gun Club Hill Barracks.
Kowloon Junior School Kowloon Junior School (九龍小學, KJS) open since 1902 (when it was known as Kowloon British School), Kowloon Junior School operates on two campuses. Year 1 to 3 students are on the Perth Street campus and Year 4 to 6 students on the Rose Street campus.
Kowloon Motor Bus The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB; ), a company of the Transport International Holdings Limited, is the largest franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world. For its franchised service in Hong Kong, KMB operates a fleet consisting of about 4,300 buses on 420 routes and employs a staff of over 13,000.
Kowloon Peninsula The Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as Kowloon, is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong, China. Historically speaking, it refers to the ceded territories of Kowloon in 1860, but geographically it covers the entire Kowloon south of the mountain ranges of Lion Rock, Kowloon Peak, etc.
Kowloon Walled City The Kowloon Walled City (; originally known as 九龍寨城) was an anomaly in Hong Kong's colonial history. China's tiny exclave in the middle of British Hong Kong for decades, it had a colorful existence until it was torn down in 1993.
Kowloon-Canton Railway The Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR; ) is a railway network in Hong Kong, China, comprising intercity rapid transit and light rail systems. The first section of the network opened in 1910, and trains were steam-hauled.
Kowtow Kowtow, from the Chinese term Kòu tóu (Cantonese: Kau tàuh) (叩頭), is the act of deep respect shown by kneeling and bowing so low as to touch the head to the ground. While the phrase Kē tóu (磕頭) is often used in lieu of the former in modern Chinese, the meaning is somewhat altered: kòu originally meant "knock with reverence", whereas kè has the general meaning of "touch upon (a surface)".
Koxinga Koxinga (; Taiwanese; Kok-sèng-iâ/Kok-sìⁿ-iâ) is the popular name of Zheng Chenggong (; Pe̍h-oē-jī: Tēⁿ Sêng-kong) (1624 - 1662), who was a military leader at the end of the Chinese Ming Dynasty. He was a prominent leader of the anti-Qing movement opposing the Qing Dynasty, and a general who took Taiwan from the Dutch in 1662.
Koyaanisqatsi Koyaanisqatsi: Life out of balance is a 1982 documentary film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by minimalist composer Philip Glass and cinematography by Ron Fricke. The film consists mostly of slow motion and time-lapse photography.
Koyama's Spruce Koyama's Spruce (Picea koyamae) is a very rare spruce native to the mountains on the borders of Nagano and Toyama Prefectures in central Honshū, Japan, where it grows at 1500-2000 m altitude. It was named after Japanese botanist Mitsua Koyama.
Koyambedu Koyambedu is a vibrant area in the South Indian city of Chennai. It boasts one of Asia's largest mofussil bus terminus called as "Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus" and also houses one of Asia's largest perishable goods market complex called "Koyambedu Market".
Koyo Gakuin High School Koyo Gakuin High School(甲陽学院高等学校) in Nishinomiya between Osaka and Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, combines junior and senior high schools for boys. Founded as a middle school in 1917 by Komakichiro Iga, supported by Tatsu-uma Family since 1920.
Koyra Chiini language Koyra Chiini (koyra ʧiini, literally "town language"), or Western Songhay, is a variety of Songhai in Mali, spoken by about 200,000 people (as of 1999) along the Niger River in Timbuktu and upriver from it in the towns of Diré, Tonka, Goundam, and Niafunké, as well as in the Saharan town of Araouane to its north. In this area, Koyra Chiini is the dominant language and the lingua franca, although minorities speaking Hassaniya Arabic, Tamashek, and Fulani are found.
Koyuk River The Koyuk River is a river on the Seward Peninsula of western Alaska. The river originates in the interior of the peninsula, at the Lost Jim Lava Flow of the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, where it flows southeast towards the mouth of Norton Bay.
Koyukon language Koyukon is an Athabaskan language spoken along the Koyukuk and middle Yukon River in western interior Alaska. Also called Ten'a, Koyukon has about 300 speakers - generally older adults bilingual in English - from an ethnic population of 2,300.
Koyukons "Another group of current hunter-gatherers that reside in the interior of Alaska are known as the Koyukon. Their ideology is based upon the conservation of the environment and respect for all of its inhabitants.
Koz Vorgias Koz Vorgias has only represented Greece once, which was during their 34-12 loss to Fiji A at Sydney's OKI Jubilee Stadium. However, at just 20 years of age, it is highly likely that Koz will represent Greece again in the near future.
Koza District, Kanagawa Kōza (高座郡; -gun) is a district located in Kanagawa (Sagami Province), Japan, and it once known as "Takakura-gun" in the past. Before the Modern Times, nearly 100 villages were located but since then, the numbers of municipalities reduced by merging into surrounding cities or towns, and currently, the district has only the town of Samukawa left but if this town became a city alone, this district will automatically dissolve.
Kozai mechanism In celestial mechanics, the Kozai mechanism is a secular perturbative effect on certain orbits. It causes changes in the eccentricity and the inclination of the orbit of the perturbed body to be periodic and synchronized, and also causes libration (i.
Kozak consensus sequence The Kozak consensus sequence is gccgcc(A/G)ccAUGG. It is the Eukaryotic equivalent of the Shine-Delgarno Sequence, the sequence on an mRNA molecule recognized by the ribosome as the translational start site, from which point a protein is coded by that mRNA molecule.
Kozak memorandum The Kozak Memorandum was a 2003 proposal aimed at a final settlement of relations between Moldova and Transnistria. It was seen as an extension of the 1997 Moscow Memorandum but was ultimately rejected by Moldovan president Vladimir Voronin.
Kozak sequence Protein translation is generally initiated from an AUG methionine codon, although alternate start codons are common in prokaryotes. Eukaryotes contain a short recognition sequence including this codon that enhances the initial binding of the small subunit of the ribosome to the mRNA template.
Kozan, Adana Kozan is capital town of Kozan district in Adana Province, Turkey, 68km north of the city of Adana, in the north section of the Adana plain. The Kilgen stream, a tributary of the Ceyhan River (formerly Jibun or Pyramus), flows through Kozan crossing the plain south into the Mediterranen Sea.
Kozar According to Khazar tradition as related in the Khazar Correspondence, Kozar was the name of the eponymous ancestor of the Khazar people. In King Joseph's Reply to Hasdai ibn Shaprut he is described as one of the sons of Togarmah and the brother of Bulgar, Ujur, Tauris, Avar, Uauz, Bizal, Tarna, Janur, and Sawir.
Kozara Kozara (Козара) is a mountain in western Bosnia and Herzegovina, administratively part of Republika Srpska. It is bounded by the Sava river - north, Vrbas river - east, Sana river - south and Una river - west.
Kozara National Park Kozara (Nacionalni Park Kozara) is a nation park in Bosnia and Herzegovina that was proclaimed a protected national forest in 1967 by Josip Broz Tito . Situated between the rivers Una, Sava, Sana and Vrbas, these 33.
Kozhikode Abdul Kader Kozhikode Abdul Kader is a name not only to reckon with among the galaxy of late top ranking vocalists in Kerala but also among the rare category of exponents who, with a missionary zeal, strived hard expanding their repertoire. Abdul Kader was talent and dedication personified and his versatility had no limits.
Kozhukhovskaya Kozhukhovskaya () is a station on the Moscow Metro's Lyublinskaya Line. Named after the district it is located in, the station was opened on 28th December, 1995 as part of the first stage of the Lyublinsky radius.
Koziar's Christmas Village Koziar's Christmas Village is a seasonal attraction located in Jefferson Township, near Bernville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, approximately fifteen miles northwest of Reading. Christmas Village utilizes approximately a half million Christmas lights and other decorative effects in a presentation that has consistently been listed among the top tourist attractions in Pennsylvania and the top Christmas displays in the United States.
Koziatyn Koziatyn (; also referred to as Kozyatyn) is a city in the Vinnytsia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Koziatynsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast, and is located 75 km from oblast capital, Vinnytsia, at around (approximately 150km from Kiev, the capital of Ukraine).
Kozie chrbty The Kozie chrbty (Slovak, literally "goat ridges") are a mountainous area in Slovakia, part of the Carpathian Mountains, where uranium ore may be found. The place was known as VikartovskĂ˝ ridge before.
Koziołek Matołek Koziołek Matołek (Matołek the Billy-Goat) is a fictional character created by Kornel Makuszyński (story) and Marian Walentynowicz (art) in one of the first and most famous Polish comics back in 1933. It became a cult classic, popular since its creation till today, and becoming an important part of canon of Polish children's literature.
Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant The Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in Bulgaria situated 200 km north of Sofia and 5 km east of Kozloduy, a town on the Danube river, near the border with Romania. It is the country's only nuclear power plant.
Kozlovichi Mental Asylum Kozlovichi Mental Asylum was an institution for the mentally ill in Randilovshchina, Grodno Province, Belarus. The wooden construction housing the building was built in 1905 and destroyed by fire on October 12, 2003.

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