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kauri pine: (Agathis australis), a resinous timber conifer of the family Araucariaceae, native to the North Island of New Zealand. The tree sometimes reaches 45 metres (150 feet) in height, with a ...
Kautilya: also called Canakya, or Visnugupta, Canakya also spelled Chanakya Hindu statesman and philosopher who wrote a classic treatise on polity, Arthasastra (Eng. trans., 3rd ed., 1929), a compilation of almost ...
Kautner, Helmut: German film director, actor, and screenwriter who was acclaimed as one of the most intelligent and humanistic directors of the Third Reich. Although the quality of his work was uneven, ...
Kautsky, Karl: Marxist theorist and a leader of the German Social Democratic Party. After the death of Friedrich Engels in 1895, Kautsky inherited the role of the intellectual and political conscience of ...
kava: nonalcoholic, euphoria-producing beverage made from the root of the pepper plant, principally Piper methysticum, in most of the South Pacific islands. It is yellow-green in colour and somewhat bitter, and ...
Kavadh I: king of the Sasanian empire of Persia (reigned 488-496 and 498/499-531). He was a son of Firuz and succeeded Firuz' brother Balash as ruler.
Kavala: commercial town and modern seaport of Greek Macedonia and capital of the nomos (department) of Kavala. It lies along the Gulf of Kavalas in the northern Aegean Sea. Since 1924 ...
Kavan, Anna: British novelist and short-story writer known for her semiautobiographical surreal fiction dealing with the themes of mental breakdown and self-destruction.
Kavanagh, Patrick: poet whose long poem The Great Hunger put him in the front rank of modern Irish poets.
Kavango: geographic region, northeastern Namibia. It is separated mostly by the Okavango River from Angola on the north, includes the western part of Namibia's Caprivi Strip to the northeast, and is ...
Kavaratti: town and island, capital of Lakshadweep union territory, India. Kavaratti lies in the Arabian Sea about 215 miles (346 km) west-southwest of Calicut and the Malabar Coast of southern India. ...
Kavieng: chief port of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, on Balgai Bay at the island's northern tip. It is a port of call for interisland and Australian shipping and handles copra, ...
Kavir Desert: great salt desert of central Iran. Located in a basin southeast of the Elburz Mountains, it is approximately 240 miles (390 km) wide. The desert is distinguished by salt crust, ...
Kavkazsky Nature Reserve: natural area set aside for research in the natural sciences, at the western end of the Caucasus Mountains, in southwestern Russia. It includes the upper reaches of the Malaya Laba, ...
kavvanah: in Judaism, the attitude or frame of mind that is appropriate when one performs religious duties, especially prayer. The 12th-century philosopher Moses Maimonides recommended that to attain kavvanah when praying, ...
kavya: highly artificial Sanskrit literary style employed in the court epics of India from the early centuries AD. It evolved an elaborate poetics of figures of speech, among which the metaphor ...
kawa: city, Fukuoka ken (prefecture), Kyushu, Japan, on the mouth of the Chikugo-gawa (Chikugo River). It was a fishing port known as Wakatsu during the Tokugawa era (1603-1867), ...
Kawa: ancient Egyptian colony in Cush (Kush; modern Sudan) on the east bank of the Nile River, 4 to 5 miles (6 to 8 km) north of Dunqulah. It was excavated ...
Kawabata Yasunari: Japanese novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. His melancholic lyricism echoes an ancient Japanese literary tradition in the modern idiom.
Kawagoe: city, Saitama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the northern Musashino plateau. It developed around a castle built by the Ota family in the 15th century and prospered as a post ...
Kawaguchi: city, Saitama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the alluvial plain of the Ara River, just north of Tokyo. During the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) it was a post town ...
Kawahigashi Hekigoto: Japanese poet who was a pioneer of modern haiku.
Kawai Gyokudo: original name Kawai Yoshisaburo artist who contributed to the rejuvenation of traditional Japanese painting.
Kawai Kanjiro: potter who sought to combine modern methods of manufacture with traditional Japanese and English designs.
Kawaib: South American Indian peoples of the Brazilian Mato Grosso. In the 18th and early 19th centuries they were driven out of their original home along the upper Tapajos River by ...
Kawaihae: deepwater port lying along Kawaihae Bay, on the northwestern coast of Hawaii island, Hawaii, U.S. It marks the northernmost point of a 40-mile (65-km) stretch known as the "Gold Coast," ...
Kawakami Hajime: journalist, poet, and university professor who was one of Japan's first Marxist theoreticians.
Kawanabe Gyosai: Japanese painter and caricaturist.
Kawanishi: city, Hyogo ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the west bank of the Ina River. Using the river water, the city produces dyed cloth and bleached and tanned leather. ...
Kawartha Lakes: chain of 14 lakes in southeastern Ontario, Canada. They stretch across Peterborough and Victoria counties, just north and west of Peterborough and 30-70 miles (50-115 km) northeast of Toronto. Ranging ...
Kawasaki: city and port, Kanagawa ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, between Tokyo and Yokohama. Kawasaki is included in the Keihin Industrial Zone. Almost completely destroyed in World ...
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.: major Japanese manufacturer of transportation equipment and machinery and an important member of the Kawasaki group of industries. It is headquartered in Kobe.
Kawasaki Steel Corporation: major Japanese steel manufacturer and leading member of the Kawasaki group of industries. Headquarters are in Kobe.
Kawasaki syndrome: rare, acute inflammatory disease of unknown origin that is one of the leading causes of acquired heart disease in children.
Kawatake Mokuami: versatile and prolific Japanese dramatist, the last great kabuki playwright of the Tokugawa period (1603-1867).
Kawm Umbu: town and valley of Upper Egypt, situated about 30 miles (48 km) north of the Aswan High Dam in Aswan muhafazah (governorate). The town, an agricultural marketplace and a sugarcane-processing ...
Kay, John: English machinist and engineer, inventor of the flying shuttle, which was an important step toward automatic weaving.
Kay, Ulysses: American composer, a prominent representative of the Neoclassical school.
Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir James, 1st Baronet: original surname Kay physician, public-health reformer, and chief founder of the English system of publicly financed elementary education.
Kaya: tribal league that was formed sometime before the 3rd century AD in the area west of the Naktong River in southern Korea. The traditional date for the founding of the ...
kayak: one of the two common types of canoe used for recreation and sport. It originated with the Eskimos of Greenland and was later also used by Alaskan Eskimos. It has ...
kayakeum: musical instrument, a Korean board zither with 12 silk strings, movable bridges, and a convex upper surface. It is a rectangle about 5 feet (1.5 m) in length. Although related ...
kayal: in Hindustani music (q.v.), a musical form based on a Hindi song in two parts that recur between expanding cycles of melodic and rhythmic improvisation. In a standard performance a ...
Kayan: indigenous people of central Borneo, grouped with the Kenyah and several lesser groups under the general name Bahau. Numbering about 27,000 in the late 20th century, the Kayan are settled ...
Kaye, Danny: energetic, multitalented American actor and comedian who later became known for his involvement with humanitarian causes.
Kaye, Nora: American dramatic ballerina, called the "Duse of the Dance."
Kayes: town, western Mali, western Africa. It lies along the Senegal River. Kayes is both the terminus of Senegal River traffic and an important stop on the Mali Railway (Regie des ...
Kayser, Heinrich: German physicist who discovered the presence of helium in the Earth's atmosphere.
Kayseri: city, central Turkey. It lies at an elevation of 3,422 feet (1,043 m) on a flat plain below the foothills of the extinct volcano Mount Ereiyes (ancient Mount Argaeus, 12,852 ...
Kayseri rug: floor covering handwoven in or around the city of Kayseri in central Turkey. The best-known rugs from this district are those produced in the 20th century, largely for sale to ...
Kaysone Phomvihan: Laotian political leader and revolutionary who was a communist leader from 1955 and, following the overthrow of the 600-year-old monarchy (1975), ruler of Laos.
Kazak: an Asiatic Turkic-speaking people inhabiting mainly Kazakstan and the adjacent parts of the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang in China. The Kazaks emerged in the 15th century from an amalgam ...
Kazak language: member of the Turkic language family (a subfamily of the Altaic languages), belonging to the northwestern, or Kipchak, branch. The Kazak language is spoken primarily in Kazakstan and in the ...
Kazak Uplands: hilly upland in central and eastern Kazakstan, occupying about one-fifth of the republic. It is a peneplain, the mountainous Paleozoic foundation of which had already been worn down into an ...
Kazakh rug: floor covering woven by villagers living in western Azerbaijan and in a number of towns and villages in northern Armenia and the adjacent southern part of Georgia. The weavers are ...
Kazakov, Yury Pavlovich: Soviet short-story writer who worked in the classic Russian lyrical style of Anton Chekhov and Ivan Bunin.
Kazakstan: country of Central Asia. It is bounded on the northwest and north by Russia, on the east by China, and on the south by Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and the Aral ...
Kazan: capital city, Tatarstan republic, western Russia. It lies just north of the Samara Reservoir on the Volga River, where it is joined by the Kazanka River. The city stretches for ...
Kazan, Elia: Turkish-born American director and author, noted for his successes on the stage, especially with plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, and for his critically acclaimed films.
Kazankina, Tatyana: Soviet athlete who won three Olympic gold medals and set seven world records in women's running events during the 1970s and '80s.
Kazanluk: town, central Bulgaria. It lies in the Kazanluk basin, 2 miles (3 km) north of the Tundzha River. The area is famous for its roses, which are made into attar ...
Kazantzakis, Nikos: Greek writer whose prolific output and wide variety of work represent a major contribution to modern Greek literature.
Kazaure: town and traditional emirate in Jigawa state, northern Nigeria. The town has been the emirate's headquarters since 1819. It was founded by Dan Tunku, a Fulani warrior who was one ...
Kazembe: the largest and most highly organized of the Lunda kingdoms (see Luba-Lunda states) in central Africa, and the title of all its rulers. At the height of its power (c. ...
Kazerun: town, southwestern Iran. It is situated on a plain among high limestone ridges on the north-south trunk road. The town is extensive, with well-built houses. It is surrounded by date ...
kaziasker: (from Arabic qadi, "judge," and 'askar, "army"), the second highest officer in the judicial hierarchy of the Ottoman Empire; he ranked immediately after the shaykh al-Islam, the head of the ...
Kazin, Alfred: American critic and author noted for his studies of American literature and his autobiographical writings.
Kazinczy, Ferenc: Hungarian man of letters whose reform of the Hungarian language and attempts to improve literary style had great influence.
Kaziranga National Park: scenic natural area in north-central Assam state, northeastern India. It is situated on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River, about 60 miles (100 km) west of Jorhat on the ...
kazoku: in Japan, the unified, crown-appointed aristocracy of the period 1869-1947, which replaced the feudal lords. The kazoku ("flower family") class was created in 1869 as part of the Westernizing reforms ...
Kazvin: city, Markazi (Tehran) ostan (province), north-central Iran, in a wide, fertile plain at the southern foot of the Elburz Mountains. Originally called Shad Shahpur, it was founded ...
Ke Ga, Point: the easternmost point of Vietnam, lying along the South China Sea. The promontory, rising to 2,316 feet (706 m) above the sea, lies southeast of Tuy Hoa and is a ...
ke-yi: (Chinese: "matching the meaning"), practice by Chinese Buddhists of borrowing from Taoist and other philosophical texts phrases with which to explain their own ideas. According to tradition, ke-yi was first ...
Kea: westernmost of the Cyclades (q.v.) group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. Kea lies about 13 miles (21 km) east of the southern tip of Attica. With an area ...
kea: New Zealand parrot species of the subfamily Nestorinae. See parrot.
Kean University: public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Union, New Jersey, U.S. It comprises schools of Business, Government and Technology; Education; Liberal Arts; and Natural Sciences, Nursing and Mathematics. Master's degree ...