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Koine: until the time of the Byzantine emperor Justinian (mid-6th century AD) in Greece, Macedonia, and the parts of Africa and the Middle East that had come under the influence or ...
koine: a compromise language made up, usually, of several dialects of the same language but often relying heavily on one dominant dialect. It comes from the Greek koine ("common") and, as ...
Koishikawa Botanical Garden: botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the University of Tokyo. It has some 4,000 different plant species under cultivation on its 40-acre (16-hectare) site in Tokyo. Among its most notable ...
Koiso Kuniaki: (b. April 1, 1880, Utsunomiya, Japan-d. Nov. 3, 1950, Tokyo) Japanese army general and prime minister during the final phase of World War II.
Koizumi Junichiro: third-generation Japanese politician, who became prime minister in 2001.
Kojiki: (Japanese: "Records of Ancient Matters"), together with the Nihon shoki (q.v.), the first written record in Japan, part of which is considered a sacred text of the Shinto religion. The ...
Kojong: the last real imperial ruler of Korea.
Kok III, Adam: chief who led the people of the Griqua nation from their home in the Orange Free State (now part of South Africa) to found a new nation, Griqualand East, on ...
Kok Turki alphabet: writing system used by Turkic-speaking peoples in Central Asia from the 6th to the 8th century AD. It is sometimes called Kok Turki runes because of the resemblance of its ...
kokako: (species Callaeas cinerea), New Zealand songbird of the family Callaeidae (order Passeriformes). The kokako is 45 cm (17.5 inches) long and has a gray body, black mask, and blue or ...
Kokand: city, eastern Uzbekistan. It lies in the western Fergana Valley, at road and rail junctions from Tashkent to the valley.
Kokchetav: city, northern Kazakstan. It lies along the southern edge of the Esil (Ishim) Steppe.
Kokemaen River: river in southwestern Finland. Its source is Lake Pyha, from which it flows southwest and then northwest for about 90 miles (145 km) to enter the Gulf of Bothnia, near ...
Koken: the last empress to rule Japan until the 17th century; she twice occupied the throne (749-758; 764-770). There had been a number of female rulers before Koken, but the power ...
Koko: town and port, Delta state, southern Nigeria. It lies along the Benin River, in the western Niger River delta. A collecting point for palm oil and kernels as well as ...
Koko Head: cape and landmark, Honolulu county, on the southeastern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. It lies across from Diamond Head 9 miles (14 km) east on Maunalua Bay. Formed by ...
Koko Nor: lake, Tsinghai Province, China. It is the largest drainless mountain lake of Central Asia. It is situated at an elevation of 10,515 ft (3,205 m) in the Nan Shan (Nan ...
Kokomo: city, seat (1844) of Howard county, north-central Indiana, U.S., on Wildcat Creek, 52 miles (84 km) north of Indianapolis. In 1844 David Foster, a trader, laid out the village of ...
Kokoschka, Oskar: Austrian painter and writer who was one of the leading exponents of Expressionism. In his early portraits, gesture intensifies the psychological penetration of character; especially powerful among his later works ...
Kokubunji: city, Tokyo to (metropolis), Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Chuo Main Line, east of Tokyo city. The city first developed around the Kokubun Temple, built in the 8th century ...
Kokugaku: (Japanese: "National Learning"), movement in late 17th- and 18th-century Japan that emphasized Japanese classical studies. The movement received impetus from the Neo-Confucianists, who stressed the importance of Chinese Classical literature. ...
Kol Nidre: (Aramaic: "All Vows"), a prayer sung in Jewish synagogues at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement). The name, derived from the opening ...
kola nut: caffeine-containing nut of Cola acuminata and Cola nitida, trees of the cocoa family (Sterculiaceae) native to tropical Africa and cultivated extensively in the American tropics. The evergreen tree grows to ...
Kola Peninsula: large promontory in Murmansk oblast (province), far northern Russia. The Kola Peninsula covers some 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km) and extends across the Arctic Circle for about 190 miles ...
Kolar: city, southeastern Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southern India. The city lies in Karnataka's dry zone, with scrub vegetation suitable for sheep raising in the surrounding area. Kolar's manufactures include woolen ...
Kolar Gold Fields: city, southeastern Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southern India. It lies on a Southern Railway spur that loops from Bangarapet to Bangalore. Economic activities centre on the goldfields, which are the ...
Kolbe, Hermann: German chemist who accomplished the first generally accepted synthesis of an organic compound from inorganic materials.
Kolbe, Saint Maksymilian Maria: Franciscan priest and religious founder martyred by the Nazis for aiding Jewish refugees during World War II.
Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasilyevich: Arctic explorer and naval officer, who was recognized in 1919-20 by the "Whites" as supreme ruler of Russia; after his overthrow he was put to death by the Bolsheviks.
Kolcsey, Ferenc: Hungarian Romantic poet whose poem "Hymnusz" (1823), evoking the glory of Hungary's past, became the national anthem of Hungary.
Kold, Kristen Mikkelsen: educator who did more than anyone else of his time to promote the folk high-school movement in Denmark.
Koldewey, Robert: German architect and archaeologist who revealed the semilegendary Babylon of the Bible as a geographic and historical reality.
Kolding: city, Vejle amtskommune (county commune), eastern Jutland, Denmark. It lies at the head of Kolding Fjord, north of Haderslev. The name occurs in the 10th century, but the earliest-known town ...
Kolea: town, northern Algeria. It is located about 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Algiers, on the southern, inland slopes of the coastal hills overlooking the valley of Wadi Mazafran and ...
Kolehmainen, Hannes: Finnish athlete who was the first of the great modern Finnish long-distance runners. Noted for his exceptional endurance, he won four Olympic gold medals.
Kolguyev Island: island, Arkhangelsk oblast (province), northwestern Russia. Kolguyev lies in the Barents Sea and is 45 miles (72 km) off the mainland. About 3,220 square miles (5,200 square km) in area, ...
Kolhapur: city, southwestern Maharashtra state, western India, on the Pancaganga River. It was the capital of the former princely state of Kolhapur and seat of the British residency for Deccan states. ...
Koli: large caste living in the central and western mountain area of India, numbering about 650,000 in the late 20th century. The largest group of Koli live in Maharashtra and Gujarat ...
kolinsky: any of several species of Asian weasels. See weasel.
Kolkhida: coastal lowland plain of the eastern Black Sea, in Georgia. Named for the ancient kingdom of Colchis, it comprises the combined alluvial plains of the Rioni, Inguri, and other rivers ...
kolkhoz: in the former Soviet Union, a cooperative agricultural enterprise operated on state-owned land by peasants from a number of households who belonged to the collective and who were paid as ...
Kollar, Jan: Slovak poet who played an important part in the national and literary revival of the Slavs in the early 19th century.
Kollataj, Hugo: Polish Roman Catholic priest, reformer, and politician who was prominent in the movement for national regeneration in the years following the First Partition of Poland (1772).
Kollek, Teddy: Israeli politician who was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993.
Koller, Carl: Czech-born American ophthalmic surgeon whose introduction of cocaine as a surface anesthetic in eye surgery (1884) inaugurated the modern era of local anesthesia.
Kolleru Lake: lake in northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It lies between the Godavari and Krishna river deltas near the town of Eluru (Ellore). During the height of the monsoon season ...
Kolliker, Rudolf Albert von: Swiss embryologist and histologist, one of the first to interpret tissue structure in terms of cellular elements.
Kollontay, Aleksandra Mikhaylovna: nee Domontovich Russian revolutionary who advocated radical changes in traditional social customs and institutions in Russia and who later, as a Soviet diplomat, became the first woman to serve as ...
Kollwitz, Kathe: German graphic artist and sculptor who was an eloquent advocate for victims of social injustice, war, and inhumanity.
Kolmogorov, Andrey Nikolayevich: Russian mathematician whose work influenced many branches of modern mathematics, especially harmonic analysis, probability, set theory, information theory, and number theory. A man of broad culture, with interests in technology, ...
kolo: communal dance of some Balkan areas, the many variations of which are performed at weddings and other festive occasions. The name probably derives from the Old Slavic word for "wheel." ...
Kolobrzeg: city, Zachodniopomorskie wojewodztwo (province), northwestern Poland. It lies at the mouth of the Parseta River on the Baltic Sea. It is a port and health spa, with ...
Kolodny, Annette: American literary critic, one of the first to use feminist criticism to interpret American literary works and cultural history.
Kolokotronis, Theodoros: prominent Greek patriot in the War of Greek Independence (1821-30).
Kolomenskoye: locality and former royal estate, on the right bank of the Moskva River, since 1960 part of the southeastern sector of the city of Moscow, western Russia. The village of ...
Kolomna: city, Moscow oblast (province), western Russia. It lies southeast of Moscow near the confluence of the Moskva and Oka rivers. First mentioned in 1177, Kolomna formed a key stronghold on ...
Kolomyya: city, Ivano-Frankovsk oblast (province), western Ukraine, on the Prut River. Documents first mention the city in 1240. It is now a trading centre for the surrounding area, and it has ...
Kolowrat, Anton, Graf von: (count of) Austrian statesman, longtime ministerial chief of domestic affairs in the Austrian Empire (1826-48), and the principal political rival of Prince Klemens von Metternich.
kolp'um: (Korean: "bone rank"), Korean hereditary status system used to rank members of the official class of the Unified Silla dynasty (668-935).
Kolreuter, Josef Gottlieb: German botanist who was a pioneer in the study of plant hybrids. He was first to develop a scientific application of the discovery, made in 1694 by the German botanist ...
Koltsov, Aleksey Vasilyevich: poet whose works describe the Russian peasant life in which he was brought up.
Kolwezi: city, southeastern Congo (Kinshasa). It lies near the Zilo Gorges of the Lualaba River (a tributary of the Congo) on the Lubumbashi-Lobito road and rail line and also has air ...
Kolyma River: river in northeastern Siberia, far eastern Russia, rising in the Kolyma Mountains. It is 1,323 miles (2,129 km) long and drains an area of 250,000 square miles (647,000 square km). ...
Kolyma Upland: mountain tract in northeastern Siberia, Russia. It lies along the northeastern shores of the Sea of Okhotsk, which it separates from the extensive Kolyma Lowland that drains northward to the ...
Komaki: city, Aichi ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, north of Nagoya. It was a post town during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) and an agricultural trade centre for the surrounding region. The city ...
Komandor Islands: group of four islands, Kamchatka oblast (province), extreme eastern Russia. Geographically part of the Aleutian Islands, the group is situated in the southwestern part of the Bering Sea, about 110 ...
Komarno: town, Zapadni Slovensko kraj (region), southwestern Slovakia. It lies at the confluence of the Vah and Nitra rivers with the Danube River below Bratislava, at the Hungarian border. The town ...
Komarom-Esztergom: megye (county), northwestern Hungary. The megye extends southward from the Danube River and the Slovakian frontier. It has a mixed agricultural-industrial economic base. Sugar beets and peaches are important crops, ...
Komarov Botanical Institute: major botanical research centre in St. Petersburg, Russia. The 22-hectare (54-acre) garden has about 6,700 species of plants, many of which were obtained through a series of plant-collecting expeditions sent ...
Komarov, Vladimir Mikhaylovich: Soviet cosmonaut, the first man known to have died during a space mission.
Komati River: river rising near Breyten in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. Running generally eastward, it descends from a plateau, cutting a valley 3,000 feet (900 metres) deep in northwestern Swaziland before reaching ...
Komatsu: city, Ishikawa ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Kakehashi River, southwest of Kanazawa. Founded as a castle town in 1639, it was a post town during the Tokugawa ...
Komatsushima: city, Tokushima ken (prefecture), eastern Shikoku, Japan. Originally a small fishing village and a temple town of Ninna Temple in Kyoto, Komatsushima developed as a commercial town after the establishment ...
Komi: republic in northwestern Russia. Syktyvkar (q.v.) is the capital. The republic extends from the crest line of the Northern Urals on the east to the Timan Ridge and the upper ...
Komi: a Permic-speaking people living mainly between the Pechora and Vychegda rivers, southeast of the White Sea, in the northern European area of Russia. They speak a Permic language of the ...
Komi-Permyak: autonomous okrug (district), Perm oblast (province), western Russia. It was formed in 1925 for the Komi-Permyaks, a branch of the Finno-Ugric Komi people. It consists of low, rolling morainic hills ...