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Kalacakra-tantra: (Sanskrit: "Wheel of Time Tantra"), chief text of a divergent, syncretistic, and astrologically oriented school of Tantric Buddhism that arose in northwestern India in the 10th century. The work represents ...
Kalacuri Dynasty: any of several dynasties in Indian history, disparately placed in time and space. Apart from the dynastic name and perhaps a belief in common ancestry, there is little in known ...
Kalahari: a large, basinlike plain of the interior plateau of southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of Namibia, and the northernmost part of Northern Cape province ...
Kalahari Gemsbok National Park: national park in the Kalahari desert, Northern Cape province, South Africa. The park lies between Namibia and Botswana and adjoins the Gemsbok National Park of Botswana. It was established in ...
Kalakacaryakatha: a noncanonical work of the Shvetambara ("White-robed") sect of Jainism, a religion of India.
Kalakaua: king of Hawaii from 1874 to 1891.
kalam: in Islam, speculative theology. The term is derived from the phrase kalam Allah (Arabic: "word of God"), which refers to the Qur'an, the sacred scripture of Islam. Those who practice ...
Kalamai: industrial city and port of the southern Peloponnese and capital of the nomos (department) of Messenia, Greece. It lies along the Nedhon River at the head of the Gulf of ...
kalamatianos: a Greek chain dance, a form of the syrtos (q.v.).
Kalamazoo: city, seat (1830) of Kalamazoo county, southwestern Michigan, U.S. It lies along the Kalamazoo River, 50 miles (80 km) south of Grand Rapids. A fur-trading post, known as Kee-Kalamazoo (Indian: ...
Kalamazoo College: private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. It is a liberal arts college dedicated to undergraduate studies. In addition to the arts and sciences, the college offers ...
Kalambo Falls: waterfall, the second highest uninterrupted fall in Africa (after Tugela Falls, South Africa), located on the Kalambo River near the southeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika on the Tanzania-Zambia border. The ...
kalanchoe: (genus Kalanchoe), any of several species of succulent plants of the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae), popular for their easy culture indoors.
Kalantiyaw, Code of: one of the few written documents to survive from the pre-Spanish Philippine culture. The penal code was apparently written in 1433 and discovered on the island of Panay in 1614.
Kalasin: town, northeastern Thailand on the Khorat Plateau. It lies on the east bank of the Bao River on a major road from Khon Kaen to Sakon Nakhon. The area is ...
Kalat: town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. The town, known locally as Kalat-e Baluch to distinguish it from Kalat-e Ghilzai (Qalat-e Ghelza'i) in Afghanistan, and Kalat-e Sewa after its legendary founder, occupies a ...
Kalaupapa Peninsula: peninsula on the northern shore of Molokai island, Hawaii, U.S. Occupying a 5-square-mile (13-square-km) plateau unsuited to agriculture, the peninsula is isolated from the rest of the island by 2,000-foot ...
Kalb River, Al-: river, west-central Lebanon, flowing westward and emptying into the Mediterranean Sea north of Beirut. Apart from a small section near the coast the river is seasonal; in summer its only ...
Kalb, Johann: prominent German officer who fought for the Continental Army in the American Revolution.
kale: (species Brassica oleracea, variety acephala), loose-leafed, edible plant derived from the cabbage of the mustard family (Brassicaceae) and including several forms. Common, or Scotch, and Buda kale are among the ...
Kaledin, Aleksey Maksimovich: Russian Imperial Army officer and Cossack leader who was one of the first to organize military resistance against the Bolsheviks after their accession to power in Russia (October 1917, Old ...
kaleidoscope: optical device consisting of mirrors that reflect images of bits of coloured glass in a symmetrical geometric design through a viewer. The design may be changed endlessly by rotating the ...
Kalemi: town, southeastern Congo (Kinshasa), central Africa. It is a port on the west bank of Lake Tanganyika where the Lukuga River exits, and it has an airport and rail links ...
Kalenjin: any member of the Nandi, Kipsikis, Pokot, Tatoga, and other related peoples of west-central Kenya, northern Tanzania, and Uganda who speak Nilotic languages of the Nilo-Saharan language family.
Kalevala: Finnish national epic compiled from old Finnish ballads, lyrical songs, and incantations that were a part of Finnish oral tradition.
Kalf, Willem: one of the best known Dutch painters of still-life compositions.
Kalgan: city in northwestern Hopeh Province, China. Kalgan, the name by which the city is most commonly known, is a Mongolian word meaning "gate in a barrier," or "frontier." The city ...
Kalgoorlie: town, south central Western Australia. Together with neighbouring Boulder to the south, it forms the principal settlement of the East Coolgardie goldfield, on the western fringe of the Nullarbor Plain ...
Kali: major Hindu goddess whose iconography, cult, and mythology commonly associate her with death, sexuality, violence, and, paradoxically in some of her later historical appearances, motherly love. Although depicted in many ...
Kali Glagah Fauna: early Pleistocene vertebrate faunal assemblage known from Southeast Asia (the Pleistocene Epoch began about 2,500,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago). The Kali Glagah deposits follow those of ...
Kalibangan: ancient site of the Indus Valley Civilization, in northwestern India (now Rajasthan). This site, discovered by A. Ghosh (director general of the Archaeological Survey of India), is of archaeological significance ...
Kalidasa: Sanskrit poet and dramatist, probably the greatest Indian writer of any epoch. The six works identified as genuine are the dramas Abhijnanasakuntala ("The Recognition of Sakuntala"), Vikramorvasi ("Urvasi Won by ...
Kalighat painting: short-lived style of watercolour painting produced in the 19th century in India by artists in the Calcutta marketplace for sale to pilgrims visiting the Kalighat temple. The style is characterized ...
Kalimantan: southern three-quarters of the island of Borneo (q.v.) that is politically part of Indonesia. Indonesians, however, use the word as a geographic term for the entire island. The origin of ...
Kalimantan Barat: provinsi ("province"), western Borneo, Indonesia, bounded on the north by the East Malaysian state of Sarawak, by the Indonesian provinces of Kalimantan Timur on the northeast and Kalimantan Tengah on ...
Kalimantan Selatan: provinsi ("province"), southeastern Borneo, Indonesia, bounded by the Makassar Strait on the east, the Java Sea on the south, and the provinces of Kalimantan Tengah on the west and Kalimantan ...
Kalimantan Tengah: provinsi ("province"), south-central Borneo, Indonesia, bounded by Kalimantan Barat province on the northwest, Kalimantan Timur province on the north and northeast, Kalimantan Selatan province on the southeast, and the Java ...
Kalimantan Timur: provinsi ("province"), east-central Borneo, Indonesia, fronting the Celebes Sea to the northeast and the Makassar Strait to the southeast. It is bounded on the north and northwest by the East ...
Kalimnos: mountainous Greek island in the Aegean Sea, part of the Dodecanese group, 42 square miles (111 square km) in area. The capital, Kalimnos (Pothia), located at the head of an ...
Kalimpong: city, extreme northern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just east of the Tista River. The city, a Himalayan hill station, is linked by road with Darjeeling, Siliguri, and Baghdogra and ...
Kaline, Al: professional baseball player, an outfielder who was a preeminent fielder and hitter, batting and throwing right-handed.
Kalinga: ancient territorial subdivision of east-central India, corresponding to northern Andhra Pradesh, most of Orissa, and a portion of Madhya Pradesh. Strictly, it stretched no farther south than the Godavari River, ...
Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich: communist leader and statesman who was the formal head of the Soviet state from 1919 until 1946.
Kaliningrad: oblast (province), extreme western Russia. Most of the oblast is in the basin of the Pregolya River and its tributaries. Centred on Kaliningrad city, it was formed in 1945 from ...
Kaliningrad: city, seaport, and administrative centre of Kaliningrad oblast ("region"), Russia. Detached from the rest of the country, the city is an exclave of the Russian federation. Kaliningrad ...
kaliophilite: variety of the mineral nepheline (q.v.).
Kalisky, Rene: Belgian writer of Polish descent who is best known for the plays he wrote in the last 12 years of his life.
Kalispell: city, seat (1894) of Flathead county, northwestern Montana, U.S. The city lies in the Flathead Valley near the head of Flathead Lake. It is the western gateway to Glacier National ...
Kalisz: city, Wielkopolskie wojewodztwo (province), west-central Poland, situated on the Prosna River.
Kalkbrenner, Friedrich: German-born French pianist, composer, and teacher whose compositions, mainly for piano, exhibit an emphasis on virtuosity.
Kalkin: final avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu, who is yet to appear. At the end of the present Kali age, when virtue and religion have disappeared and the world ...
Kallay, Benjamin: Austro-Hungarian statesman who was concurrently imperial minister of finance and chief secretary for Bosnia for more than two decades (1882-1903).
Kallay, Miklos: politician who, as prime minister of Hungary in World War II, unsuccessfully attempted to extricate his country from the German alliance.
Kallergis, Dimitrios: statesman prominent in the early years of Greek independence.
Kalmar: lan (county) of southeastern Sweden, in Gotaland region, on the Baltic Sea. It has two distinct parts: the mainland, forming the eastern part of the traditional landskap (province) of Smaland, ...
Kalmar: city, port, and capital of the lan (county) of Kalmar, southeastern Sweden. Built partly on two small islands, it lies on Kalmar Sound, which separates mainland Sweden from the island ...
Kalmar Union: Scandinavian union formed at Kalmar, Sweden, in June 1397 that brought the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark together under a single monarch until 1523.
Kalmar War: (1611-13), the war between Denmark and Sweden for control of the northern Norwegian coast and hinterland, which resulted in Sweden's acceptance of Denmark-Norway's sovereignty over the area.
kalmia: any of about six species of evergreen shrubs constituting a genus (Kalmia) in the heath family (Ericaceae). All the species occur in North America and the West Indies. The leaves, ...
Kalmyk: Mongol people residing chiefly in Kalmykia republic, in southwestern Russia. Their language belongs to the Oyrat (Oirat), or western, branch of the Mongolian language group. The Oyrat dialects are also ...
Kalmykia: republic in southwestern Russia, lying northwest of the Caspian Sea and west of the lower Volga River. On the east it reaches the Caspian shore, and in the northeast it ...
Kalnoky von Korospatak, Gusztav Sieg mund, Count: (Graf) Austro-Hungarian statesman who was minister of foreign affairs from 1881 to 1895.
Kalocsa: town, Bacs-Kiskun megye (county), central Hungary, located just east of the Danube River. It was one of the bishoprics founded by the first king of Hungary, Stephen I, and was ...
Kalpa-sutra: manual of Hindu religious practice, a number of which emerged within the different schools of the Veda, the earliest sacred literature of India. Each manual explains the procedures (kalpa) of ...
Kalpa-sutra: a text held in great honour by the Svetambara sect of Jainism, a religion of India. It deals with the lives of the 24 Jaina saviours, the Tirthankaras; the succession ...
Kaltenbrunner, Ernst: Austrian Nazi, leader of the Austrian SS and subsequently head of all police forces in Nazi Germany.
Kaluga: oblast (province), western Russia. It occupies an area in the upper Oka River basin southwest of Moscow oblast. Broad, often swampy valleys alternate with rolling hills of the Central Russian ...
Kaluga: city and administrative centre of Kaluga oblast (province), western Russia, west of Moscow on the Oka River. Founded in the 14th century as a stronghold against the Tatars on the ...
Kalulushi: town, north-central Zambia, southern Africa. Kalulushi is located near the Congo (Kinshasa) border and is about 175 miles (280 km) north of Lusaka, with which it is connected by road. ...
Kalundborg: city, Vestsjaelland amtskommune (county), northwestern Sjaelland (Zealand), Denmark, situated on Kalundborg Fjord. A favourite royal seat in the European Middle Ages (chartered 1485), its castle was a frequent meeting place ...
Kalush: city, Ivano-Frankovsk oblast (province), southwestern Ukraine. Kalush was incorporated as a city in 1939 and became the centre of Kalush rayon (sector). It is approximately 56 miles (90 km) southeast ...
Kalutara: town, southwestern Sri Lanka. The town, situated on the coast, is a fishing and trade centre. The local craft is making rope, baskets, and other articles from the fibre of ...
Kalvis: in Baltic religion, the heavenly smith, usually associated with a huge iron hammer. A smith in the tradition of the Greek Hephaistos and the Vedic Tvastr, Kalvis also seems to ...
Kalvos, Andreas Ioannidis: Greek poet who brought an Italian Neoclassical influence to the Ionian school of poets (the school of Romantics from the seven Ionian islands).
Kalyan: city, western Maharashtra state, western India, on the Ulhas River, northeast of Bombay, a part of the Greater Bombay urban agglomeration. A relatively unimportant trading centre in Roman times, Kalyan ...
Kam'yanets-Podilskyy: city, Khmelnytskyy oblast (province), western Ukraine, on the Smotrych River. The city is one of the largest and oldest in the Dniester River basin, dating to at least the 11th ...