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- (from the article "logic, philosophy of") ...necessity and logical possibility, and in the wider sense, in which all concepts that exhibit similar logical behaviour are included. This development, initiated between 1957 and 1959 largely by Stig ...
- Kangerlussuaq
- fjord in southwestern Greenland, located just north of the Arctic Circle and 60 miles (95 km) southeast of Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg). About 120 miles (190 km) long and 1-5 miles (1.5-8 ...
- Kangerlussuaq
- (from the article "Kangerlussuaq") ...(1.5-8 km) wide, the fjord extends northeastward from Davis Strait to the edge of the inland ice cap, where its arms are fed by several glaciers. Near the head of ...
- Kanggye
- city, northern North Korea. As a transportation junction of the inland plateau near the frontier with China, it has been a fortress and military base since the Choson (Yi) dynasty ...
- kangha
- (from the article "Sikhism") ...as Khalsa Sikhs), the wearing of the "Five Ks"-kes or kesh (uncut hair), kangha (comb), kacch (short trousers), ...
- Kanghwa Island
- island, Kyonggi do (province), northwestern South Korea. Kanghwa Island lies in the Yellow Sea just off the northwestern coast, northwest of Inch'on. Roughly rectangular in shape, it lies at the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kanghwa, Treaty of
- (from the article "China") ...the parley was protracted, and Japan impatiently sent warships to Korea; these sailed northward to Kanghwa Bay, where gunfire was exchanged between the Japanese vessels and a Korean island fort. ...
- Kangiwa
- (from the article "Katsina") Katsina's Fulani emirs retain traditional and advisory roles and reside in the palace of the Kangiwa ("Elephant's Head"); among the royal treasures of the palace is Gajere, a sword with ...
- Kangjin
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...of imitation, Koryo potters, from about the mid-11th century or slightly earlier, started to produce their own distinctive kind of porcelain with a celadon glaze. Two main ceramic centres, at ...
- Kangnung
- city, Kangwon do (province), northeastern South Korea. A coastal city on the Sea of Japan (East Sea), it has been the administrative and economic centre for the eastern areas of ...
- Kango
- town, northwestern Gabon. The town is situated about 50 miles (80 km) east of Libreville and lies on the Como River at the head of the Gabon Estuary. Kango is ...
- kango trade
- (from the article "Japan") ...to the emperor of China. In order to distinguish between pirate ships and trading ships, seals received from the Ming called kangofu were used, hence the use of the term ...
- kangofu
- (from the article "Japan") ...the form of tribute from Yoshimitsu, "King of Japan," to the emperor of China. In order to distinguish between pirate ships and trading ships, seals received from the Ming called ...
- Kangra
- city, western Himachal Pradesh state, northwestern India. The city lies on a rail line just south-southwest of Dharmsala, at an elevation of 2,409 feet (734 m). Kangra was known as ...
- Kangra painting
- (from the article "Himachal Pradesh") ...designed shawls of Kinnaur, the distinctive woolen caps of Kullu, and the embroidered handkerchiefs of Chamba accent their colourful, festive clothing. Himachal Pradesh is also known for its Kangra Valley ...
- Kangshung Glacier
- (from the article "Everest, Mount") Glaciers cover the slopes of Everest to its base. Individual glaciers flanking the mountain are the Kangshung Glacier to the east; the East, Central, and West Rongbuk (Rongpu) glaciers to ...
- KaNgwane
- former nonindependent Bantustan, eastern Transvaal, South Africa. It was created as a homeland for those Swazi people not residing in Swaziland. [1 Related Articles]
- Kangwon
- do (province), southeastern North Korea, facing the Sea of Japan (East Sea). The province consists of the small northern part of the former Kangwon Province, which was divided by the ...
- Kangwon
- do (province), northeastern South Korea, bounded (east) by the Sea of Japan (East Sea) and by the provinces of North Kyongsang and North Ch'ung-ch'ong (south) and Kyonggi (west). In the ...
- Kangxi
- reign name (nianhao) of the second emperor (reigned 1661-1722) of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty (1644-1911/12). To the Chinese empire he added areas north of the Amur River ... [7 Related Articles]
- Kanha National Park
- national park in Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh state, central India, extending over 122 sq mi (316 sq km) of the central highlands, at an elevation of from 2,000 ft (600 ...
- Kanheri Caves
- (from the article "Mumbai") Krishnagiri Forest, a national park in the north of metropolitan Mumbai, is a pleasant vacation resort located near the Kanheri Caves, site of an ancient Buddhist university; the more than ...
- Kania, Stanislaw
- (from the article "Poland") Gierek did not politically survive the birth of Solidarity, and he was replaced by Stanislaw Kania, who was followed by General Wojciech Jaruzelski. By the autumn of 1981, Jaruzelski held ...
- Kanibadam
- city, Khodzhent oblast (province), Tajikistan, in the western Fergana Valley. The Kanibadam oasis was best known for almonds, from which its name, Place of Almonds, is derived. The city dates ...
- Kaniembo
- (from the article "Kazembe") During the existence of Kazembe there were nine kings with the name Kazembe. The greatest of these was Kazembe II, known as Kaniembo (reigned c. 1740-60), who conquered most of ...
- Kanik, Ludovit
- (from the article "Slovakia") ...that they had been "bought." In an apparent effort to improve the government's image, Dzurinda backed the resignation in October of controversial Labour and Social Affairs Minister Ludovit Kanik in ...
- Kanik, Orhan Veli
- poet who was one of the most innovative poets in 20th-century Turkish literature. [2 Related Articles]
- Kaniksu National Forest
- (from the article "Pend Oreille, Lake") lake in Kaniksu National Forest, northwestern Idaho, U.S. The largest lake in Idaho, it is about 40 miles (65 km) long and 4 miles (6.5 km) wide and covers an ...
- Kanimblan orogeny
- a mountain-building event in eastern Australia toward the end of Early Carboniferous time (about 325,000,000 years ago). Uplift and deformation occurred in a wide belt extending from Tasmania to Cape ...
- Kanin Peninsula
- peninsula in Arkhangelsk oblast (province), northwestern Russia. It separates the White Sea to the west from the Cheshskaya Guba (Bay), a gulf of the Barents Sea, to the east. It ...
- Kanin, Garson
- American writer and director of plays and films, best known for collaborations with his wife, the actress-writer Ruth Gordon. [2 Related Articles]
- Kanin, Michael
- (from the article "1942: Other Winners") Screenplay: George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis for Mrs. MiniverOriginal Story: Emeric Pressburger for The InvadersOriginal Screenplay: Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner, Jr., for Woman of the YearCinematography, ...
- Kaniska
- greatest king of the Kushan dynasty that ruled over the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and possibly regions north of Kashmir in Central Asia. He is, however, chiefly ... [10 Related Articles]
- Kaniuk, Yoram
- (from the article "Hebrew literature") ...Sadeh. Yitzhak Orpaz's novels tend toward psychological exploration, particularly in the series beginning with Bayit le-adam ehad (1975; "One Man's House"). Yoram Kaniuk's work examines the alienated Israeli, but Ha-Yehudi ...
- Kanizsa
- (from the article "Mehmed III") ...the campaign of 1596, which saw the Ottoman conquest of Erlau (Eger) and victory at Hachova (Mezo-Kersztes). In 1601, following a continuous war of sieges, the Ottomans took the fortress ...
- Kanjeran Pluvial Stage
- (from the article "Africa") ...Pleistocene Epoch (900,000 to 130,000 years ago) corresponds to the Mindel in Europe. A dry but not a desert climate is implied by the Kamasian-Kanjeran Interpluvial levels at Olduvai Gorge. ...
- Kanjeran-Gamblian Interpluvial
- (from the article "Africa") An arid phase, which greatly reduced forest land, is revealed in the Kanjeran-Gamblian Interpluvial levels, lasting from about 60,000 to 55,000 years ago. This period corresponds to an important tectonic ...
- kanji
- in Japanese writing, characters adapted from Chinese characters and usually employed for writing nouns, verb roots, adjectives, and other important words. The Japanese affixes for verb tenses, prepositions, and other ... [6 Related Articles]
- Kanjobalan
- (from the article "Maya") ...Picomohi, Pocomam, Uspantec, Quiche, Cakchiquel, Tzutujil, Sacapultec, and Sipacapa); the Mamean peoples of the western Guatemalan highlands (Mam, Teco, Aguacatec, and Ixil); the Kanjobalan peoples of Huehuetenango in the same ...
- Kanka, Megan
- (from the article "Megan's law") ...States, a law requiring that law-enforcement officials notify local schools, day-care centres, and residents of the presence of convicted sex offenders in their communities. The law is named after Megan ...
- Kankakee
- city, seat (1853) of Kankakee county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Kankakee River, about 60 miles (100 km) south of Chicago. Potawatomi Indians were early inhabitants of the ...
- Kankakee Arch
- (from the article "Cincinnati Arch") ...Tennessee. Separated by a structural saddle, its southward extension is known as the Nashville Dome. On the north the Cincinnati Arch has two branches; one, trending west-northwest, is known as ...
- Kankakee River
- navigable stream rising near South Bend, northern Indiana, U.S., and flowing south and west approximately 135 miles (217 km) to be joined by the Iroquois River near Kankakee, Ill. It ...
- Kankaleshvar Temple
- (from the article "Bhir") ...and Yadava Hindu dynasties. Conquered by the Tughluq Muslim dynasty in the 14th century, it remained part of the Muslim states until 1947. Bhir is known for its leatherwork and ...
- Kankali Devi
- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...large slabs that constitute the ceiling. The pillars of the porch have a campaniform lotus capital, one of the last times this form appears in Indian architecture. Another temple of ...
- Kankali Tila
- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...such as plucking blossoms from trees or leaning on its branches, dancing, bathing under a waterfall, and adorning themselves. Among the most beautiful of these is a group that was ...
- Kankan
- town, eastern Guinea. Located at the head of navigation of the Milo River (a tributary of the Niger), it was founded as a caravan centre (salt, gold, kola nuts) by ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kankaria, Lake
- (from the article "Ahmedabad") ...blocks of houses that shelter several thousand people each. Some pols are virtually small townships, crossed by a street with gates at either end. Another attractive feature of the city ...
- Kankrin monetary reform
- (from the article "Kankrin, Egor Frantsevich, Count") ...construction, although some were built anyway. He did, however, sponsor a technical school to increase the supply of skilled mechanics for Russian industry. Although his name is associated with the ...
- Kankrin, Egor Frantsevich, Count
- Russian minister of finance (1823-44) under Nicholas I. An extreme fiscal conservative, he resisted most efforts to modernize the Russian state. He was created a count in 1829. [2 Related Articles]
- Kanmon Bridge
- (from the article "bridge") The Kanmon Bridge (1975), linking the islands of Honshu and Kyushu over the Shimonoseki Strait, was the first major island bridge in Japan. At about this time the Honshu-Shikoku Bridge ...
- Kanmon Tunnel
- world's first under-ocean tunnel, stretching 2.25 miles (about 3.5 km) between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu in Japan. During its construction (1936-44), nearly every known tunneling technique was employed: ...
- Kannada language
- member of the Dravidian language family and the official language of the state of Karnataka in southern India. Kannada is also spoken in the states that border Karnataka. Early 21st-century ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kannada literature
- the literature written in Kannada, which, like the other languages of South India, is of the Dravidian family. The earliest records in Kannada are inscriptions dating from the 6th century ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kannauj
- city, central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. Kannauj is situated near the Ganges River, northwest of Kanpur, with which it has road and rail connections. Its name probably has more ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kannazuki
- (from the article "Izumo") ...are numerous other shrines and tombs in the Izumo area. It is believed that every October all the Shinto gods meet at one of the smaller shrines. Because of this ...
- Kanniyakumari
- town, southern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. The town is situated on Cape Comorin, which is the southernmost point on the Indian subcontinent. Kanniyakumari is a tourist and pilgrimage centre ...
- kannushi
- (from the article "shinshoku") In modern Japan an alternative name for the Shinto priest is kannushi, which traditionally referred only to a head priest who, through the observance of purificatory practices, had become qualified ...
- Kano
- historic kingdom and traditional emirate in northern Nigeria. According to the Kano Chronicle (1890s), the best-known native history of the Hausa people, the Kano kingdom was founded as one of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kano
- city and capital of Kano state, northern Nigeria, on the Jakara River. It was traditionally founded by Kano, a blacksmith of the Gaya tribe who in ancient times came to ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kano
- state, northern Nigeria. It was formed in 1968 from Kano province, and in 1991 its northeastern portion was split off to form Jigawa state. It consists of wooded savanna in ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kano Eitoku
- original name Kano Kuninobu fifth-generation scion of the famous Kano family of Japanese artists who created the style of the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1574-1600) screen paintings. [2 Related Articles]
- Kano Hogai
- (from the article "Fenollosa, Ernest F.") ...in Tokyo of representative Japanese art and in 1882 gave a notable lecture titled "Bijutsu shinsetsu" ("The True Theory of Art"). His views interested painters such as Kano Hogai and ...
- Kano Jigoro
- (from the article "judo") Kano Jigoro (1860-1938) combined the knowledge of the old jujitsu schools of the Japanese samurai with the sporting ideology of the "muscular Christianity" movement and in 1882 founded his Kodokan ...
- Kano Masanobu
- chief painter to the Ashikaga shoguns (family of military rulers who governed Japan from 1338 to 1573) and founder of the hereditary line of artists who, as official painters to ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kano Motonobu
- great master of Japanese painting. [2 Related Articles]
- Kano Naonobu
- seventh-generation member of the Kano family of Japanese artists, who served as painter to the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu, and founded the Kobikicho branch of the Kano family.
- Kano Sanraku
- original name Kano Mitsuyori sixth-generation member of the famous Kano family of painters to the Japanese shoguns. [1 Related Articles]
- Kano school
- family of artists who painted in a style developed in Japan in the 15th-19th century. For seven generations, more than 200 years, the leading Japanese artists came from this family, ... [6 Related Articles]
- Kano Tanyu
- original name Kano Morinobu most influential Kano painter of the Tokugawa period in Japan. [1 Related Articles]
- Kano' languages
- (from the article "Austroasiatic languages") ...primarily in Myanmar (Burma) and secondarily in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Yunnan province in China. The members of the Palaungic branch are somewhat controversial but are generally given as Kano' ...
- Kanoldt, Alexander
- (from the article "Neue Sachlichkeit") ...director of the Mannheim Kunsthall. In a 1925 exhibition assembled at the Kunsthalle, Hartlaub displayed the works of the members of this group: George Grosz, Otto Dix, Max Beckmann, Georg ...
- kanon
- (Greek: "canon"), one of the main forms of Byzantine liturgical office; it consists of nine odes, based on the nine biblical canticles of the Eastern Christian Church. (Compare canonical hours.) ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kanoya
- city, Kagoshima prefecture (ken), Kyushu, Japan, in the central part of the Osumi Peninsula. The city developed rapidly with the establishment of an air base of the ...
- Kanphata Yogi
- member of an order of religious ascetics in India that venerates the Hindu deity Lord Siva. Kanphata Yogis are distinguished by the large earrings they wear in the hollows of ...
- Kanpur
- city, south-central Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies southwest of Lucknow, on the Ganges River. Kanpur was only a village when it and the surrounding territory were acquired in ... [2 Related Articles]
- kanrei
- (from the article "Japan") ...of its Kamakura predecessor (see above The establishment of warrior government), setting up a Mandokoro, Monchujo, and Samurai-dokoro. But after the appointment of Hosokawa Yoriyuki as kanrei, this post became ...
- Kansa
- North American Indians of Siouan linguistic stock who lived along the Kansas and Saline rivers in what is now central Kansas. It is thought that the Kansa had migrated to ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kansai
- (from the article "Osaka-Kobe metropolitan area") ...toward the city of Kyoto, the region is now included in the larger Keihanshin Industrial Zone. Neither of these zones is a political entity, but the larger of the two ...
- Kansai International Airport
- (from the article "Osaka") ...Osaka with Kobe, Kyoto, and Nagoya. Osaka has two major airports. The older one is located near suburban Itami, to the north of the city, and handles domestic air traffic. ...
- Kansan Glacial Stage
- major division of Pleistocene deposits and time in North America (the Pleistocene Epoch began about 2,500,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago). The Kansan glaciation followed the Aftonian ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kansas
- constituent state of the United States of America. It is bounded by Nebraska to the north, Missouri to the east, Oklahoma to the south, and Colorado to the west. Lying ... [12 Related Articles]
- Kansas City
- city, seat (1866) of Wyandotte county, northeastern Kansas, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers and is contiguous with Kansas City, Missouri. When the Lewis ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kansas City
- city, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, western Missouri, U.S. Located on the Missouri River at the confluence with the Kansas River, the city is contiguous with Kansas City, Kansas, forming ... [3 Related Articles]
- Kansas City Chiefs
- (from the article "Football") ...1941. Seattle led the league with 28.25 points per game, and Chicago and Tampa Bay built their improvements on defense, with league-best per-game yields of 12.6 points and 277.8 yd, ...
- Kansas City Group
- division of Late Carboniferous rocks (318 million to 299 million years ago) in the United States. The division was named for exposures studied in the region of Kansas City, Mo. ...
- Kansas City International Airport
- (from the article "airport") ...passengers and other complications related to building operation. In practice, building lengths tend to be limited to approximately 800 metres (2,650 feet). Examples of the linear design occur at Kansas ...
- Kansas City Monarchs
- (from the article "Negro league") From 1924 through 1927, the NNL and ECL champions met in a Negro World Series. The NNL's Chicago American Giants won two championships and the Kansas City Monarchs won one, ...
- Kansas City Royals
- (from the article "World Series") ...franchise outside the United States) and San Diego, California (the Padres), bringing the National League to 12 teams. In the American League in 1969, new franchises in Kansas City, Missouri ...
- Kansas City Star
- evening daily newspaper published in Kansas City, Missouri, the leading paper of the region and one of the great newspapers of the United States. [2 Related Articles]
- Kansas City style
- music associated with jazz musicians who, though not all born there, were based around Kansas City, Mo., during the 1930s: pianists Pete Johnson and Mary Lou Williams; singer Big Joe ...
- Kansas City, University of
- (from the article "Missouri, University of") ...first technological institutions in the United States; it was incorporated into the state university system in 1964. The campus at Kansas City was originally opened in 1933 as the privately ...
- Kansas River
- stream in northeastern Kansas, U.S. It is formed by the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers at Junction City and is joined by the Big Blue River near ...
- Kansas State University
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning consisting of two campuses. The main campus is a land-grant institution located in Manhattan, Kan., U.S., offering a full range of undergraduate and graduate ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kansas v. Marsh
- (from the article "Law") ...innocence issue: whether a capital defendant who had been convicted of murder was entitled at sentencing to introduce or rely on evidence raising residual doubts about his or her guilt. ...
- Kansas, flag of
- U.S. state flag consisting of a dark blue field (background) with a sunflower emblem and the state seal above the name of the state in golden yellow lettering.
- Kansas, University of
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning with a main campus in Lawrence, Kan., U.S. Its Medical Center campus is in Kansas City, and there is also a medical campus in ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kansas-Nebraska Act
- (May 30, 1854), in the antebellum period of U.S. history, critical national policy change concerning the expansion of slavery into the territories, affirming the concept of popular sovereignty over congressional ... [14 Related Articles]
- Kansei Code
- (from the article "Tokugawa Yoshimune") ...Western science; he himself had a large globe made, and he also imported a telescope from the Netherlands. He helped develop the first law code of the Tokugawa era (1603-1867). ...
- Kansei reforms
- series of conservative measures promoted (largely during the Kansei era [1789-1801]) by the Japanese statesman Matsudaira Sadanobu between 1787 and 1793 to restore the sinking financial and moral condition of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kansfield, Norman J.
- (from the article "Religion") ...ban on "self-avowed practicing homosexuals" in the ordained ministry. The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, meeting in Schenectady, N.Y., in June, found that the Rev. Norman J. ...
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