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Kadı Burhaneddin
Kadı Burhaneddin (قاضى برهان الدين) was a Kayseri judge who became vizier of the Eretnids, founded his own state in 1381, and was killed by the Aq Qoyunlu in 1398.
Kadınlar Dünyası
Kadınlar Dünyası ("The World of Women") was an Ottoman illustrated women's journal published in Istanbul from 1913 to 1921, owned and run entirely by women and defending women's rights.
Kadızade Mehmed
Kadızade Mehmed, fully Mehmed bin Mustafa, was an Ottoman preacher, 1582 to 1635, whose sermons against religious innovation gave their name to the disruptive Kadizadeli movement.
Kadlu Dorsa
Kadlu Dorsa, a 500-km-wide ridge system (dorsum) on Venus at 69.5°S, 188°E in quad v59, named in 1997 by the IAU for an Eskimo thunder deity.
Kadokawa Corporation
Kadokawa Corporation (株式会社KADOKAWA), founded 1945 as Kadokawa Shoten, is a Tokyo-based Japanese entertainment group spanning publishing, anime, film, games (FromSoftware, Elden Ring), Niconico, and EdTech, led by CEO Takeshi Natsuno with Sony holding about 10%.
Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店)
Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店), Japanese publisher founded November 10, 1945 by Genyoshi Kadokawa; creator of Kadokawa Bunko, The Television, and Shonen Ace; merged into KADOKAWA in 2013, now an imprint brand.
Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation
The Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation is an integrable nonlinear partial differential equation, derived by Soviet physicists Kadomtsev and Petviashvili in 1970, describing weakly dispersive long waves such as water and plasma waves.
Kadrey v. Meta
Kadrey v. Meta is a 2023 copyright lawsuit in which thirteen authors, including Richard Kadrey and Sarah Silverman, allege Meta trained its Llama models on pirated books from shadow libraries.
Kaduna
Kaduna, capital of Kaduna State in northwestern Nigeria on the Kaduna River, founded by Lugard in 1917; former textile hub called the Manchester of Nigeria, now a major administrative, military, and educational center.
Kaduna State
Kaduna State, formerly North-Central State, is a state in northwestern Nigeria whose capital is the city of Kaduna; created in 1967, it is known as the Centre of Learning.
Kaduri Cactus Garden
The Kaduri Cactus Garden is a 2,000-square-meter cactus and succulent garden on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus in Rehovot, Israel, opened in 2019 and named for Hannah and Amnon Kaduri.
Kaduva (കടുവ)
Kaduva (കടുവ) is a 2022 Malayalam action thriller directed by Shaji Kailas, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran as rubber planter Kaduvakkunnel Kuruvachan opposite Vivek Oberoi's police officer, released 7 July 2022.
Kadyr Myrza Ali
Kadyr Myrza Ali (Қадыр Мырза Әлі) was a Kazakh poet, writer, and translator who co-wrote the lyrics of Kazakhstan's first national anthem and published over 50 poetry collections.
Kadyrovites
Kadyrovites (kadyrovtsy, кадыровцы) are Chechen security forces loyal to Ramzan Kadyrov, originating as his father Akhmat's personal security service; a semi-official paramilitary under Russia's Rosgvardia, implicated in torture and deployed to Syria and Ukraine.
Kae Capital
Kae Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2012 by Sasha Mirchandani and based in Bengaluru, India, typically writing the first institutional check of $1.5–2 million.
Kae Tempest
Kae Tempest (born 1985, London), formerly Kate Tempest, is an English poet, rapper, playwright, and novelist blending spoken word with hip hop; Ted Hughes Award winner for Brand New Ancients, Mercury-nominated for Everybody Down and Let Them Eat Chaos, came out non-binary in 2020, transitioned by 2025.
Kaech’ŏn
Kaech'ŏn (개천시), city in South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea; population 319,554, the country's 10th largest. Industrial city since the late 1960s, on the Manp'o railway line, site of Camp No. 18.
Kaecilius
Kaecilius is a Marvel Comics sorcerer created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in Strange Tales #130 (1964) as Baron Mordo's henchman, reimagined as the Dormammu-worshipping lead villain of the 2016 Doctor Strange film, played by Mads Mikkelsen.
Kaede (カエデ) (protein)
Kaede (カエデ) is a green-to-red photoconvertible fluorescent protein cloned from the stony coral Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, reported by Atsushi Miyawaki's group at RIKEN in 2002.
Kaeden Kent
Kaeden Thomas Kent (born 2003, Austin, Texas) is a minor league shortstop, son of Hall of Famer Jeff Kent; Texas A&M, Yankees 2025 third-rounder, traded to the San Francisco Giants in 2026.
Kaela Kimura
Kaela Kimura (木村カエラ) is a Japanese pop singer, lyricist, and model, born in Tokyo in 1984, who debuted in 2004 and is known for the 2009 hit "Butterfly".
Kaelen Culpepper
Kaelen Kenneth Culpepper (born 2002) is a Minnesota Twins shortstop, drafted 21st overall in 2024 from Kansas State, MLB debut August 7, 2026, 2025 Sherry Robertson Award winner.
Kaeli Swift
Kaeli Swift is an American ornithologist best known for experimental research on how wild American crows respond to their dead, work popularly described as the study of "crow funerals."
Kaelon Black
Kaelon Black (born 2001) is an American football running back for the San Francisco 49ers, selected 90th overall in the 2026 NFL draft after starring at Indiana.
Kaelynn Partlow
Kaelynn Partlow is an American autistic therapist, author, and content creator from Greenville, South Carolina, a season 1 cast member of Netflix's Love on the Spectrum U.S., a lead therapist at Project Hope Foundation since 2015, and author of Life on the Bridge (2026).
Kaempferia
Kaempferia (peacock ginger) is a genus of rhizomatous Zingiberaceae herbs native to tropical and subtropical Asia, published by Linnaeus in 1753 with type species K. galanga; about 58 species used as spices and traditional medicine.
Kaempferia galanga
Kaempferia galanga, sand ginger or kencur (沙姜), is a Zingiberaceae herb native from India to Indo-China; its camphor-scented rhizome is a Southeast Asian spice and traditional medicine with 97 identified compounds including ethyl p-methoxycinnamate.
Kaempferol
Kaempferol is a natural flavonol, a polyphenol found in kale, spinach, onions, broccoli, and tea, first discovered in the tea plant and studied for antioxidant and anticancer effects.
Kaemsekhem
Kaemsekhem was a prince of the Egyptian Fourth Dynasty, recorded as a son of Kawab and Hetepheres II and a grandson of King Khufu, known from his Giza mastaba tomb.
Kaemtjenent
Kaemtjenent was a prince of Egypt's late Fifth Dynasty in the Old Kingdom, recorded as a possible son of King Djedkare Isesi, though some scholars assign him to Menkauhor instead.