All articles starting with K

Kafrul

Kafrul (কাফরুল) is a thana and Ward 16 of Dhaka North City Corporation in northern Dhaka, Bangladesh, a dense residential area of over 500,000 people served by Kafrul Police Station at Mirpur-14, with drainage via Baunia Khal and elevated heat-stress risk.

Kaftan

Kaftan (also caftan, from Persian khaftān): a long, loose, wide-sleeved robe of Turkic, Persian, or Central Asian origin. Ottoman court robe of honour, Moroccan women's formal dress, UNESCO-inscribed 2025, and modern resort wear.

Kaftari period

The Kaftari period is the occupation phase of ancient Anshan at Tal-e Malyan, Fars, Iran, dated about 2200–1600 BC and defined by its painted ceramics.

kafteryai hawreyan

kafteryai hawreyan (کافتریای هاوڕێیان) is a casino in Choman, Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan, at 36.63931°N, 44.89087°E, near Asayishi Choman and mzgawti bazar mosque.

Kafu Banton

Kafu Banton, born Zico Alberto Garibaldi, is a Panamanian reggae en español artist from Colón active since the mid-1990s, known for "Vamos pa' la playa" and "Vivo en el ghetto".

Kafue (protected area)

Kafue protected area complex in Zambia: Kafue National Park (22,400 km2, Zambia's largest, managed with African Parks since 2022) and the Kafue Flats Ramsar wetland and biosphere reserve, home of the endemic Kafue lechwe.

Oct 15, 2026

Kafue Gorge Lower hydroelectric plant

Kafue Gorge Lower is a 750 MW hydroelectric power station on the Kafue River in southern Zambia, built by Sinohydro and fully commissioned in March 2023.

Oct 15, 2026

Kafue Gorge Upper hydroelectric plant

The Kafue Gorge Upper hydroelectric plant is a 990 MW hydroelectric station on the Kafue River in Zambia's Southern Province, commissioned in 1972 and owned by state utility ZESCO.

Sep 23, 2026

Kafur

Kafur (كافور), in full Abu al-Misk Kafur al-Ikhshidi, was a black eunuch ex-slave of the Ikhshidid dynasty who ruled Egypt from 966 until his death in 968, halting the Fatimid advance and patronizing poets like al-Mutanabbi.

Sep 24, 2026

Kaga Domain

Kaga Domain (加賀藩), also called Kanazawa Domain, was the largest and wealthiest domain of Edo-period Japan, held by the Maeda clan from their seat at Kanazawa and rated at over one million koku.

Sep 24, 2026

Kaga Ikki

The Kaga Ikki (加賀一向一揆) was the rule of Kaga Province by Ikkō adherents of the Honganji temple, from their 1488 uprising against the governor until suppression by Oda Nobunaga in 1580.

Oct 22, 2026

Kaga no Chiyo

Kaga no Chiyo (Chiyo-ni) was a Japanese haiku poet of the mid-Edo period, the most celebrated female haiku poet of her era, known for her morning-glory verse.

Oct 22, 2026

Kagami Shikō

Kagami Shikō (各務支考, 1665–1731) was a Japanese haikai poet and theorist of the mid-Edo period, one of Matsuo Bashō's ten great disciples and founder of the Mino school.

Kagami-Ogata syndrome

Kagami-Ogata syndrome (KOS, KOS14, OMIM 608149) is a rare 14q32.2 imprinting disorder from deficient maternal RTL1as expression, causing bell-shaped thorax, coat-hanger ribs, polyhydramnios, and developmental delay; mirror of Temple syndrome.

Kagamine Rin / Len

Kagamine Rin / Len (鏡音リン・レン) is a pair of Vocaloid voicebanks and characters, a girl and boy sold together by Crypton Future Media in 2007.

Sep 24, 2026

Kagawa Toyohiko

Kagawa Toyohiko (賀川豊彦, 1888–1960) was a Japanese Christian evangelist and social reformer who lived in Kobe's slums and led Japan's prewar labor and consumer cooperative movements.

Kagawa-ken

Kagawa-ken (香川県), Kagawa Prefecture, Japan's smallest prefecture by area (1,876.83 km²), on northeastern Shikoku; capital Takamatsu; known for Sanuki udon, Naoshima art islands, Ritsurin garden; population 907,725 (2025).

Oct 22, 2026

Kagaz Te Canvas

Kagaz Te Canvas (ਕਾਗਜ਼ ਤੇ ਕੈਨਵਸ, "Paper and Canvas") is a 1970 Punjabi poetry collection by Amrita Pritam, the work for which she won the Bharatiya Jnanpith Award.

Kage Casey

Kage Casey, born 2003, is a Denver Broncos offensive lineman drafted 111th overall in 2026 after 41 straight starts at left tackle for Boise State, twice first-team All-Mountain West.

Kagemni

Kagemni, also called Memi, was chief justice and vizier of Egypt under King Teti of Dynasty 6, known from his decorated mastaba tomb at North Saqqara.

Kagemusha (影武者)

Kagemusha (影武者, "shadow warrior") is Akira Kurosawa's 1980 Japanese epic about a thief who doubles for the dying warlord Takeda Shingen. Funded with help from Coppola, Lucas, and Fox, it shared the 1980 Cannes Palme d'Or.

Kager Knueppel

Kager Knueppel, brother of NBA player Kon Knueppel, is a 6-10 class-of-2027 power forward from Wisconsin Lutheran in Milwaukee who committed to Duke on June 29, 2026, ranked No. 19 nationally with a 97.05 Rivals Industry Rating.

Kagera

The Kagera, also called the Akagera, is an East African river and the most remote headstream of the Nile, and the largest inflow to Lake Victoria.

Kagera Region

Kagera Region (Mkoa wa Kagera) is Tanzania's extreme northwestern region on Lake Victoria, capital Bukoba; 2,989,299 people (2022), 40,838 km², farming-dominated economy, renamed from West Lake Region after the 1978–79 war.

Kagerō-class destroyer

The Kagerō-class destroyer (陽炎型) was a class of eighteen fleet destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1939 and 1941, designed around heavy torpedo armament.

Kagerou Project (カゲロウプロジェクト)

Kagerou Project (カゲロウプロジェクト, KagePro) is a connected song series by Vocaloid producer Jin (Natural Enemy P), begun with Jinzou Enemy in 2011, set on August 14-15 with eye-power characters, expanded into novels, manga, and the 2014 Shaft anime Mekakucity Actors.