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Kilian
Kilian, also known as Cillian or Kylianus, was an Irish missionary bishop martyred at Würzburg around 689 with Kolonat and Totnan, and is venerated as the Apostle of Franconia.
Kilian Huber
Kilian Huber is an economist trained at the London School of Economics who has been a professor at Chicago Booth since 2025, studying banking, firms, and the cost of capital.
Kilian le Blouch
Kilian le Blouch is a French judoka, born in 1989, who competed in the half-lightweight division at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Kilian Muñiz
Kilian Muñiz (1970–2020) was a German-Spanish organic chemist and ICREA Research Professor at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia in Tarragona, known for catalytic alkene diamination.
Kilian Q. Weinberger
Kilian Q. Weinberger is a machine learning researcher and professor of computer science at Cornell University, known for LMNN, feature hashing, and DenseNet, which won the CVPR 2017 best paper award.
Kilifi
Kilifi (county code 03) is a coastal county in Kenya, capital Kilifi town, area 12,245.9 km2, population 1,453,787 (2019 census), governor Gideon Mung'aro; agriculture-based economy with high tourism and poverty above the national average.
Kilifi New Year
Kilifi New Year, known since 2017 as the Beneath the Baobabs Festival, is an annual New Year music festival in Kilifi on the Kenyan coast, described as Kenya's leading alternative music festival.
Kilij
The kilij is an Ottoman single-edged sabre with a widened false edge near the tip, a pistol-grip hilt, and influence on European officer swords after 1798.
Kilij Arslan I
Kilij Arslan I (قلج أرسلان) was a Seljuk sultan of Rum, ruling from Nicaea from 1092, who led Turkish resistance to the First Crusade and seized Mosul in 1107.
Kilij Arslan II
Kilij Arslan II (قلج أرسلان الثاني) was the Seljuk sultan of Rum, centered on Konya, from 1155 to 1192, best known for his defeat of Byzantium at Myriokephalon in 1176.
Kilikiti
Kilikiti, also kirikiti, is Samoa's national adaptation of cricket, introduced by sailors and missionaries in the 1800s and transformed with 10–20 player mixed teams, metre-long pate bats, singing, and week-long festive matches.
Kilim
A kilim (Persian: gelim, گلیم) is a flat-woven rug made without knots or pile, its geometric patterns formed entirely by weft threads across Anatolia, Iran, and Central Asia.
Kilim motifs
Kilim motifs are the geometric patterns of kilim (gelim) flat-woven tapestry rugs of Anatolia, Iran, the Balkans, and Central Asia. Slit-weave technique limits designs to triangles, diamonds, and stepped forms; named motifs like çengel and elibelinde carry regionally varying meanings.
Kilimanjaro National Park
Kilimanjaro National Park (TANAPA/KINAPA) in northeastern Tanzania protects Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak at 5,895 m with Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira cones; a 1973 national park, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987, known for its glaciers and climbing routes.
Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union
The Kilimanjaro Native Cooperative Union (KNCU), founded in the 1920s or 1930s, is a cooperative union of coffee-producing societies in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania, headquartered at Moshi.
Kilimanjaro Region
Kilimanjaro Region, northeastern Tanzania administrative region (13,209 km²), capital Moshi, home to Mount Kilimanjaro (5,895 m) and Kilimanjaro National Park; population 1,861,934 (2022), coffee-growing Chagga and Pare heartland.
Kilippattu
Kilippattu (കിളിപ്പാട്ട്, "parrot-song") is a Malayalam poetic genre in which a bird narrates the story. Thunchath Ezhuthachan popularized it in the 16th century with his Ramayana and Mahabharata retellings.
Kiliya Raion
Kiliya Raion (Кілійський район), also Kiliia Raion, was a district of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, on the Danube delta; created 1940, capital Kiliya, abolished in the 2020 reform into Izmail Raion.
Kilizu
Kilizu, also read Kakzu, is an ancient Neo-Assyrian provincial capital whose remains lie under the mound of Qasr Shamamok (Qasr Shemamok) in Iraqi Kurdistan, midway between Erbil and the Tigris.
Kilkenny
Kilkenny, a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland, known as the medieval capital of Ireland for its 13th-century walls, St Canice's Cathedral, and Kilkenny Castle; ranked fourth cleanest Irish town in the 2024 IBAL survey.
Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny Castle is a castle in Kilkenny City, Ireland, first fortified in 1172 and the seat of the Butler family, earls and dukes of Ormond, for almost 600 years.
Kill 'Em All
Kill 'Em All is the 1983 debut studio album by American band Metallica, released on Megaforce Records and widely regarded as one of the first thrash metal albums.
Kill 'Em All 2
Kill 'Em All 2 (2024) is a Valeri Milev action thriller sequel to Kill 'Em All (2017), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as retired spy Phillip hiding in Italy with daughter Vanessa (Jacqueline Fernandez) from vengeful Vlad; released digitally September 24, 2024.
Kill (film)
Kill is a 2023 Hindi-language action thriller directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat, starring Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, and Tanya Maniktala, about a commando fighting bandits on a New Delhi train; premiered at TIFF's Midnight Madness and released theatrically in July 2024.
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is Quentin Tarantino's single-film cut of Kill Bill Vols. 1 and 2, unrated, with a 15-minute intermission, restored color House of Blue Leaves sequence, extended O-Ren anime, and Yuki's Revenge post-credits chapter; wide release December 5, 2025.
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 is a 2003 American action film directed by Quentin Tarantino, following Uma Thurman's Bride as she hunts her former assassination squad.
Kill Bill: Volume 2
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) is Quentin Tarantino's Miramax-distributed conclusion to his two-part revenge saga, starring Uma Thurman as The Bride facing Budd, Elle Driver, and Bill. It grossed $153.5 million worldwide and later formed part of The Whole Bloody Affair cut.
Kill Boksoon
Kill Boksoon (길복순) is a 2023 South Korean Netflix action thriller directed by Byun Sung-hyun, starring Jeon Do-yeon as ace assassin Gil Boksoon, a single mother; premiered at Berlinale 2023, released March 31, 2023.
Kill Command
Kill Command is a 2016 British sci-fi action film, Steven Gomez's directorial debut for Vertigo Films, starring Vanessa Kirby and Thure Lindhardt as marines hunted by learning military robots on a remote island; released 13 May 2016 with about 1,100 VFX shots.
Kill Dil
Kill Dil (किल दिल) is a 2014 Yash Raj Films Hindi action comedy directed by Shaad Ali, starring Ranveer Singh, Ali Zafar, Parineeti Chopra, and Govinda; released 14 November 2014, it flopped with about Rs 13 crore in its opening weekend despite a Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy soundtrack.