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King Island (island, Australia)
King Island, Tasmania: 1,091 km2 island at the western entrance to Bass Strait between Tasmania and Victoria; population 1,617 (2021); known for dairy, shipwrecks, scheelite mining, and golf.
King Ivory
King Ivory is a 2024 American crime thriller by John Swab about fentanyl trafficking in Tulsa, Oklahoma, starring James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, and Melissa Leo; it premiered at Venice 2024 and opened in US theaters November 14, 2025.
King James (musician)
King James, born James Ruhumuriza, is a Rwandan R&B and afrobeats singer from Kigali who began recording in 2006 at age 16 and became one of Rwanda's most popular artists.
King James Only movement
The King James Only movement, also called KJV-onlyism, is a set of evangelical Protestant positions holding that the King James Version is the only legitimate English Bible translation.
King James Version
The King James Version, also known as the Authorized Version, is an English Bible translation first printed in London in 1611, produced by committees of scholars working from the Hebrew and Greek texts.
King Jun's flight to Mahan
King Jun's flight to Mahan (준왕의 남천) was the southward flight by sea of King Jun, the last king of Gojoseon, after Wiman usurped his throne around 194 BC.
King K. Holmes
King Kennard Holmes (1937–2025) was an American infectious-disease physician-scientist at the University of Washington, known as the father of academic STI research and founding chair of its Department of Global Health.
King Kamehameha (キングカメハメハ) (horse)
King Kamehameha (キングカメハメハ), Japanese Thoroughbred (2001–2019) by Kingmambo; won the 2004 Japanese Derby in record time, then champion sire 2010–2011, sire of Lord Kanaloa and Duramente, JRA Hall of Fame 2024.
King Kang of Song's tyranny
King Kang of Song's tyranny (桀宋) was the reign of King Kang of Song (宋王偃), the last ruler of Song, destroyed by Qi in 286 BC.
King Kang of Zhou
King Kang of Zhou (周康王), personal name Ji Zhao, was the third Zhou dynasty ruler, son of King Cheng, whose reign stood for peace in traditional historiography.
King Kang's conquest of the Gui Fang
King Kang's conquest of the Gui Fang (康王伐鬼方) was a Western Zhou campaign in which King Kang sent general Yu against the Gui Fang, winning a major victory.
King Kaolie of Chu
King Kaolie of Chu (楚考烈王), personal name Xiong Yuan, was a Warring States period ruler of Chu whose tomb was identified at Wuwangdun in 2024.
King Kelly
King Kelly (Michael Joseph Kelly, 1857-1894), American 19th-century baseball star of Cincinnati, Chicago White Stockings, and Boston Beaneaters; sold for a record $10,000 in 1887, hit .307 lifetime, played all nine positions, Hall of Fame 1945.
King Kenny (internet personality)
King Kenny (Kenny Oghenovo Ojuederie, born 1997, Watford) is an English YouTuber and prankster, KingKennyTv creator and Beta Squad member, later an influencer boxer (debut win over FaZe Sensei, 2022) and Celebrity Traitors series two contestant.
King Khalid International Airport
King Khalid International Airport (KKIA, RUH) is the international airport serving Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, opened in 1983. It handled more than 37 million passengers in 2024.
King Khalid University Hospital
King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH) is the 800-bed teaching hospital of King Saud University's College of Medicine in Riyadh, inaugurated by King Khalid in 1982, expanded to 1,200 beds in 2016, and CBAHI-accredited.
King Koko's rebellion
King Koko's rebellion was the January 1895 attack by the Nembe kingdom on the Royal Niger Company's Akassa headquarters, followed by a British punitive expedition.
King Kong
King Kong is the giant film gorilla introduced in RKO's 1933 classic by Cooper and Schoedsack, famous for Willis O'Brien's stop-motion effects and the Empire State Building finale, later remade in 1976 and 2005 and now a Monsterverse franchise star.
King Kong (1933 film)
King Kong (1933), RKO's monster film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack with Willis O'Brien stop-motion effects, Fay Wray, and the Empire State Building finale; a 1933 hit revived in 1952.
King Kong (1976 film)
King Kong (1976), also called the Dino De Laurentiis remake, is John Guillermin's contemporary reworking of the 1933 film, starring Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, and Charles Grodin, with a 40-foot mechanical Kong, the World Trade Center climax, and a Special Achievement Oscar for visual effects.
King Kong (2005 film)
King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure film directed and produced by Peter Jackson, a remake of the 1933 classic about a gigantic gorilla captured on Skull Island.
King Kong (franchise)
King Kong franchise: American monster media franchise begun with the 1933 RKO film King Kong; 13 films including remakes, Toho crossovers, and the MonsterVerse, with fragmented multi-studio rights.
King Kong Bundy
King Kong Bundy (Christopher Pallies, 1957 or 1955 to March 4, 2019) was an American professional wrestler, a 6'4", 458-pound WWE heel famous for the five-count demand, the Avalanche Splash, and the WrestleMania 2 steel cage main event against Hulk Hogan.
King Kong Lives
King Kong Lives is a 1986 American adventure film, also known as a sequel to the 1976 King Kong remake, directed by John Guillermin, starring Linda Hamilton and Brian Kerwin, reviving Kong with an artificial heart.
King Kong vs. Godzilla (キングコング対ゴジラ)
King Kong vs. Godzilla (キングコング対ゴジラ) is Toho's 1962 kaiju comedy, the third Godzilla film, directed by Ishiro Honda with Eiji Tsuburaya effects; Kong wins in both Japanese and 1963 US cuts.
King Krule
King Krule (Archy Ivan Marshall, born 1994), formerly Zoo Kid, is an English singer-songwriter from London blending baritone croon, punk, jazz, and dub; albums include 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, The Ooz, Man Alive!, and Space Heavy.
King Kunta
King Kunta is a 2015 Kendrick Lamar song from To Pimp a Butterfly, also called Kunta Kinte track, referencing Alex Haley's Roots slave hero; G-funk single produced by Sounwave and Terrace Martin, peaking at No. 11 on Hot Rap Songs.
King Lazarus
King Lazarus is the English title of Le roi miraculé, a 1958 novel by the Cameroonian writer Mongo Beti about a tribal chief who converts to Catholicism.
King Lear
King Lear (The Tragedy of King Lear) is Shakespeare's Jacobean tragedy of an aged British king who divides his realm among Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia, with a parallel Gloucester subplot; first performed 26 December 1606 at Whitehall.
King Lear (1987 film)
King Lear (1987) is Jean-Luc Godard's experimental Cannon Films adaptation of Shakespeare, starring Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, and Peter Sellars in a post-Chernobyl story about restoring lost art; it premiered at Cannes 1987, opened in the US January 1988, and was initially derided.