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King's Garden (Jerusalem)
The King's Garden (Hebrew gan hammelek) was a royal garden of ancient Jerusalem in the Kidron Valley near the Pool of Siloam, mentioned in 2 Kings, Jeremiah, and Nehemiah.
King's Guard
King's Guard: British Army soldiers guarding royal residences (Buckingham Palace, St James's Palace, Windsor Castle, Tower of London) under Charles III; formerly Queen's Guard; includes Foot Guards, Household Cavalry Life Guard, Gurkha and RHA detachments.
King's Head Theatre
The King's Head Theatre is a producing theater in Islington, London, founded in 1970 by Dan Crawford in the back room of the King's Head pub.
King's Highway (ancient)
The King's Highway (Hebrew derek ha-melekh) was an ancient trade route from the Gulf of Aqaba through Edom, Moab, and Ammon to Damascus, named in Numbers and Deuteronomy.
King's Indian Attack
King's Indian Attack (KIA), also called Barcza System, a chess opening system for White mirroring the King's Indian Defense: pawns d3/e4/g3, Bg2 fianchetto, knights d2/f3; famous Fischer weapon.
King's Indian Defence
King's Indian Defence (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6), a hypermodern chess defense to 1.d4 where Black lets White build a pawn center then attacks it with ...e5 or ...c5; ECO E60–E99, favored by Fischer and Kasparov.
King's Lynn
King's Lynn (locally Lynn) is a Norfolk port town on the River Great Ouse, founded as Bishop's Lynn by Bishop Herbert de Losinga, a Hanseatic League kontor, England's third port in the 14th century, renamed King's Lynn in the 1530s.
King's Men (playing company)
King's Men: London playing company formed May 1603 when James I granted royal patronage to the former Lord Chamberlain's Men, Shakespeare's company; patent named Fletcher, Shakespeare, Burbage, and six others; performed until theaters closed in 1642.
King's Official Birthday
King's Official Birthday: the British Sovereign's ceremonial birthday, usually the second Saturday of June, marked by Trooping the Colour and the Birthday Honours list; distinct from the monarch's actual birth date, a tradition since 1748 under George II.
King's Plate
King's Plate, formerly Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious thoroughbred horse race and North America's oldest continuously run race, first run June 27, 1860 at Toronto with Queen Victoria's 50-guinea prize; 1 1/4 miles for Canadian-bred 3-year-olds at Woodbine, first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.
King's Quest
King's Quest: Sierra On-Line's graphic fantasy adventure series (1984–1998) created by Roberta Williams, following King Graham's royal family in Daventry; first 3D animated adventure, eight games, 2015 episodic reboot by The Odd Gentlemen.
King's Quest (2015 video game)
King's Quest (2015) is an episodic adventure game by The Odd Gentlemen, published by Sierra, reimagining King Graham's untold tales for granddaughter Gwendolyn across five chapters plus an Epilogue.
King's Royal Rifle Corps
The King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC), the 60th Rifles, was a British Army rifle regiment raised in North America in 1755-1756, fought from the Peninsular War to the World Wars, and merged into The Royal Green Jackets in 1966.
King's Valley
King's Valley (Ouou Shogi) is a 2006 Japanese abstract strategy race game by Mitsuo Yamamoto: two players slide kings and soldiers on a 5x5 board, racing to reach the center valley square; no captures, 3-15 minutes per game.
King's X
King's X: American hard rock power trio (Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor, Jerry Gaskill), formed in Houston, Texas, blending Beatlesque harmonies with metal, funk, gospel, and progressive rock; debut Out of the Silent Planet (1988), grunge influence, Three Sides of One (2022).
Kinga Czigany
Kinga Czigany (Czigány Kinga), Hungarian sprint kayaker born 1972 in Győr; won gold in women's K-4 500 m at Barcelona 1992, ninth at Atlanta 1996, five world medals, retired 1998, lives in Canada.
Kingda Ka
Kingda Ka was an Intamin hydraulic-launch steel coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey, opened May 21, 2005; at 456 ft tall and 128 mph it was the world's tallest and fastest coaster until its November 2024 closure and demolition.
Kingdom (2025 film)
Kingdom (2025) is a Telugu action drama directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, starring Vijay Deverakonda, Bhagyashri Borse, and Satya Dev; released July 31, 2025, it earned Rs 82 crore on a Rs 130 crore budget and its sequel was cancelled.
Kingdom (2025 TV series)
Kingdom (2025 TV series) is a six-part BBC Studios Natural History Unit documentary narrated by David Attenborough, following lion, leopard, hyena, and wild dog families over five years in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park; distinct from the Kingdom anime and Korean drama.
Kingdom (American TV series)
Kingdom (2014-2017) is an American family drama TV series created by Byron Balasco, set at the Navy St. MMA gym in Venice, California, starring Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, Jonathan Tucker, and Nick Jonas on DirecTV's Audience Network.
Kingdom (biology)
Kingdom (biology): a high-level taxonomic rank below domain, grouping life into categories like Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Bacteria; systems range from two kingdoms to five, six, and supergroups.
Kingdom (video game)
Kingdom (2015) is a minimalist 2D side-scrolling strategy and management game by Thomas van den Berg (Nolo/Licorice), published by Raw Fury, where a monarch spends a single gold resource to build and defend a settlement with permadeath; followed by New Lands, Two Crowns, and announced Kingdom III: Rising Realms (2027).
Kingdom (킹덤) (South Korean TV series)
Kingdom (킹덤) is Netflix's first original Korean drama series, a Joseon-era zombie thriller by Kim Eun-hee starring Ju Ji-hoon, Ryu Seung-ryong, and Bae Doona; two seasons (2019, 2020) plus the prequel Ashin of the North (2021), with Rotten Tomatoes scores of 93% and 100%.
Kingdom (キングダム) (2019 film)
Kingdom (キングダム) is a 2019 Japanese live-action film directed by Shinsuke Sato, adapting Yasuhisa Hara's Warring States manga; starring Kento Yamazaki and Ryo Yoshizawa, it earned ¥5.73 billion, the top Japanese live-action gross of fiscal 2019, and launched a film series.
Kingdom (キングダム) (manga)
Kingdom (キングダム) is Yasuhisa Hara's historical manga in Weekly Young Jump since 2006, set in Warring States China, following war orphan Xin and Ying Zheng; over 100 million copies, Tezuka Prize winner, anime and live-action films.
Kingdom 2: Far and Away (キングダム2 遥かなる大地へ)
Kingdom 2: Far and Away (キングダム2 遥かなる大地へ) is a 2022 Japanese live-action film directed by Shinsuke Sato, sequel to Kingdom, adapting Yasuhisa Hara's manga; it earned 5.16 billion yen, topping 2022 Japanese live-action films.
Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny
Kingdom 3: The Flame of Destiny (キングダム 運命の炎, Unmei no Honō) is the 2023 third live-action film of Hara Yasuhisa's Kingdom manga, directed by Shinsuke Sato, starring Kento Yamazaki and Ryo Yoshizawa, covering the Shi Ka arc and Battle of Bayou; it earned 5.5 billion yen and was 2023's top live-action Japanese film.
Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (キングダム 大将軍の帰還)
Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General (キングダム 大将軍の帰還) is a 2024 Japanese live-action film, fourth in the Kingdom series, directed by Shinsuke Sato, starring Kento Yamazaki; it earned 8.03 billion yen, the top live-action Japanese film of 2024.
Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls
Kingdom 5: The Clash of Souls (キングダム 魂の決戦) is the fifth live-action film of Yasuhisa Hara's manga, directed by Shinsuke Sato, released July 17, 2026, adapting the Coalition Army arc against a 500,000-strong six-state invasion of Qin.
Kingdom Arena
Kingdom Arena (المملكة أرينا), formerly Boulevard Hall, is a fully covered multi-purpose indoor stadium in Riyadh's Hittin district, opened October 2023, home of Al-Hilal, holding two Guinness records for covered football stadiums.