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Kingdom: Ashin of the North

Kingdom: Ashin of the North (킹덤: 아신전, Ashin-jeon) is a 92-minute 2021 Netflix prequel special to the Korean zombie series Kingdom, directed by Kim Seong-hun, written by Kim Eun-hee, starring Jun Ji-hyun as the vengeful Jurchen warrior Ashin.

Kingdom: Legendary War (킹덤: 레전더리 워)

Kingdom: Legendary War (킹덤: 레전더리 워) is a 2021 South Korean Mnet music competition in which six K-pop boy groups competed, with Stray Kids winning.

Kingdome

Kingdome (King County Domed Stadium), Seattle multi-purpose domed stadium, 1976-2000, home of Mariners, Seahawks, SuperSonics; largest thin-shell concrete roof, 1994 ceiling tile collapse, imploded March 26, 2000.

Kingdomino

Kingdomino is Bruno Cathala's 2016 Blue Orange tile-laying game, Spiel des Jahres 2017 winner, for 2-4 players: draft dominoes, build a 5x5 kingdom, score territories as squares times crowns.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is a 2012 open-world action RPG by Big Huge Games and 38 Studios, published by EA, with combat by design, Salvatore lore, Metacritic 81, and the 2020 Re-Reckoning remaster.

Kingella

Kingella, a genus of Gram-negative Neisseriaceae bacteria of the upper respiratory tract; species include the pediatric bone and joint pathogen Kingella kingae and oral commensals K. oralis and K. denitrificans.

Kingen

Kingen is the Flemish (Belgian) version of the compendium trick-taking game King: four players, 52 cards, six avoidance contracts totaling 52 penalty points, then four trump deals, with the 20-deal dealer-choice variant Dubbelkingen; distinct from the ball game of the same name.

Kingfish Oil and Gas Field

The Kingfish Oil and Gas Field is an offshore field in the Gippsland Basin of Bass Strait, Australia, discovered in 1967 and Australia's largest oil field.

Kingfisher

Kingfishers (Alcedinidae, Coraciiformes) are about 91 species of often brightly colored diving birds; in Britain the name means the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, 3,850 UK pairs, Least Concern.

Kingfisher (beer)

Kingfisher is India's best-selling beer brand, a pilsner-style lager and flagship of United Breweries Limited, Heineken-controlled since 2021. Variants include Premium (1978), Strong (1999), Ultra (2009), and Zero; it held 47.3% of the Indian market in 2022 and is brewed under licence in the UK by Molson Coors.

Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher Airlines Limited was an Indian airline based in Bengaluru, founded by Vijay Mallya's United Breweries group, which operated from 2005 until its license was suspended in 2012.

Kingfisher plc

Kingfisher plc is a home-improvement retailer operating in seven European countries under the banners B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, and Brico Dépôt, running B&Q and Screwfix in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Kinglake National Park

Kinglake National Park: 21,600 ha eucalypt forest park on the Great Dividing Range, 65 km northeast of Melbourne, Victoria's largest national park near the city, reserved 1928, managed by Parks Victoria.

Kingmaker

Kingmaker: a person or group that decides who attains authority, from Warwick in 15th-century England and Chanakya to Mark Hanna, Kamaraj, and pivotal coalition parties in Denmark, Thailand, and South Africa.

Kingmaker (Xzibit album)

Kingmaker is a 2025 studio album by American rapper Xzibit, his first solo album since Napalm in 2012, featuring Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, and Redman.

Kingmaker (킹메이커) (2022 film)

Kingmaker (킹메이커) is a 2022 South Korean political drama by Byun Sung-hyun, starring Sul Kyung-gu and Lee Sun-kyun, inspired by Kim Dae-jung and strategist Eom Chang-rok; released January 26, 2022, 123 minutes, 783,759 admissions.

Kingman Reef

Kingman Reef is a largely submerged, uninhabited U.S. atoll in the North Pacific near Palmyra, a National Wildlife Refuge within the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, known for the world's greatest recorded coral reef fish biomass and apex-predator abundance.

Kingman, Arizona

Kingman, Arizona: county seat of Mohave County, founded 1882 as an Atlantic and Pacific Railroad stop, incorporated 1952. Population 32,689 (2020); located on I-40, US 93, and Route 66 at 3,449 feet.

Kingo Sunen

Kingo Sunen is a Marvel Comics Eternal created by Jack Kirby, first appearing in The Eternals #11 (1977) as a samurai from a Hokkaido settlement of Eternals who became a Japanese action-film star; the MCU reinvented him as a Bollywood star played by Kumail Nanjiani.

Kingpin (1996 film)

Kingpin is a 1996 American comedy directed by the Farrelly brothers, starring Woody Harrelson as a one-handed bowler coaching an Amish talent played by Randy Quaid.

Kingpin (character)

Kingpin (Wilson Fisk), Marvel Comics crime lord created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., debuting in Amazing Spider-Man #50 (1967) and redefined by Frank Miller as Daredevil's archenemy; later Mayor of New York and screen villain played by Vincent D'Onofrio.

Kingpin: Life of Crime

Kingpin: Life of Crime (aka Kingpin: Reloaded's source) is a 1999 Quake II-engine first-person shooter by Xatrix Entertainment and Interplay, a profane gang-revenge FPS with recruit mechanics, Bagman multiplayer, and a 2023 remaster.

Kings (2017 film)

Kings (2017) is a drama by Deniz Gamze Ergüven starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig as neighbors in South Central LA during the 1992 Rodney King verdict riots; TIFF premiere, 10% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Kings & Queens (Ava Max song)

"Kings & Queens" is a 2020 pop empowerment single by Ava Max, lead single of Heaven & Hell, produced by Cirkut and RedOne, interpolating Bonnie Tyler's "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)"; it peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 19 in the UK.

Kings Canyon National Park

Kings Canyon National Park, California, established March 4, 1940, absorbed General Grant National Park (1890) as Grant Grove; managed with Sequoia NP, 1,353 sq mi combined, 97% wilderness, glacial Kings Canyon and giant sequoias.

Kings County, California, United States

Kings County is a county in the San Joaquin Valley of central California, created in 1893 from western Tulare County, with Hanford as its county seat and agriculture as the foundation of its economy.

Kings Dominion

Kings Dominion is a 400-acre amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, opened in 1975, with about 60 rides, 13 roller coasters, and the included Soak City waterpark.

Kings in the Corner

Kings in the Corner, or Kings Corner, is a 2–4 player shedding card game with a 52-card deck: seven cards each, a cross of piles built down in alternating colors, king-only corner spaces, first empty hand wins.

Kings Island

Kings Island is a 364-acre amusement and water park in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati, opened April 29, 1972 by Taft Broadcasting. Home of The Beast, the world's longest wooden coaster, and Banshee, the longest inverted coaster; now owned by Six Flags after the 2024 Cedar Fair merger.

Kings League

Kings League, also Kings League InfoJobs, is Gerard Pique's seven-a-side football league launched 1 January 2023 with streamer-owned teams, secret cards, dice, and Matchball Mode, streamed free on Twitch, YouTube, and TikTok.