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Kingsport Power
Kingsport Power is an American Electric Power subsidiary that buys and distributes electricity to about 49,000 customers in Kingsport, Tennessee, where it operates as AEP Appalachian Power.
Kingsport, Tennessee
Kingsport, Tennessee: a Sullivan County city in the Tri-Cities region, chartered 1917 as John Nolen's planned "Model City," anchored by Eastman Chemical; 55,442 residents in 2020, 57,530 estimated 2025.
Kingstar
金仕达 (Kingstar) is a Shanghai fintech software company founded in 1995 out of Fudan University, building trading-management and risk-management software for over 400 Chinese financial institutions.
Kingston (film)
Kingston (கிங்ஸ்டன்), also Kingston and the Cursed Sea, is a 2025 Tamil fantasy horror-adventure film directed by debutant Kamal Prakash, starring G. V. Prakash Kumar as a smuggler breaking a sea curse; released 7 March 2025, streamed on Zee5 from 13 April 2025.
Kingston (Vic.)
Kingston (Vic.), City of Kingston, Melbourne local government area formed December 1994 from Moorabbin, Mordialloc, Chelsea, Springvale, Oakleigh; 91 km2, 158,129 people (2021); name possibly from the King brothers' Kingstown.
Kingston Flemings
Kingston Flemings, born 2007, is an American point guard from San Antonio drafted eighth overall in 2026 by the Atlanta Hawks after a Houston freshman season with 16.1 points, 5.2 assists, and consensus second-team All-American honors.
Kingston Fossil Plant
Kingston Fossil Plant is a coal-fired power station run by the Tennessee Valley Authority near Kingston, Tennessee, opened in 1955 as the largest coal plant in the world.
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
The Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill was a 2008 disaster in which 5.4 million cubic yards of coal ash spilled from a TVA plant in Tennessee.
Kingston Foster
Kingston Foster is an American child actress born in 2010. She is known for her roles in the Zombies film trilogy and the Netflix films Rebel Moon.
Kingston Heath Golf Club
Kingston Heath Golf Club, Cheltenham, Melbourne Sandbelt; founded 1909 as Elsternwick GC. Dan Soutar-designed 1925 course with Alister MacKenzie bunkering and par-3 15th; nine men's Australian Opens, 2009 Tiger Woods Masters, 2026 Australian Open and 2028 Presidents Cup host.
Kingston Lacy
Kingston Lacy is a country house and estate near Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England, built for the Bankes family from 1663 and now owned by the National Trust.
Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary, the Provincial Penitentiary of Upper Canada in Kingston, Ontario, opened 1835 as Canada's first penitentiary and oldest reformatory prison; closed 2013, national historic site since 1990, now a tour and film site.
Kingston Rumi Southwick
Kingston Rumi Southwick, also called King, is an American actor of Iranian heritage known for Presumed Innocent (2024), Widow's Bay (2026), 56 Days (2026), and 9 Full Moons (2013).
Kingston Technology
Kingston Technology is a privately held American manufacturer of memory modules and solid-state drives, founded in 1987 and the world's largest independent DRAM module maker.
Kingston University
Kingston University, also known as Kingston University London, is a public university in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, with over 20,000 students, formed from Kingston Polytechnic in 1992.
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull (Hull) is a port city on the Humber Estuary in Yorkshire, founded by Edward I's 1299 charter. Known for maritime history, high flood risk, deprivation, and current regeneration.
Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames is a Royal Borough in outer south-west London on the River Thames, an ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned in the 10th century.
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica: capital and largest city, founded 1692 after the Port Royal earthquake, capital since 1872. Parish 89,186 (2022); KMA 661,862 (2011); major Caribbean transshipment port (2.35m TEU 2024) and UNESCO Creative City of Music.
Kingston, New York
Kingston, New York: Ulster County seat on the Hudson River and Rondout Creek; Dutch-founded Wiltwyck (1652/1658), New York's first capital (1777), burned by the British in 1777; 2020 population 24,069.
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario: southeastern Canadian city at the mouth of the Cataraqui River on Lake Ontario, Canada's first capital 1841-1844, home of Queen's University and the UNESCO Rideau Canal fortifications, population 132,485 (2021).
Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu
Kingsway Jiu-Jitsu, formerly New Wave Jiu-Jitsu, is a submission grappling academy in Austin, Texas led by John Danaher, Gordon Ryan, and Garry Tonon, known for systems-based leg lock and back attack training and ADCC champions.
Kingsway tramway subway
The Kingsway tramway subway, also known as the Kingsway tram tunnel, was an underground tram tunnel in central London, opened in 1906 and closed in 1952.
Kingu (crater on Ganymede)
Kingu is a 78-km-wide IAU-approved impact crater on Ganymede at 34.66°S, 227.03°W, named in 1988 after the Assyro-Babylonian conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood created man.
Kinguri
Kinguri is a figure of central African oral tradition, said to have led a westward Lunda migration that founded the Imbangala kingdom of Kasanje in what is now Angola.
Kinh Luan Phan
Kinh Luan Phan is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies how stress and trauma shape the brain, and professor and chair of psychiatry at Ohio State.
Kinichna
Kinichna (Kinichná, "House of the Sun" in Maya) is a Maya archaeological group in southern Quintana Roo, Mexico, part of the Dzibanche settlement, known for its three-level triadic Acropolis with Early Classic Kaan-dynasty tombs.
Kinik Coal Mine
The Kınık Coal Mine is an underground lignite mine near Kınık, İzmir province, Turkey, started in 2014 and operated by Polyak Eynez, with reserves estimated around 250 million tons.
Kininogen
Kininogen (HMWK/HK, LMWK/LK) is a cystatin-superfamily plasma glycoprotein family, bradykinin and kallidin precursors, cysteine protease inhibitors, and cofactor of the contact coagulation system.
Kinito Méndez
Kinito Méndez, born José del Carmen Ramírez in 1963 in Azua, is a Dominican merengue singer and composer whose 1995 album El Hombre Merengue sold over 1.5 million copies.
Kinjarapu Atchannaidu
Kinjarapu Atchannaidu is an Indian Telugu Desam Party politician who serves as a minister in Andhra Pradesh, holding the agriculture and fisheries portfolios, and represents Tekkali in the Assembly.