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Kipling (Mercurian crater)
Kipling is a roughly 151 km impact crater on Mercury at 19.4°S, 288°W, named for Rudyard Kipling in 2010. MESSENGER images show a smooth, lava-flooded floor, a yam-shaped pit, and three pyroclastic deposits (Kipling N, W, S).
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (also Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts) is a 2020 DreamWorks/Netflix animated series by Radford Sechrist, based on his 2015 webcomic: 30 episodes, three 2020 seasons, girl Kipo Oak on a mutant-ruled surface Earth.
Kippah (כִּפָּה)
Kippah (כִּפָּה), also yarmulke: small round skullcap worn by Jewish men and some women during prayer or always; Hebrew term, Yiddish name; custom turned obligatory; styles signal affiliation.
Kippenheim
Kippenheim, a municipality in Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg (5,534 residents, 20.85 km²), first recorded 762/763 as Chippinheim, known for its restored former synagogue memorial, Schmieheim castle, and a Roman mansio.
Kipper
A kipper, also called kippered herring, is a whole herring gutted, split along the back, lightly brined, and cold smoked below 30 °C, a traditional British breakfast food.
Kipps
Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is H. G. Wells's 1905 comic novel of a draper's apprentice who inherits a fortune; adapted as silent film (1921), Carol Reed film (1941), ITV serial (1960), and the musical Half a Sixpence.
Kippumjo (기쁨조)
Kippumjo (기쁨조), also called Section 5 (5과), pleasure squads of young North Korean women selected from about age 13 to serve the ruling Kim family and elite; founded 1975 under Kim Il Sung, with reported song-and-dance, attendance, and sexual-service subdivisions.
Kipras Kažukolovas
Kipras Kažukolovas, Lithuanian center-back born 2000, plays for FC Astana and Lithuania. Brighton academy product, Žalgiris Vilnius titles winner, ACL injury in 2025, returned after nine months.
Kips Bay, Manhattan
Kips Bay is a Manhattan East Side neighborhood from about 23rd to 34th Streets, named for Jacobus Kip's 1655 East River farm, site of the 1776 Battle of Kip's Bay, and home to Bellevue Hospital and NYU Langone.
Kir (cocktail)
Kir, also blanc-cassis, is the French aperitif of crème de cassis and dry white wine (Bourgogne Aligoté), named for Canon Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon 1945–1968; Kir Royal uses Champagne; IBA ratio 90 ml wine to 10 ml cassis.
Kir Janja
Kir Janja (Кир Јања) is an 1837 three-act comedy by the Serbian writer Jovan Sterija Popović, first published as Tvrdica (The Miser) and routinely compared with Molière's L'Avare.
KIR2DL2
KIR2DL2, an inhibitory killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor on human NK cells, binds HLA-C1 (Asn80) allotypes with intermediate affinity, cross-reacts weakly with HLA-C2, and is the B-haplotype allele of KIR2DL2/3 linked to KIR2DS2.
KIR2DL4
KIR2DL4 (CD158d) is an atypical killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor on human NK cells: D0-D2 domains, one ITIM, transmembrane arginine, endosomal localization, HLA-G ligand, DNA-PKcs-Akt-NF-kB signaling.
KIR2DS2
KIR2DS2 (killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, two Ig domains and short cytoplasmic tail 2) is a human activating NK cell receptor gene on chromosome 19, closely related to KIR2DL2/3, recognizing HLA-A*11 and peptide-specific HLA-C ligands including flaviviral peptides.
KIR3DL1
KIR3DL1 (NKB1; KIR3DL1/S1 locus) is a polymorphic inhibitory NK-cell receptor with three Ig domains and ITIMs that binds the HLA-Bw4 epitope (residues 77-83) on some HLA-A and HLA-B allotypes, licensing NK effector function and shaping HIV, cancer immunotherapy, and transplant outcomes.
Kira
Kira (Kira Town, Kiira) is a municipality in Wakiso District, Uganda, east of Kampala, with about 317,000 residents in 2014 and rapid 10.44% annual growth; a dormitory city known for Namugongo Martyrs Shrine and strained roads and health services.
Kira (given name)
Kira (Ки́ра) is a feminine given name of Russian origin, a feminine form of Kir from the Persian name Cyrus, also an Anglicized Ciara and a Japanese word for glittering; US peak 1,396 births in 2005, rank #385 in 2025.
Kira Buckland
Kira Buckland (born 1987, also known online as Rina-chan) is an American voice actress from Anchorage, Alaska, based in Los Angeles, known for voicing 2B in NieR:Automata, Jolyne Cujoh in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Mitsuri Kanroji in Demon Slayer, and Kuki Shinobu in Genshin Impact.
Kira Kosarin
Kira Nicole Kosarin (born 1997), American actress, singer, producer, director; Phoebe Thunderman on Nickelodeon's The Thundermans, executive producer of its Paramount+ revival films and The Thundermans: Undercover; debut album Off Brand (2019).
Kira Nerys
Kira Nerys is the Bajoran first officer and liaison on Deep Space Nine in Star Trek: DS9, played by Nana Visitor; a former resistance fighter against the Cardassian occupation, later Colonel, distinct from Ro Laren.
Kira Noir
Kira Noir (born 1994, San Marino, California) is an American adult film performer and director active since 2014; AVN Female Performer of the Year 2023, Brazzers exclusive, PASS board member, distinct from the techno track 'Kira' by Paul du Lac.
Kira Reed
Kira Reed (Kira Reed Lorsch), born 1971 in Santa Clara, California, is an American actress, host, and Emmy-winning producer known for The Bay, Rumors, Playboy TV's Sexcetera, and her book SCORE.
Kira Walkenhorst
Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player (born 1990, Essen), Olympic gold medalist Rio 2016 and 2017 world champion with Laura Ludwig; retired 2019, comeback 2024, now a Bundesliga coach.
Kira Yamato (キラ・ヤマト)
Kira Yamato (キラ・ヤマト) is the Coordinator protagonist of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, DESTINY, and FREEDOM, voiced by Soichiro Hoshi; he pilots Strike, Freedom, Strike Freedom, Rising Freedom, and Mighty Strike Freedom, and serves COMPASS.
Kira Yoshinaka
Kira Yoshinaka (吉良義央), also known as Kōzuke-no-suke, was a Tokugawa shogunate ceremonial official who was attacked by Asano Naganori in 1701 and killed by the Akō rōnin in 1703.
Kirakos Gandzaketsi
Kirakos Gandzaketsi (Կիրակոս Գանձակեցի) was an Armenian historiographer and churchman, born around 1200 in the Gandzak region, best known for his History of the Armenians.
Kiralık Aşk
Kiralık Aşk (Love for Rent), Turkish romantic comedy series on Star TV from 19 June 2015, 69 episodes, starring Elçin Sangu and Barış Arduç; averaged an 8.32 rating, the most-watched Turkish summer series.
Kiran Bedi (किरण बेदी)
Kiran Bedi (किरण बेदी), born 1949, first woman IPS officer (1972), Tihar jail reformer and 1994 Ramon Magsaysay laureate, UN police advisor, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry 2016–2021.
Kiran Desai
Kiran Desai, Indian-born novelist in New York, daughter of Anita Desai; author of Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (1998), Booker Prize-winning The Inheritance of Loss (2006), and Booker-2025-shortlisted The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny (2025).
Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar (born Deepak Dhar, 1953), Indian actor, son of villain actor Jeevan; Hindi, Gujarati, Rajasthani films and TV; known for Tezaab, Khuda Gawah, Do Boond Pani, Welcome To The Jungle. Distinct from the Telugu director Kiran Kumar (died 2025).