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Kobus leche
Kobus leche, the lechwe or southern lechwe, is a Near Threatened wetland antelope of genus Kobus from south-central African floodplains, with splayed hooves, a greasy water-repellent coat, lek breeding, and subspecies including red, Kafue, black, and extinct Roberts' lechwe.
Kobushi Biosphere Reserve
Kobushi Biosphere Reserve (甲武信ユネスコエコパーク), a UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve designated 19 June 2019 as Japan's tenth, covering 190,603 ha of the Kanto Mountains' Okuchichibu ridge across Saitama, Tokyo, Yamanashi, and Nagano prefectures, source of four major rivers.
Kōbusho
Kōbusho (講武所) was the Tokugawa shogunate's military training institute in Edo, opened in 1856 at Tsukiji to drill its direct vassals in swordsmanship, spearmanship, and gunnery, and renamed Rikugunjo in 1866.
Koby Brea
Koby Brea, Dominican-American shooting guard for the Phoenix Suns and Valley Suns on a two-way deal; born 2002 in Washington Heights. Drafted 41st overall in 2025 by Golden State; elite college three-point shooter (43.4% over five seasons at Dayton and Kentucky).
Koby Katz
Koby Katz (Yacob Katz) is an Israeli energy executive who co-founded Navitas Petroleum in 2015, after serving as Director General of Israel's energy ministry and Co-CEO of Delek Energy.
Kobzar
Kobzar (Кобзарь) is the first collection of poetry by Taras Shevchenko, published in Saint Petersburg in 1840, which became the collective title of his entire poetic legacy.
Koç Holding
Koç Holding A.Ş. is Turkey's largest industrial and services group, an investment holding company established by Vehbi Koç in 1963 with roots in a 1926 trading business.
Koča's rebellion
Kočina krajina (Кочина крајина) was the territory held by Serbian volunteers fighting on the Austrian side in the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791, named after Koča Anđelković.
Kocaeli
Kocaeli, a province of Türkiye on the Sea of Marmara with its seat at İzmit (ancient Nicomedia), is the country's industrial core: 44% of vehicle production, first-place per-capita GDP, and 19.7% of national foreign trade.
Kocahüsamzâde Abdurrahman Efendi
Kocahüsamzâde Abdurrahman Efendi (born Istanbul, 1594-95; died Egypt, September 1670) was an Ottoman şeyhülislâm from May 1655 to March 1656, dismissed during the Çınar Vak'ası rebellion.
Koçaklama
Koçaklama is a genre of Turkish folk poetry devoted to heroism, bravery, and war, usually in the koşma form; its leading poets include Köroğlu and Dadaloğlu.
Kočani nightclub fire
Kočani nightclub fire: 16 March 2025 blaze at the Pulse club (Клуб Пулс) in Kočani, North Macedonia, during a DNK concert; pyrotechnic sparks ignited the ceiling, killing 63 and injuring over 200 in an unlicensed former warehouse.
Kocchi no Kento (こっちのけんと)
Kocchi no Kento (こっちのけんと), real name Sugō Kento, is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Osaka, middle brother of Masaki Suda. Broke out in 2024 with "Hai Yorokonde" and the Giri Giri Dance; Kohaku performer and Japan Record Award Best New Artist.
Kocēnu Novads
Kocēnu Novads (Kocēni Municipality) was a Latvian municipality 2009–2021, merging Bērzaine, Dikļi, Kocēni, Vaidava and Zilākalna parishes; 5,783 residents on 487.57 km² in 2020; merged into Valmiera Municipality in 2021.
Koch (lunar crater)
Koch is a 94.70 km impact crater on the Moon's far side at about 42°S, 150°E, IAU-approved in 1970 and named for German physician and Nobel laureate Robert Koch (1843–1910).
Koch conquest of Kamata
The Koch conquest of Kamata (কোচ বিজয়) was the takeover of the Kamata kingdom in western Assam and north Bengal by Koch chieftain Visva Singha, who expelled the Bengal Sultanate's garrisons.
Koch conquest of the Kachari kingdom
The Koch conquest of the Kachari kingdom was the submission of the Kachari kingdom of Cachar, in present-day Assam, to the Koch kingdom in 1563 or 1564.
Koch dynasty
The Koch dynasty (কোচ রাজবংশ) was a ruling house of Sub-Himalayan Bengal and the lower Brahmaputra valley, founded by the Koch chieftain Visva Simha in the early 1500s.
Koch family
The Koch family is an American business dynasty founded by Fred Koch, whose descendants control Koch, Inc., a Wichita conglomerate with roughly $125 billion in revenues.
Koch Industries
Koch Industries, rebranded as Koch Inc. in 2024, is a privately held American conglomerate based in Wichita, Kansas, founded in 1940 and led by Charles Koch since 1967.
Koch Island
Koch Island (Koch-Insel, 科赫島) is an uninhabited 458 km² island in Foxe Basin, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, off Baffin Island near Rowley and Bray Islands, officially named 5 November 1946.
Koch kingdom
The Koch kingdom (कोच राज्य) was a kingdom in the eastern sub-Himalayan region, founded by the Koch chieftain Visva Simha in the early sixteenth century and divided in the 1580s.
Koch snowflake
The Koch snowflake, also called the Von Koch snowflake, is a fractal curve attributed to Helge von Koch in 1904, with infinite perimeter but finite area.
Koch's postulates
Koch's postulates, also called the Henle–Koch postulates, are four criteria for establishing that a specific microorganism causes an infectious disease, formulated by German physician Robert Koch in 1890.
Kochadaiiyaan (கோச்சடையான்)
Kochadaiiyaan (கோச்சடையான்), also called Kochadaiyaan, is a 2014 Tamil 3D animated period action film, India's first photo-realistic performance-capture film, directed by Soundarya R. Ashwin, starring Rajinikanth and Deepika Padukone with music by A.R. Rahman.
Köchel catalogue
Köchel catalogue (Köchel-Verzeichnis, KV/K. numbers), the standard thematic catalogue of Mozart's works, first published 1862 by Ludwig von Köchel; revised 1905, 1937, 1964; new 2024 Zaslaw edition reverts to original numbers.
Kochi (കൊച്ചി)
Kochi (കൊച്ചി), anglicised Cochin, is Kerala's major port city on the Arabian Sea. Harbour formed by the 1341 Periyar flood; ruled by Portuguese, Dutch, then British; home of Kochi Metro, Water Metro, and Cochin International Airport.
Kochi LNG Terminal
The Kochi LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas import terminal at Puthuvypeen island in Kochi, Kerala, India, owned and operated by Petronet LNG Limited as its second terminal.
Kochi Metro (കൊച്ചി മെട്രോ)
Kochi Metro (കൊച്ചി മെട്രോ), also called Kochi Metro Rail, is a rapid transit system serving Kochi, Kerala, India, opened in June 2017; it runs about 28 km from Aluva to Tripunithura.
Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Kochi Tuskers Kerala was an Indian Premier League franchise cricket team representing Kochi, Kerala, that played one season in 2011 before its contract was terminated.