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Koka Kumari Begum

Koka Kumari Begum, Kachhwaha Rajput princess of Amber, was a wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir, married 17 June 1608; eldest daughter of Jagat Singh, granddaughter of Man Singh, widow, no children.

Kōkako: two endemic New Zealand wattlebird songbirds (Callaeidae). North Island C. wilsoni, blue wattles, ~2,300 pairs, recovering via pest control; South Island C. cinerea, orange wattles, Data Deficient after 2007 sighting.

Oct 10, 2026

Kokālika

Kokālika (कोकालिक), also spelled Kokāliya, was a monk in the Pali Buddhist tradition and a partisan of Devadatta who slandered Sāriputta and Moggallāna and was reborn in the Paduma hell.

Kokand

Kokand (Qo‘qon) is a city in western Fergana region, Uzbekistan, capital of the Kokand Khanate (1709–1876), annexed by Russia in 1876; population about 313,600 (2025), known for the Khudoyar Khan Palace.

Kokand uprising of 1875

The Kokand uprising of 1875 was a rebellion in the Khanate of Kokand, a Russian protectorate in Central Asia, against Khudayar Khan that ended with the khanate's abolition and annexation by the Russian Empire in 1876.

Kokang Self-Administered Zone

The Kokang Self-Administered Zone is a self-governing area of Shan State, Myanmar, created by the 2008 Constitution and populated mainly by the Kokang, an ethnic Chinese minority.

Oct 10, 2026

Kokanuda

Kokanuda (कोकनुद) was a wandering ascetic of the Buddha's time, known only from a dialogue with Ānanda at the Tapodā hot springs near Rājagaha, preserved as the Kokanuda Sutta of the Aṅguttara Nikāya.

Kokaral Dam

The Kokaral Dam (Кокаральская плотина), also called the Kok-Aral dam, is a 13-kilometer earthen dam in Kazakhstan, built from 2003 to 2005 to restore the North Aral Sea.

Kokawadera Engi Emaki

Kokawadera Engi Emaki (粉河寺縁起絵巻), also read Kokawa-dera Engi Emaki, is a late 12th-century Japanese illustrated handscroll depicting the origin legend of Kokawadera, a Kannon pilgrimage temple in Wakayama Prefecture.

Koke (footballer, born 1992)

Koke (Jorge Resurrección Merodio, born 1992, Madrid) is a Spanish midfielder and captain of Atlético Madrid, its all-time appearance record holder (740+ games), a one-club player with eight trophies including two La Liga titles, distinct from other players named Koke.

Kokedama (苔玉)

Kokedama (苔玉, "moss ball") is a Japanese bonsai-derived technique growing plants in soil balls wrapped in moss and twine; made from a 70/30 potting mix and akadama, watered by soaking, displayed hung or on dishes.

Kokeshi

Kokeshi (こけし, also written 小芥子) are lathe-turned Japanese wooden dolls from the Tōhoku region, with a spherical head on a cylindrical body painted as a girl and no arms or legs.

Oct 20, 2026

Koki Kano

Koki Kano (加納虹輝), born 1997 in Aichi, Japan, is a men's épée fencer, double Olympic champion (Tokyo 2020 team, Paris 2024 individual), Paris team silver medalist, and 2025 double world champion.

Koki Niwa

Koki Niwa (丹羽孝希), born 1994 in Tomakomai, Japan, is a left-handed shakehand table tennis player; 2010 Youth Olympic champion, Rio 2016 team silver and Tokyo 2020 team bronze medalist, world No. 5 in 2017.

Sep 19, 2026

Koki Sato

Koki Sato (佐藤光紀) is a Japanese technology executive, founder and CEO of Comisma, the Tokyo company behind the manga app GANMA! and the anime studio Qzil.la.

Kokia

Kokia is a genus of four rare, endangered small trees in Malvaceae (cotton tribe Gossypieae), endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, described by Lewton in 1912; Kokia cookei survives only as clones of one plant. Not the singer Kokia.

Kokin Wakashū

The Kokin Wakashū (古今和歌集), also known as Kokinshū, is the first imperially commanded anthology of waka poetry, ordered by Emperor Daigo in 905 and completed around 913.

Kokkeibon

Kokkeibon (滑稽本, "comic books") were a genre of humorous Japanese fiction of the late Edo period, depicting the comic speech and daily life of Edo townspeople through dialogue.

Kokkinos

Kokkinos (Greek "red"): Byzantine name of Kotsinas, the medieval Venetian port on Lemnos (Pleiades 550657), and element in site names including Pyla-Kokkinokremos, Kokkinopilos, and Kokkinos Pyrgos; also a Greek surname.

Koko (gorilla)

Koko (Hanabi-ko), western lowland gorilla (1971–2018) of Project Koko, taught modified ASL by Francine Patterson; reported 1,000+ signs, 2,000 spoken words, claims scientifically disputed.

Koko B. Ware

Koko B. Ware (James Ware, born 1957), American wrestler, "The Birdman" of the WWF 1986-1990s with macaw Frankie; sang Piledriver, first Raw match, WWE Hall of Fame 2009, retired 2019.

Koko the Clown

Koko the Clown, sometimes spelled Ko-Ko, is a Fleischer animated character who debuted in 1916, starred in Out of the Inkwell, and appeared in 1933's Snow White.

Kököchin

Kököchin (Kökejin Khatun) was a Baya'ut Mongol princess sent by Kublai Khan in 1291 as a bride for Ilkhan Arghun, escorted by Marco Polo by sea from Quanzhou; she married Arghun's son Ghazan in 1293 and died in 1296.

Kokoda Track

The Kokoda Track, also called the Kokoda Trail, is a foot track across Papua New Guinea's Owen Stanley Range, from Port Moresby to the village of Kokoda.

Kokoda Track campaign

Kokoda Track campaign (also Kokoda Trail): July–November 1942 World War II battles in Papua, where Australian forces halted and repelled the Japanese overland advance toward Port Moresby across the Owen Stanley Range.

Kokomikeis Chasma

Kokomikeis Chasma, a 1,000-km chasma (trough) on Venus at 0°, 85°E in the Aphrodite region, IAU-named in 1997 for a Blackfoot/Algonquin moon goddess.

Kokomo (song)

"Kokomo" is a 1988 Beach Boys song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love, and Terry Melcher for the film Cocktail. Recorded without Brian Wilson, it hit Billboard number one on November 5, 1988, the band's first US chart-topper in 22 years.