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Kommos
Kommos (Crete): Minoan harbor town of Phaistos and Hagia Triada on the Libyan Sea, with Building P shipsheds, and a Greek sanctuary of Temples A, B, C; excavated by the Shaws, University of Toronto, from 1976.
Kommunistische Partei (Germany)
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD), German communist party founded 1918 by the Spartacus League, banned 1956 by the Federal Constitutional Court; successors are the DKP (1968) and a namesake KPD (1989).
Kommunity FK
Kommunity FK, Los Angeles deathrock/post-punk band founded by Patrik Mata (conceived 1978, live from 1980); albums The Vision and the Voice (1983), Close One Sad Eye (1985), reformed 2008.
Komnenian art
Komnenian art is the art of the Byzantine Empire under the Komnenian dynasty, from 1081 to 1185, known for classical elegance in mosaics and icons.
Komnenos dynasty
The Komnenos dynasty (Κομνηνοί, Komnēnoí) was a Byzantine aristocratic family that ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1081 to 1185, a period of recovery known as the Komnenian restoration.
KOMO-TV
KOMO-TV, also known as Komo 4, is a commercial television station licensed to Seattle, Washington, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair, which acquired it from Fisher Communications in 2013.
Komodo (island)
Komodo is a volcanic island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, between Sumbawa and Flores. It is the largest island of Komodo National Park and best known for the Komodo dragon.
Komodo dragon
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the world's largest lizard, a venomous monitor endemic to Komodo, Rinca, Nusa Kode, Gili Motang, and Flores, Indonesia; IUCN Endangered since 2021 with fewer than 1,400 adults in eight subpopulations.
Komodo National Park
Komodo National Park (Taman Nasional Komodo) is an Indonesian national park between Sumbawa and Flores, a 1991 UNESCO World Heritage Site protecting most wild Komodo dragons across Komodo, Rinca, and Padar islands.
Komodo people
Komodo people (Ata Modo, "people of Modo") are the indigenous Muslim inhabitants of Komodo Island, Indonesia, speakers of the endangered Komodo language (kvh), kin to the dragon Ora in the sebae twin myth, facing relocation and tourism pressure.
Kōmokuten of Kōfuku-ji
Kōmokuten (広目天) is a wooden standing statue of Virūpākṣa, the western of the Four Heavenly Kings, carved from one katsura trunk in the Heian period and kept at Kōfuku-ji in Nara.
Komomo Ito
Komomo Ito (伊藤 小桃), Japanese ice hockey forward born 2005 in Hokkaido, plays for Toyota Cygnus; won girls' ice hockey gold at Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics and later competed at U18 Worlds and Torino 2025 FISU Games.
Komondor
Komondor, Hungarian livestock-guardian dog (quman-dur, "dog of the Cumans") with a white corded coat; FCI Group 1, dogs minimum 70 cm, 50–60 kg, a flock guardian rather than herder.
Komoro City Zoo
Komoro City Zoo (小諸市動物園) is a municipal zoo in Komoro, Nagano, Japan, opened April 20, 1926 in Kaikoen castle park; Nagano's oldest and Japan's fifth oldest existing zoo, renewed for its 2026 centennial.
Komplit
Комплит (complete): poker term for the small blind calling the big blind to see the flop cheaply; also a roulette bet covering one number maximally, and a name of casinos and firms.
Kompot
Kompot (компот, kompocik, uzvar/vzvar) is an Eastern European non-alcoholic drink of fruit boiled in sweetened water, jarred for winter; distinct from French compote, with 16–24% syrups and 10–25 min pasteurization.
Kompressor (Mercedes-Benz)
Kompressor (Mercedes-Benz): German term for the mechanically driven superchargers on Mercedes petrol engines, from the 1921 6/25/38 hp through the M111 C230K to the M113K AMG V8; phased out for turbochargers by 2010.
Kompromat
Kompromat (компромат), from komprometiruyushchy material, is compromising material, real or fabricated, collected to blackmail or discredit targets; a Soviet-era secret-police tool that flourished in 1990s Russia and now features in Russian foreign information operations.
KOMPSAT-1
KOMPSAT-1 (Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite-1; Korean name Arirang 1) was South Korea's first practical Earth observation satellite, built by KARI with TRW, launched in 1999, and operated until 2008.
KOMPSAT-5
KOMPSAT-5 (다목적실용위성 5호, also called Arirang 5) is a South Korean Earth observation satellite operated by KARI, launched in 2013 and carrying Korea's first imaging radar.
Komsomol (Комсомол)
The Komsomol (Комсомол), formally the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth League (VLKSM), was the Soviet youth organization, founded in 1918, with about 40 million members at its peak.
Komsomolets Island
Komsomolets Island (остров Комсомолец) is the northernmost island of the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago in the Russian Arctic, discovered in 1913 and covering about 9,000 km².
Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Komsomolsk-on-Amur (Комсомольск-на-Амуре), Soviet-planned industrial city in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, founded 1932 on the village of Permskoye; built by Komsomol volunteers and Gulag labor; home to Russia's largest aircraft plant (Su-57) and a major shipyard; population about 234,000.
Komsomolskaya (Moscow Metro)
Komsomolskaya (Комсомольская) is a station on the Circle line of the Moscow Metro, opened in 1952 and designed by Alexey Shchusev with mosaics by Pavel Korin; it was the network's busiest station in 2021.
Komsomolskoye gas field
The Komsomolskoye gas field is a large oil, gas, and condensate field in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of northern West Siberia, among Russia's five largest, producing since 1993.
Komsomolskoye oil field
Komsomolskoye is a large oil, gas, and gas-condensate field in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug of northern West Siberia, Russia, where gas was discovered in 1966, oil in 1982, and which is operated by Rosneft.
Komuch
Komuch (Комуч) was an anti-Bolshevik government formed at Samara on 8 June 1918 by Constituent Assembly deputies, ruling parts of the Volga region until autumn 1918.
Komunitas Utan Kayu
Komunitas Utan Kayu (KUK) is an Indonesian community of journalists, writers, and artists in East Jakarta, founded by Goenawan Mohamad in response to press banning.
Komura Jutarō
Komura Jutarō (小村寿太郎, 1855–1911) was a Japanese diplomat and Meiji statesman who twice served as foreign minister, signed the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, and led the 1905 Portsmouth peace negotiations with Russia.
Komuz
Komuz (комуз), Kyrgyz three-stringed fretless plucked lute and national instrument of Kyrgyzstan; Kyrgyz form of Turkic kopuz, distinct from the temir komuz jaw harp and the Ottoman kopuz.