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Koolen-De Vries syndrome
Koolen-de Vries syndrome (KdVS, 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder caused by KANSL1 haploinsufficiency, marked by developmental delay, hypotonia, epilepsy, distinctive facial features, and friendly behavior.
Koolie
Koolie (Australian Koolie, historically German Coolie): an Australian herding dog breed from the early 1800s, merle-coated, bred for working ability; Koolie and Kelpie are first cousins by DNA testing.
Kooman (film)
Kooman (കൂമൻ, "The Night Rider") is a 2022 Malayalam crime thriller directed by Jeethu Joseph, starring Asif Ali as constable Giri; written by K R Krishna Kumar, released 4 November 2022, grossed ₹14.05 crore worldwide, streams on Prime Video.
Koon Poh Keong
Koon Poh Keong, formally Tan Sri Dato' Paul Koon, is a Malaysian executive who co-founded Press Metal in 1986 and built it into Southeast Asia's largest aluminum producer.
Koonalda Cave
Koonalda Cave is a limestone cave on South Australia's Nullarbor Plain, holding Pleistocene Aboriginal finger flutings and flint mining evidence from about 31,000 to 15,000 years ago.
Koop Lammertsma
Koop Lammertsma is a Dutch organophosphorus and computational chemist, professor emeritus at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, known for low-valent phosphorus chemistry and the 2021 International Arbuzov Prize.
Koopa Troopa
Koopa Troopa: Bowser's turtle soldier in Nintendo's Super Mario games, debuting in Super Mario Bros. (1985); stomping it yields a kickable shell, and it is playable in six Mario Kart titles from Super Mario Kart (1992) onward.
Koopalings
Koopalings (クッパ7人衆), seven Koopa siblings Larry, Morton, Wendy, Iggy, Roy, Lemmy, and Ludwig in Nintendo's Super Mario franchise; debuted in Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988), once Bowser's children, retconned in 2012 as minions.
Koöperasiestories
Koöperasiestories is a collection of humorous Afrikaans short stories by P.G. du Plessis, set in the small town of Gezinasrus and told from the local co-operative's stoep.
Kooran (film)
Kooran (கூரன்) is a 2025 Tamil drama directed by debutant Nithin Vemupati, starring S.A. Chandrasekaran as lawyer Dharmaraj and the trained police dog Jhansi, about a mother dog seeking justice for her puppy killed in a hit-and-run; released 28 February 2025.
Koos Bekker
Koos Bekker (Jacobus Petrus Bekker) is a South African media investor who was chief executive of Naspers from 1997 to 2014, best known for its 2001 Tencent investment.
Koos de la Rey
Koos de la Rey, born Jacobus Hercules de la Rey (1847–1914), was a Boer general of the Transvaal who pioneered trench warfare at Modder River and Magersfontein.
Koos Kombuis
Koos Kombuis is the stage name of André le Roux du Toit (born 1954), an Afrikaans singer, poet, and writer known for 1980s anti-apartheid protest music.
Koos Maasdijk
Koos Maasdijk (Jacob Arnold Maasdijk, born 1968, Rotterdam) is a Dutch rower of club Skadi who won gold in the men's eight at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and finished fifth in the quadruple sculls at Barcelona 1992.
Koose Munisamy Veerappan (கூஸ் முனிசாமி வீரப்பன்) (TV series)
Koose Munisamy Veerappan (கூஸ் முனிசாமி வீரப்பன்) is a 2023 ZEE5 Tamil docuseries, six episodes, directed by Sharath Jothi, built on Nakkheeran Gopal's unseen interview tapes with the bandit Veerappan; distinct from Netflix's The Hunt for Veerappan.
Kootathil Oruthan
Kootathil Oruthan (கூட்டத்தில் ஒருத்தன்), 2017 Tamil romantic comedy-drama directed by debutant T.J. Gnanavel, starring Ashok Selvan and Priya Anand; about a middle-bencher who fakes heroism to win love, released 28 July 2017.
Kootenai County
Kootenai County, Idaho: Panhandle county with county seat Coeur d'Alene, FIPS 16055, established 1864, named for the Kutenai people; population 191,864 (2025 estimate), home of Coeur d'Alene Lake.
Kootenay (lake)
Kootenay Lake (Kootenai, Ktunaxa origin), a 104-km-long natural fjord-like lake in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, within Ktunaxa and Sinixt territory; regulated since 1938 by the IJC's Corra Linn Dam order, area 389 km², max depth 154 m.
Kootenay Mtn.
Kootenay Mtn. (Kootenay Mountains), CGNDB key JCWDE, a previously official mountain name in Kootenay Land District, British Columbia, at 49°14′27″N 116°49′21″W, NTS 082F02, decision date 1955-10-06.
Kootenay River
Kootenay River (Kootenai in the US), a 448-mile Columbia tributary looping from BC through Montana and Idaho back to Kootenay Lake and the Columbia near Castlegar; Libby and Duncan dams regulate it under the Columbia River Treaty.
Kootenays
The Kootenays are a region of mountains, rivers, and long narrow lakes in southeast British Columbia, Canada, named for the Kootenay River, named after the Ktunaxa First Nation.
Koozhangal
Koozhangal (Pebbles, கூழாங்கல்) is a 2021 Tamil drama, P.S. Vinothraj's debut, produced by Nayanthara and Vignesh Shivan's Rowdy Pictures; it won Rotterdam's Tiger Award and was India's 94th Academy Awards entry.
Koozie
Koozie (KOOZIE®) is a US registered trademark of Koozie Group (Scribe Opco) for insulated beverage holders, coined in Texas in 1979 and sold by Radio Cap Corporation from 1980, yet widely used generically for foam can coolers.
Kopaonik (Копаоник)
Kopaonik (Копаоник), Serbia's largest mountain massif over 80 km long, hosts the country's biggest ski resort (24 lifts, ~55 km pistes, Pančić peak 2,017 m) and a national park declared in 1981.
Kopassus
Kopassus (Komando Pasukan Khusus), the Indonesian Army special forces command founded 16 April 1952, headquartered at Cijantung, Jakarta, with Grup 1-3, Pusdiklat, and counter-terrorism unit Sat-81 Gultor.
Koper
Koper (Capodistria) is a Slovenian Adriatic port city and municipality of about 54,000, home to Slovenia's only seaport, Luka Koper, which handled 1.27 million TEUs in 2025.
Kopet Dag
Kopet Dag, also called the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range, is a mountain range on the Turkmenistan–Iran border, extending about 650 km southeast of the Caspian Sea.
Kophos Limen (Piraeus)
Kophos Limen (Κωφὸς λιμήν), the "Still Harbor," a Classical period harbor at Halai in the Piraeus, Attica; the shallow north-western bay of Kantharos near Eetioneia, distinct from the Kophos Limen of Torone.
Kopi luwak
Kopi luwak, or civet coffee, is an Indonesian specialty coffee made from beans excreted by the Asian palm civet; among the world's most expensive coffees, it faces animal welfare criticism over caged civets and authenticity fraud.
Kopia
Kopia, an archaeological mound site in Sant Kabir Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India; early historic glass manufacturing center excavated 2004–2006 by A. K. Kanungo; radiocarbon dates from ninth century BCE to second century AD.