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Kopin

Kopin Corporation, spun out of MIT by Dr. John C.C. Fan in 1984 and based in Westborough, Massachusetts, makes microdisplays for military weapon sights, pilot helmets, and consumer devices.

Sep 19, 2026

Koplo

Koplo, or dangdut koplo, is a regional dangdut variant that emerged in East Java, Indonesia, in the 1990s, known for its fast kendang drum pattern and joget dancing.

Oct 21, 2026

Koppal Mound (Ancient Mound, Koppal) is an ASI centrally protected archaeological mound in Koppal town, Karnataka, Hampi Circle, one of four protected Koppal-area sites, with no recorded conservation spending 2008-2012.

Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is an empirical system dividing world climates into five major classes and 30 sub-types by temperature and precipitation, designed to align with global vegetation distribution.

Kopperunjinga I

Kopperunjinga I (கோப்பெருஞ்சிங்கன்) was a Kadava chieftain of the Later Pallava line based at Sendamangalam in Tamil Nadu, who rose from Chola officer to independent king, crowning himself in 1243.

Koprivnica

Koprivnica is a city in northwestern Croatia and the seat of Koprivnica-Križevci County, about 96 km from Zagreb, best known as the home of the food company Podravka.

Köprülü family

The Köprülü family was an Albanian-origin vizieral dynasty of the Ottoman Empire, founded when Köprülü Mehmed Pasha became grand vizier in 1656 and followed in office by his son Fazıl Ahmed Pasha.

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha

Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa) was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier from 1661 to 1676, the longest tenure of the seventeenth century.

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha

Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (Köprülü Mehmed Paşa, c. 1575-1661) was an Albanian-born Ottoman grand vizier from September 1656 who imposed conditions on Mehmed IV, restored discipline, recovered Aegean islands, and founded the Köprülü vizier dynasty.

Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (كپرولوزاده فاضل احمد پاشا)

Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha (كپرولوزاده فاضل احمد پاشا), Ottoman grand vizier 1661-1676 under Mehmed IV, son of Köprülü Mehmed; took Uyvar, made Vasvár, conquered Candia 1669, Bucaş 1672, died 1676.

Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha

Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha (کپرولو فضل مصطفى پاشا) was an Ottoman grand vizier from 1689 to 1691, a son of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, killed at Slankamen in 1691.

Sep 19, 2026

Koptos

Koptos, also known as Gebtu and modern Qift, was a major religious and trade center of Upper Egypt, on the Nile near Thebes, with a temple of Min.

Oct 21, 2026

Kopuatai Peat Dome

Kopuatai Peat Dome: 10,201 ha freshwater raised bog on the Hauraki Plains, New Zealand; Ramsar site 444 (1989), largest unaltered restiad peat bog, home to Sporadanthus ferrugineus and Fred the Thread moth.

Kora (instrument)

The kora is a 21-string West African harp-lute of the Mandinka jali (griot) tradition, built on a calabash resonator with cow-hide soundboard, notched bridge, and leather tuning rings; first recorded in writing by Mungo Park in 1799.

Oct 20, 2026

Kora Boufflert

Kora Boufflert (born 1966, Le Havre) is a French race walker and ultradistance walker, 4-time French international, 2009 World and European 24-hour team gold medalist, and dual Paris–Colmar women's winner (1995, 2006).

Koradi Thermal Power Station

Koradi Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power station near Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, owned by the state utility MAHAGENCO with an operating capacity of 2,190 MW.

Korah (קֹרַח)

Korah (קֹרַח), known in the Quran as Qārūn (قارون), is a Levite who challenged Moses and Aaron in Numbers 16; his surviving sons gave their name to eleven psalms.

Oct 20, 2026

KorAHF study

KorAHF (Korean Acute Heart Failure registry): prospective Korean cohort of 5,625 acute heart failure hospitalizations at 10 tertiary hospitals, 2011–2014; in-hospital mortality 4.8%, distinctively low admission blood pressure, later integrated with KorHF III.

Korail

Korail, formally the Korea Railroad Corporation (한국철도공사), is South Korea's state-owned national railway operator, running the KTX high-speed trains, metropolitan railways, and freight services nationwide.

Oct 10, 2026

Korakkhattiya

Korakkhattiya (कोरक्खत्तिय) is a naked ascetic of the Pāṭika Sutta who imitated a dog, ate with his mouth alone, and died as the Buddha predicted.

Koralm Railway

The Koralm Railway (German: Koralmbahn) is a 130-kilometer electrified high-speed railway between Graz and Klagenfurt in Austria, opened to passengers on 14 December 2025 and cutting the journey to 41 minutes.

Koralm Tunnel

The Koralm Tunnel is a 32.9 km railway tunnel in Austria that opened in December 2025, cutting the Graz to Klagenfurt train journey to 45 minutes.

Oct 22, 2026

Koranna Wars

The Koranna Wars were nineteenth-century conflicts between Korana (Kora) bands of the middle Orange River and the Cape Colony, culminating in the Northern Border Wars of 1868-9 and 1878-9.

Koraphat Lamnoi

Koraphat Lamnoi (กรภัทร์ ลำน้อย, nickname Tutor, Chinese name Chen Zeyang), Thai actor-singer born 2000 in Nan Province, Domundi TV star of Cutie Pie, Battle of the Writers, Zomvivor, and ChermChey, and DEXX member since 2025.

Korarchaeota

Korarchaeota (Candidatus Korarchaeota), candidate archaeal phylum first found in 1994 in Yellowstone's Obsidian Pool; uncultured thermophiles of hot springs and hydrothermal vents, placed basally within the TACK superphylum.

Korat

Korat (Si-Sawat), a rare natural Thai cat breed with a silver-tipped blue single coat, heart-shaped head, and green eyes; a "good luck" cat recorded in the Smud Khoi of Cats (1350-1767), imported to the US in 1959, CFA-recognized 1966.

Koratala Siva (కొరటాల శివ)

Koratala Siva (కొరటాల శివ), born 1975, is a Telugu film director and screenwriter, debut Mirchi (2013), hits Srimanthudu, Janatha Garage, Bharat Ane Nenu, flop Acharya, and Devara: Part 1 (2024).

Korath the Pursuer

Korath the Pursuer (Korath-Thak) is a Marvel Comics Kree cyber-geneticist who bonds the 1977 Pursuer tracking template to himself, serves in the Starforce, and is portrayed by Djimon Hounsou in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Captain Marvel (2019).