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Kotaku
Kotaku is an American video game news and opinion website founded in 2004 under Nick Denton's Gawker Media, later G/O Media, and sold to Keleops in July 2025; known for scoops, scoreless reviews, and post-release coverage.
Kotaro Honda
Kotaro Honda (本多光太郎), 1870 to 1954, was a Japanese physicist and metallurgist who invented KS magnet steel in 1917, the strongest permanent-magnet material of its time.
Kotaro Isaka
Kotaro Isaka (伊坂幸太郎) is a Japanese mystery and suspense novelist, born in 1971 in Chiba Prefecture, best known for Maria Beetle, published in English as Bullet Train.
Kotaro Kiyooka
Kotaro Kiyooka (清岡 幸大郎) is a Japanese freestyle wrestler who secured a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics by defeating Iran's Rahman Amouzad in the final.
Kotaro Lives Alone
Kotaro Lives Alone (コタローは1人暮らし) is Mami Tsumura's manga about a 4-year-old living alone in Apartment Shimizu; serialized in Big Comic Superior 2015–2023, 10 volumes, adapted into a 2021 TV Asahi drama and a 2022 Netflix anime by Liden Films.
Kotatsu
The kotatsu (炬燵, こたつ) is a Japanese heated table draped with a quilt that traps warm air, warming the legs and lower body of people seated around it.
Kotawaringin Sultanate
The Kotawaringin Sultanate (Kesultanan Kotawaringin) was an Islamic princely state in southwestern Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, founded by Pangeran Adipati Antakusuma as a branch of the Banjar Sultanate.
Kotdwar (कोटद्वार)
Kotdwar (कोटद्वार), also Kotdwara, is a foothill town of about 120,000 people in Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, on the Khoh River; a Nagar Nigam, railway gateway, industrial hub, and Swachh Survekshan 2024 ninth-ranked city.
Kotéba
Kotéba is a form of popular satirical theater of the Bambara people of Mali, combining dance, music, and improvised sketches that mock antisocial behavior after the harvest.
Kotee
Kotee (ಕೋಟಿ), also called Koti, is a 2024 Kannada drama thriller directed by Parameshwar Gundkal, starring Dhananjaya as an honest man defying gang leader Dinoo Saavkar while trying to earn one crore rupees; released 14 June 2024 by Jio Studios.
Koteka
Koteka (Dani: holim) is a penis sheath of dried bottle gourd worn by men of Papuan highland groups such as the Dani, Lani, and Yali; its shape signals social rank, and Indonesia's 1971–1974 Operasi Koteka campaign to replace it failed.
Kotelevske Gas Field
Kotelevske Gas Field (Котелевське) is a gas-condensate field in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, in the Dnieper-Donets basin, where Ukrgasvydobuvannya commissioned a cycling process plant in 1993.
Kotelnikovo
Kotelnikovo (Котельниково), town in southern Volgograd Oblast, Russia, center of Kotelnikovsky District on the Kurmoyarsky Aksai; founded 1820s, railway station 1897, liberated 29 December 1942, town since 1955; also a Roman-period cemetery site in Kaliningrad Oblast.
Kotelny
Kotelny (Ostrov Kotelny) is a large island in the Anzhu subgroup of the New Siberian Islands in the Russian Arctic, first sighted in 1773 and home to Temp air base.
Kōten Kōkyūjo
Kōten Kōkyūjo (皇典講究所) was a Japanese institute established in Tokyo in 1882 to study imperial classics and train Shinto priests; dissolved in 1946, it was the founding parent of Kokugakuin University.
Kotex
Kotex is a brand of sanitary pads, liners, and tampons owned by Kimberly-Clark. Launched in 1920, it was the first mass-marketed disposable sanitary napkin in the United States.
Kotha Bangaru Lokam (కోత బంగారు లోకం)
Kotha Bangaru Lokam (కొత్త బంగారు లోకం) is a 2008 Telugu romantic drama, Srikanth Addala's directorial debut produced by Dil Raju, starring Varun Sandesh and Shweta Basu Prasad as college lovers Balu and Swapna, with music by Mickey J Meyer.
Kothagudem Thermal Power Station
Kothagudem Thermal Power Station (KTPS) is a coal-fired power station at Paloncha in Telangana, India, run by TSGENCO, with an operating capacity of 1,800 MW.
Kothao Keu Nei (কোথাও কেউ নেই)
Kothao Keu Nei (কোথাও কেউ নেই) is a Bangladeshi BTV drama serial written by Humayun Ahmed and directed by Barkat Ullah, aired 1992–93. Its gangster hero Baker Bhai, played by Asaduzzaman Noor, was hanged in the finale, sparking street protests and enduring cultural fame.
Kothari Commission
Kothari Commission (Education Commission, 1964-66), chaired by D. S. Kothari, advised India on all stages of education; its 1966 report Education and National Development produced the 10+2+3 structure, three-language formula, common school system, and 6% GDP target behind the 1968 National Policy on Education.
Kothe Kharak Singh
Kothe Kharak Singh (Punjabi: ਕੋਠੇ ਖੜਕ ਸਿੰਘ) is a 1985 Punjabi novel by Ram Sarup Ankhi, set in a fictional Malwa village, that won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987.
Kothon
Kothon (Greek κώθων, cothon): ancient term for Carthage's late Punic ports, a Spartan vase type, and a dug-basin harbour type; the Motya kothon is now reinterpreted as a sacred pool of Ba'al.
Koti Brahmanda Sundari
Koti Brahmanda Sundari (କୋଟି ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ଡ ସୁନ୍ଦରୀ) is a long Odia narrative poem by the poet Upendra Bhanja, narrating the love and marriage of a princess with prince Pushpaketu of Pataliputra.
Koti Fluctus
Koti Fluctus is a 400-km-wide lava flow field on Venus at 12.5°N, 318°E, named in 1997 after a Creek water-frog helpful spirit; one of 54 Venusian features with the IAU descriptor fluctus.
Kotigobba 2
Kotigobba 2 (Kannada: ಕೋಟಿಗೊಬ್ಬ - 2), Tamil title Mudinja Ivana Pudi, is a 2016 bilingual action comedy directed by K. S. Ravikumar, starring Sudeep in a dual role with Nithya Menen; unrelated to the 2001 Vishnuvardhan film, it won SIIMA Best Film and spawned Kotigobba 3.
Kotigobba 3
Kotigobba 3 (ಕೋಟಿಗೊಬ್ಬ-3, K3) is a 2021 Kannada action film, the third in the Kotigobba franchise, directed by Shiva Karthik with story by Sudeep, starring Madonna Sebastian and Aftab Shivdasani, released at Dasara 2021.
Kotilingeshwara (ಕೋಟಿಲಿಂಗೇಶ್ವರ)
Kotilingeshwara is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Kammasandra village in Kolar district, Karnataka, India, begun in 1980, with a 108-foot linga and millions of smaller ones.
Kotla Nihang Khan
Kotla Nihang Khan is a Harappan archaeological site in Rupnagar district, Punjab, India, near Ropar on the Sutlej, excavated in 1929 and 1955, with Mature Harappan and later Bara culture levels.
Kotlin (programming language)
Kotlin is a general-purpose programming language developed by JetBrains that compiles to the JVM, JavaScript, and native binaries. It is known for its null safety and Java interoperability.
Kotlin Multiplatform
Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) is an open-source technology from JetBrains for writing Kotlin code once and compiling it for Android, iOS, desktop, web, and server, officially supported by Google since 2024.