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Kotmai Thammasat
Kotmai Thammasat (ກົດລາຍທັມມະສາດ) is the Lao branch of the dhammasattha, a Theravada legal literature transmitted across mainland Southeast Asia, whose principal Lao text is the kotmay thammasat Khun Borom.
Koto (instrument)
Koto (箏), Japanese 13-string plucked zither with movable bridges and paulownia body, played with tsume finger picks; distinct from the guqin, guzheng, and shamisen.
KOTO experiment
The KOTO experiment is a particle physics experiment at J-PARC in Tokai, Japan, searching for the rare neutral kaon decay KL to pi0 nu nubar.
Koto Hoxhi
Koto Hoxhi (Kostandin Hoxhi, 1824–1895) was an Albanian teacher and playwright of the National Awakening who taught Albanian in secret and died in Ottoman prison.
Koto Kawaguchi (川口功人)
Koto Kawaguchi (川口功人), born 1999, is a Japanese deaf table tennis player for Toyota Motor who won men's team bronze at the 2022 and 2025 Deaflympics.
Kotoka International Airport
Kotoka International Airport, also called Accra Airport, is Ghana's principal international airport in Accra, opened in 1958 and renamed Accra International Airport by government decision in 2026.
KOTOKO
KOTOKO (伊藤都子, 岩田コトコ) is a Japanese singer and lyricist born in 1980 in Sapporo who joined I've in 2000 and became a leading voice of the bishōjo-game theme-song scene.
Kotoko people
The Kotoko are a Chadic-speaking people of fishermen and farmers living south of Lake Chad along the Logone and Chari Rivers, in Chad, Cameroon, and Nigeria, descended from the Sao.
Kōtoku Shūsui
Kōtoku Shūsui (幸徳秋水) was a Japanese journalist, socialist, and anarchist who co-founded Japan's first socialist party in 1901 and was executed for high treason in the High Treason Incident of 1910–11.
Kōtoku Wamura
Kōtoku Wamura (和村幸得, 1909–1997), also spelled Kotaku Wamura, was the ten-term, 40-year mayor of Fudai Village, Iwate, whose 15.5-meter Fudai floodgate, completed in 1984, shielded the village from the 2011 tsunami.
Kōtoku-in (高徳院)
Kōtoku-in (高徳院), formally Daiizan Kōtokuin Shōjōsen-ji, is a Jōdo-shū Pure Land temple in Hase, Kamakura, home to the National Treasure bronze Great Buddha of Kamakura, an 11.3 m Amida statue cast from 1252 that has stood in the open air since its hall was destroyed in 1498.
Kotone
Kotone (Kamimoto Kotone) is a Japanese singer and rapper in the South Korean girl group tripleS under Modhaus, who debuted with the sub-unit EVOLution in October 2023.
Kotono Mitsuishi
Kotono Mitsuishi (三石琴乃) is a Japanese voice actress and narrator, born 1967 in Tokyo, best known as Usagi Tsukino in Sailor Moon and Misato Katsuragi in Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Kotoo's Scam Shop
Kotoo's Scam Shop is a casino in Dala Township, Yangon, Myanmar, mapped in OpenStreetMap (node 4753755426) under operator "kotoo"; the name echoes traveler reports of a Dala scammer named Kotoo.
Kotor (Котор)
Kotor (Котор), Montenegro: medieval Adriatic port town at the head of Boka Kotorska Bay, core of the UNESCO World Heritage Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (inscribed 1979), heavily damaged by the 1979 earthquake, now a major cruise port facing overtourism and risk-management programs.
Kotoura-san (琴浦さん)
Kotoura-san (琴浦さん), also romanized Kotoura-san by Enokizu, is a Japanese four-panel romantic comedy web manga about mind-reading schoolgirl Haruka Kotoura; it won Manga of the Year 2009, ran to seven Micro Magazine volumes, and received a 12-episode 2013 AIC Classic anime.
Kotpuli Nayanar
Kotpuli Nayanar (கோட்புலி நாயனார்) is a Shaiva saint counted among the 63 Tamil Nayanars, a Vellala commander-in-chief of a Chola king who stored paddy for Shiva's temple offerings.
Kotri Barrage
Kotri Barrage, also known as the Ghulam Muhammad Barrage, is a gate-controlled barrage across the Indus River near Hyderabad, Pakistan, built between 1950 and 1955.
Kotromanić dynasty
The Kotromanić dynasty (Котроманићи) was the ruling house of medieval Bosnia from about 1250 to 1463; its most prominent ruler, Tvrtko I, was crowned king in 1377.
Kotsmanyako Dorsa
Kotsmanyako Dorsa is a 1,900 km ridge system (dorsum) on Venus at 76°S, 242°E, IAU-approved in 1997 and named for a Keresan Pueblo mythological girl who scattered the stars into the sky.
Kotsugahara dissection
The Kotsugahara dissection (小塚原解剖) was the 1771 observation of a dissection of an executed criminal at Edo's Kozukahara execution ground by physicians Sugita Genpaku, Maeno Ryōtaku, and Nakagawa Jun'an.
Kottamcukkadi Taila
Kottamcukkadi Taila (Kottamchukkadi Thailam, Kottamachukkadi Taila) is a classical Ayurvedic medicated sesame oil from Sahasrayoga, Tailaprakarana 12, with nine herbs, curd, and tamarind juice, applied externally for Vataroga, Amavata, and Angastambha.
Kottarathil Sankunni
Kottarathil Sankunni (കൊട്ടാരത്തിൽ ശങ്കുണ്ണി), born Vasudevan Unni, was an Indian Malayalam writer and poet (1855–1937) from Kottayam, best known for Aithihyamala, the eight-volume collection of Kerala's myths and legends.
Kottauer Patera
Kottauer Patera is a 136-km-wide patera (volcanic depression) on Venus at 36.7N, 39.6E, in the Bell Regio V-9 quadrangle; IAU-named in 1985 for Helena, an Austrian historical writer (1410-1471).
Kottayam
Kottayam (കോട്ടയം), or Akshara Nagari, is a city and municipality in central Kerala and headquarters of Kottayam district, known for 97.21% district literacy, rubber trade, the Rubber Board, and the Vaikom Satyagraha.
Kottayam Pushpanath
Kottayam Pushpanath (കോട്ടയം പുഷ്പനാഥ്; born Pushpanathan Pillai, 1937–2018) was an Indian novelist who wrote more than 350 Malayalam detective and horror novels, creating the detectives Marxin and Pushparaj.
Kottenheim
Kottenheim, an Ortsgemeinde in the Verbandsgemeinde Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; first mentioned 1008; basalt quarrying from the Bellerberg volcano since the Neolithic; Mühlsteinrevier UNESCO bid rejected 2023.
Kotter's 8-step process for leading change
Kotter's 8-step process for leading change is a change management model John P. Kotter introduced in 1995, describing eight steps from creating urgency to anchoring change in culture.
Kottmannsdorf
ASKÖ Köttmannsdorf, an Austrian football club founded 12 May 1959 in Köttmannsdorf, Carinthia, playing in the fourth-tier Kärntner Liga at Sportplatz Köttmannsdorf (1,000 seats), a three-time ÖFB-Cup first-round participant.
Kotto
The Kotto is a river of the Central African Republic, about 730 km long, draining the country's eastern half before joining the Mbomou to form the Ubangi.