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Kottonmouth Kings
Kottonmouth Kings, also called KMK, are an Orange County, California rap rock and rip-hop group formed in 1994, known for marijuana-themed lyrics, the Suburban Noize label, and over 2 million independent records sold.
Kottravey Chasma
Kottravey Chasma, a 744 km-wide chasma (trough) on Venus at 30.5N 77.9E, quadrangle V-10; IAU-approved 1985, named for a Dravidian Indian hunting goddess.
Kotturu (Near
Kotturu (near Gokivada forest), also called Kotturu Dhanadibbalu, is a centrally protected ancient Buddhist mound site near Kotturu village, Rambilli mandal, Visakhapatnam/Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh, with a wheel-shaped Maha Stupa, viharas, caves, and a stone relic casket find.
Kotuy
Kotuy (Коту́й), also spelled Kotui, a 1,409 km river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, rising on the Putorana Plateau and forming, with the Kheta, the Khatanga River; basin 176,000 km², discharge 1,600 m³/s.
Kotzebue Sound
Kotzebue Sound: large shallow embayment (>90,000 km2, depth 10–18 m) of the southeast Chukchi Sea, northwest Alaska, named by Otto von Kotzebue in 1816; receives the Noatak, Kobuk, and Selawik Rivers; hub of Iñupiaq subsistence and the Sisualik trade fair.
Kou crack susceptibility index
The Kou crack susceptibility index, proposed by Sindo Kou in 2015, measures an alloy's tendency to crack during solidification and ranks alloys for welding, casting, and additive manufacturing.
Kou Qianzhi
Kou Qianzhi (寇谦之), courtesy name Fuzhen, was a Northern Wei Daoist master who claimed the deity Taishanglaojun invested him as Celestial Master, making Daoism a state religion.
Kou Xun
Kou Xun (寇恂), courtesy name Ziwei, was an Eastern Han general and statesman who supplied Emperor Guangwu's armies as governor of Henei and won the Battle of Wen.
Kou Zhun
Kou Zhun (寇准) was a Song dynasty statesman who served Emperors Taizong and Zhenzong, became chief councilor, and directed the defense of 1004 that produced the Treaty of Chanyuan.
Kouass
Kouass, also spelled Kuass, is an archaeological site on the Atlantic coast of northern Morocco between Tangier and Asilah, a major center of pre-Roman Mauretania.
Koubba de Sidi Hamza
Koubba de Sidi Hamza: Algerian place name for a 34-hectare Roman-period fortified village reported by Gsell (Barrington Atlas map 30, G4), and for Bordj Sidi Hamza, an 1857 defensive tower at Brezina, El Bayadh.
Koudiat M'rakab
Koudiat M'rakab, an archaeological site in Mauretania Caesariensis (Algeria), Barrington Atlas 29 G1, where remains of a stone structure are identified as a Roman-period mausoleum; Pleiades place 285470.
Koudiet Eddraouch power plant
Koudiet Eddraouch power plant (محطة كهرباء كدية الدراوش) is a 1,200 MW combined-cycle gas-fired power station at Berrihane in El Tarf province, northeastern Algeria, opened in 2012.
Kouffo Department
Kouffo Department (French: Département du Kouffo, also spelled Couffo) is a department of Benin in the country's southwest, created in 1999 from the former Mono department.
Kouign-amann
Kouign-amann (Breton 'butter cake') is a laminated pastry of bread dough, salted butter, and sugar from Douarnenez, Brittany, created around 1860 by baker Yves-René Scordia and baked to a caramelized crust.
Kouilou Department
Kouilou Department: coastal department of the Republic of the Congo, chief town Loango, six districts, about 106,000 inhabitants (2018), economy based on oil and mining.
Kouji Matsushima
Kouji Matsushima (松島 綱治) is a Japanese immunologist known for discovering the chemokines IL-8 and MCP-1, which recruit white blood cells to inflamed tissue, and for work that led to the cancer drug mogamulizumab.
Kouji Mori
Kouji Mori (森恒二), born 1966, Japanese manga artist of Holyland, Suicide Island, and Sōsei no Taiga; high school friend of Kentaro Miura and supervisor of the resumed Berserk serialization since June 2022.
Koulikoro, Mali
Koulikoro Region (Région de Koulikoro), Mali's second administrative region since 1977, center-west, 90,210 km², most populous region at 21.8% of Mali; capital Koulikoro on the Niger River; agriculture-dominated economy.
Kouloures at Phaistos
Kouloures at Phaistos: large semisubterranean circular pits in the West Court of the Minoan First Palace, Crete, built in MM IIB (1850-1800 BC) and usually read as grain silos, with parallels at Knossos and Malia.
Koulsy Lamko
Koulsy Lamko is a Chadian playwright, novelist, and poet-musician who writes in French, known for La phalène des collines, a novel on the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Koumasa prepalatial cemetery
Koumasa prepalatial cemetery, Minoan cemetery at Koumasa, Crete, with tholos tombs A, B, E and tomb Gamma, excavated by Xanthoudides 1904-1906 and re-excavated since 2012 by Panagiotopoulos; known for Koumasa Style pottery, Cycladic figurines, and burned burial layers in Tholos B.
Koumassi
Koumassi, commune of southern Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire; 412,282 inhabitants (2021 census); industrial zone of 120 hectares; Grand Carrefour MCC-funded interchange opened 8 June 2025; mayor Narcisse Toussaint Balley.
Koumbi Saleh
Koumbi Saleh (Kumbi Saleh) is a medieval ruined city in southeastern Mauritania, excavated since 1914 and long identified with the Ghana Empire's capital, though that identification is contested; notable for its Friday Mosque and Columns Tomb.
Kounotori 7
Kounotori 7, also designated HTV-7, was the seventh flight of Japan's unpiloted HTV cargo spacecraft, launched in September 2018 to deliver supplies to the International Space Station.
Kouphovouno
Kouphovouno (Κουφόβουνο), prehistoric tell settlement about 3 km south of Sparta, Laconia; occupied from c. 5800 BC (Middle Neolithic) to the Early Helladic period, 4–5 ha, excavated 2001–6 by the BSA and École française d'Athènes; distinct from Kantou Kouphovounos in Cyprus.
Kouprey (គោព្រៃ)
Kouprey (គោព្រៃ, Bos sauveli), the gray ox or Indochinese forest ox, a wild bovine described in 1937 and Cambodia's national animal; unconfirmed since 1969/70 and listed IUCN Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).
Kouré shooting
The Kouré shooting was a terrorist attack on 9 August 2020 near Niamey, Niger, in which gunmen killed six French humanitarian workers and two Nigerien colleagues.
Kourgaldzhin and Tengiz Lakes
Kourgaldzhin and Tengiz Lakes (Kazakh: Қорғалжын және Теңіз көлдері) are a group of shallow lakes in the steppe of north-central Kazakhstan, a Ramsar site known for the world's northernmost breeding colony of the Greater Flamingo.
Kouritenga Province
Kouritenga (Kourittenga) Province, Burkina Faso: a province of the Centre-Est region, capital Koupéla, about 480,000 inhabitants (2019), agropastoral economy, Yitenga dam, Pouytenga trading center.