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Kuwae
Kuwae (Tombuk eruption) is a submarine caldera volcano between Epi and Tongoa, Vanuatu, formed by a mid-15th century VEI 6-7 eruption, variously dated about 1420-1453, and debated as the source of a major 1450s ice-core sulfate event.
Kuwait (الكويت)
Kuwait (الكويت), State of Kuwait, is a Gulf constitutional emirate ruled by the Sabah family, independent since 1961. Oil-based high-income economy, about 90% desalinated drinking water, parliament suspended in 2024, Not Free per Freedom House 2025.
Kuwait Airways (الخطوط الجوية الكويتية)
Kuwait Airways (الخطوط الجوية الكويتية) is the state-owned national flag carrier of Kuwait, founded in 1954, based at Kuwait International Airport, and serving destinations across the Middle East, Asia, and Europe.
Kuwait Aquarium
Kuwait Aquarium, formally the Mijbil Almutawa Aquarium at The Scientific Center (المركز العلمي) in Salmiya, opened 2000 under KFAS; once the Middle East's largest aquarium, organized around desert, coastal, and sea Gulf habitats.
Kuwait Armed Forces
The Kuwait Armed Forces, also called the Military of Kuwait, are the military of the State of Kuwait, created in 1948 and rebuilt after the 1991 Gulf War.
Kuwait City (مدينة الكويت)
Kuwait City (مدينة الكويت) is the capital, main port, and commercial center of Kuwait on Kuwait Bay, founded in 1716, holding two-thirds of the national population, with a weak urban heat island and projected urban growth from 819 to 1,893 km² by 2100.
Kuwait Finance House
Kuwait Finance House (KFH) is Kuwait's first sharia-compliant bank, established by Law No. 72 in March 1977, ranked the world's second-largest Islamic bank by assets at end-2023, with operations across twelve countries.
Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war: the Gulf state's experience as a first-day Iranian target that caused the first American deaths, host of US forces at Ali al-Salem, victim of airport and desalination strikes, and a GCC energy exporter whose exports were halted.
Kuwait International Airport (مطار الكويت الدولي)
Kuwait International Airport (مطار الكويت الدولي), also called Kuwait Airport, is the main international airport of Kuwait, outside Kuwait City, handling about 15 million passengers yearly.
Kuwait Investment Authority
The Kuwait Investment Authority (هيئة الاستثمار الكويتية), or KIA, is the sovereign wealth fund of Kuwait, the world's oldest, managing about $1 trillion from Kuwait City.
Kuwait Legislative Council of 1938
The Kuwait Legislative Council of 1938 was Kuwait's first elected legislative council, created after merchants pressured ruler Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah to share power and dissolved in 1939.
Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water
The Kuwait Ministry of Electricity and Water (وزارة الكهرباء والماء) is the government body solely responsible for generating and distributing electricity and water in Kuwait.
Kuwait national football team (منتخب الكويت لكرة القدم)
Kuwait national football team (منتخب الكويت لكرة القدم), Al-Azraq, Kuwait's men's team under the Kuwait FA (founded 1952). 1980 Asian Cup champion, 1982 World Cup participant, record ten Gulf Cup titles, home at Jaber International Stadium.
Kuwait Oil Company
Kuwait Oil Company (KOC, شركة نفط الكويت) is the state-owned upstream oil and gas company of Kuwait, founded in 1934, nationalized in 1975, and centered on the giant Burgan field.
Kuwait olympic committee
Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC, اللجنة الأولمبية الكويتية), Kuwait's national Olympic committee, founded 1957, IOC-recognized 1966, suspended by the IOC since 27 October 2015; led by Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah.
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) is the state-owned national oil company of Kuwait, created in 1980 to manage the state's petroleum assets from exploration to marketing.
Kuwait Zoo
Kuwait Zoo (حديقة حيوان الكويت), in Al-Omariya on Airport Road, is Kuwait's national zoo, founded 1968 from Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah's Salwa Garden; 180,000 m², about 1,500 animals of 190 species, closed since March 2020.
Kuwaiti banking crisis (1982–1985)
The Kuwaiti banking crisis of 1982–1985 followed the August 1982 collapse of the Souk al-Manakh, an unregulated stock market where shares were bought with post-dated checks worth about $94 billion.
Kuwaiti dinar (دينار كويتي)
The Kuwaiti dinar (دينار كويتي) is the currency of Kuwait, issued by the Central Bank of Kuwait and worth about US$3.24, the highest-valued currency in the world.
Kuwaiti oil fires
Kuwaiti oil fires: more than 600 Kuwaiti oil wells set alight by retreating Iraqi forces in early 1991, burning about 4.6 million barrels a day until the last was capped November 6, 1991.
Kuwaiti Writers Association
The Kuwaiti Writers Association (رابطة الأدباء الكويتيين) is a literary society in Kuwait founded in November 1964, best known for its monthly literary magazine Al-Bayan, published since 1966.
Kuwohi
Kuwohi (formerly Clingmans Dome), Cherokee for "mulberry place," is a 6,643-foot peak, the highest in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Tennessee, renamed from Clingmans Dome by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names in September 2024.
Kūya
Kūya (空也, 903–972), known as the market saint Ichihijiri, was a Heian-period Japanese monk who spread Amida chanting among Kyoto's ordinary townspeople and is traditionally honored as founder of Rokuharamitsuji.
Kuya Kurt
Kuya Kurt (Kurt Harris), also known as Tagalog Kurt, is an American vlogger in the Philippines famous for Tagalog-language carinderia food vlogs, a 2001 Mormon mission in Northern Luzon, 11 years in the U.S. Marine Corps, and acting roles in GMA's The Master Cutter.
Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
The Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (województwo kujawsko-pomorskie) is one of Poland's 16 voivodeships, in the country's north-central part. Created in 1999, it is governed from joint capitals Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
Kuyil Pattu
Kuyil Pattu ("The Cuckoo's Song") is an allegorical narrative poem by the Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, written during his exile in Pondicherry along with Kannan Pattu and Panchali Sabatham.
Kuyili
Kuyili (குயிலி) is a woman warrior of the Sivaganga kingdom in Tamil Nadu, remembered in tradition as Queen Velu Nachiyar's commander who burned a British armory in 1780.
Kuyumba-Taishet Oil Pipeline
The Kuyumba-Taishet Oil Pipeline (Нефтепровод Куюмба-Тайшет) is a Transneft-operated crude oil pipeline in eastern Siberia, running about 700 km from Krasnoyarsk Krai to Taishet and commissioned in January 2017.
Kuyumbinskoye Oil and Gas Field
Kuyumbinskoye is an oil, gas, and condensate field in Krasnoyarsk Krai, eastern Siberia, discovered in 1973 and developed since 2018 by Rosneft and Gazprom Neft's joint venture Slavneft.
Kuzambu
Kuzambu (kuzhambu), Elanīr kuzambu (nālikerāñjana), Ayurvedic collyrium AFI000179 applied to internal eyelids; ten ingredients including triphala fruits, Berberis aristata, licorice, honey, and coconut water; Kerala Sneha Kalpana form.