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Kangaroo rat
Kangaroo rat (Dipodomys), a heteromyid desert rodent of western North America that hops bipedally, never needs drinking water, and is a keystone seed-caching ecosystem engineer; giant kangaroo rat is endangered.
Kangavarma
Kangavarma (ಕಂಗವರ್ಮ) was the second king of the Kadamba dynasty of Banavasi in present-day Karnataka, the son of founder Mayurasharma, who fought the Vakataka power to protect his kingdom in the late fourth century.
Kangchen Pharmaceutical
Kangchen Pharmaceutical (康辰药业) is a Chinese pharmaceutical company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange since 2018, known for the hemostatic drug Suling and the calcitonin brand Miacalcic.
Kangchenjunga
Kangchenjunga, 8,586 m, is the world's third-highest mountain on the Nepal–Sikkim (India) border; first climbed 25 May 1955 by George Band and Joe Brown, sacred to Sikkimese peoples, with glaciers retreating since 1975.
Kangchu system
The Kangchu system (港主制度) was a 19th-century plantation settlement scheme in Johor, launched in 1844, under which Chinese entrepreneurs opened river basins for pepper and gambier cultivation.
Kangding Ray
Kangding Ray is David Letellier (born 1978, France), a Berlin-based experimental techno producer of Stabil, Ultrachroma, and Zero, and composer of the Cannes-winning Sirât soundtrack.
Kanggye
Kanggye (강계시, 江界市) is a city of about 251,971 people in northern North Korea, capital of Chagang Province, a former wartime capital, industrial and transport hub with a humid continental climate.
Kanggye Zoo
Kanggye Zoo (강계동물원) is a zoo in the Woesan district of Kanggye, Chagang Province, North Korea, opened December 2025 with ten-odd animal houses, a science exhibition hall, and a reptile house.
Kangin (강인)
Kangin (강인, Kim Young-woon, born 1985) is a South Korean singer and actor, original member of Super Junior (2005 debut), who left the group in 2019 after DUI and assault controversies and returned in 2026 with the single "LOVE IS PAIN."
Kangji Medical (康基医疗)
Kangji Medical Holdings Limited (康基医疗, HKEX: 9997) is a Chinese medical-device company in Hangzhou, founded in 2004, making minimally invasive surgical instruments; in 2025 it received a TPG-backed take-private offer.
Kangju
Kangju was a nomadic state of ancient Central Asia centered on the middle Syr Darya, attested in Chinese histories from the late second century BCE to the fourth century CE.
Kangju Kangri
Kangju Kangri is a 6,725 m peak in the Pangong range, Ladakh, India, its highest summit, with 2,147 m prominence; first climbed in 1983 by an Indo-Tibet Border Police and local army expedition.
Kangli clan
The Kangli clan (康里氏) was a lineage of Kangli Turks of the Eurasian steppe whose members served the Mongol Yuan dynasty as imperial guardsmen, generals, chancellors, and scholars, including the calligrapher Kangli Ni-nao.
Kangli Naonao
Kuikui (巙巙), also known as Kangli Naonao and by the courtesy name Zishan, was a Yuan-dynasty official and calligrapher of the Turkic Kangli clan, ranked alongside Zhao Mengfu.
Kangliming Biotechnology
Kangliming Biotechnology (广州康立明生物科技股份有限公司) is a Chinese in-vitro diagnostics company founded in Guangzhou in 2015 by Zou Hongzhi. Its stool-DNA colorectal cancer test Chang'an Xin won NMPA approval in 2018.
Kangly
The Kangly (Qangli, Qaŋlï; Kazakh Қаңлы) were a Turkic tribal union of the Eurasian steppe, prominent from the 12th and 13th centuries and closely associated with the Kipchaks.
Kangma Bio (康码生物)
Kangma Bio (康码生物), formally Kangma (Shanghai) Biotechnology Co., Ltd., is a Chinese biotechnology startup founded in Shanghai in 2015 by Dr. Guo Min that develops cell-free protein synthesis, producing proteins without living cells.
Kangnam (singer)
Kangnam (강남, Namekawa Yasuo, 滑川康男) is a Korean-Japanese singer and TV personality, born 1987 in Tokyo; main vocalist of hip hop group M.I.B (2011-2017), variety star since 2014, naturalized Korean in 2022, married to speed skater Lee Sang-hwa.
Kangni Alem
Kangni Alem, pen name of Kangni Alemdjrodo, is a Togolese novelist and playwright born in 1966 in Lomé, best known for the award-winning novel Cola Cola Jazz.
Kangol
Kangol is a British headwear brand founded in 1938 by Jacques Spreiregen, best known for its knitted wool caps and its place in 1980s hip-hop fashion.
Kangping power station
Kangping power station is a coal-fired power station in Kangping County, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, operating two 600 MW units since 2009 and heating the county town.
Kangra Fort
Kangra Fort (कांगड़ा किला), also known as Nagarkot, is a hill fortress at Kangra in Himachal Pradesh, held by the Katoch dynasty until the Mughal conquest of 1620.
Kangra Nala-Damayanti series
The Kangra Nala-Damayanti series is a group of Pahari miniature paintings from the Kangra valley, made between about 1775 and the 1820s, illustrating the Mahabharata love story of Nala and Damayanti.
Kangra painting
Kangra painting is a school of Indian miniature painting that developed in the western Himalayan hill states from the mid-18th century, named after the princely state of Kangra.
Kangsenghui
Kangsenghui (康僧會), a Buddhist monk of Sogdian descent born in Jiaozhi, settled at Jianye in 247, founded the first Buddhist temple in southern China, and died in 280.
Kangshung Face (康雄壁)
Kangshung Face (康雄壁), the East Face of Mount Everest on the Tibetan side; first attempted 1981, first ascended 1983 by Americans, second ascent 1988 via Neverest Buttress without oxygen.
Kangta
Kangta (강타), real name An Chil-hyun, born 1979, is a South Korean singer and SM Entertainment executive; lead vocalist of first-generation idol group H.O.T. (debut September 7, 1996), solo debut Polaris (2001), 12 years active in China, SM non-registered director since 2014.
Kangtö (eastern asia, WWlists_ultras_china1:1.14)
Kangtö (Kangto, 康格多山), highest peak of Arunachal Pradesh on the India-Tibet McMahon Line, Eastern Himalaya; about 7,042-7,060 m, first climbed by Japanese from Tibet (1981 or 1988), from India in 2025.
Kangura
Kangura (Kinyarwanda for "wake others up") was a Rwandan propaganda magazine founded and edited by Hassan Ngeze from 1990 to 1994, the most influential hate publication of the period before the Rwandan genocide.
Kanguva
Kanguva (கங்குவா) is a 2024 Tamil epic fantasy action film directed by Siva, starring Suriya in dual roles with Bobby Deol and Disha Patani, released 14 November 2024 in ten languages.