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Kanto
Kanto (칸토) is the stage name of South Korean rapper Choi Kwang-ryul, born in 1994, known for Show Me the Money 2 and the group TROY.
Kantō kanrei
The Kantō kanrei (関東管領) was the Muromachi shogunate's deputy office in eastern Japan, assisting the Kamakura kubō and held hereditarily by the Uesugi family from 1363.
Kantō kubō
The Kantō kubō, also called the Kamakura kubō, was the hereditary head of the Kamakura-fu, the branch government through which the Ashikaga shoguns ruled eastern Japan from 1349.
Kantō region (関東地方)
Kanto region (関東地方), eastern Honshu region of Japan containing Tokyo; one of eight regions, most populated with 42.8 million people (2014), 1,320 persons/km² on 32,429 km², centered on the Kanto Plain.
Kantō transfer
The Kantō transfer (関東移封, Kantō iehō) was the 1590 reassignment of Tokugawa Ieyasu from central Japan to the former Hōjō Kantō domains, ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after the Siege of Odawara.
Kantule
Kantule is a Guna ritual office and surname from Panama. As master of ceremonies for girls' puberty rites, the kantule chants kantule kaya, the language addressing the rites' spirit.
Kantuzili
Kantuzili, also spelled Kantuzzili, was a Hittite commander and prince who served under King Mursili II, reigning roughly 1321–1295 BC, and is attested in the king's annals.
Kanu Chatterjee
Kanu Chatterjee, full name Kamalendu Chatterjee, was a Bangladeshi-born cardiologist who helped develop vasodilator therapy for heart failure and led coronary care at Cedars-Sinai and UCSF.
Kanun-i Osmani
Kanun-i Osmani (قانون عثمانى) is the general law code of the classical Ottoman Empire, first compiled under Mehmed II after 1453, fixing fines, punishments, taxation, and the status of the reaya.
Kanun-nama of Uzun Hasan
The Kanun-nama of Uzun Hasan (قانوننامه حسن پادشاه) was a law code issued by the Aq Qoyunlu ruler Uzun Hasan, regulating taxation, land tenure, and justice.
Kanunî Mersiyesi
Kanunî Mersiyesi is the elegy the Ottoman court poet Bâkî wrote on the death of Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in 1566, counted among the best-known elegies of Turkish literature.
Kanunname of Egypt
The Kanunname of Egypt (قانوننامه مصر) is an Ottoman law code issued in 1525 by Grand Vizier Ibrahim Pasha under Sultan Suleiman, regulating taxation, land, and administration in Egypt.
Kanunname of Mehmed II
The Kanunname of Mehmed II (قانوننامه) is the codified body of secular law issued under Sultan Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople, compiled by nishanci Leysi-zade Mehmed Efendi.
Kanunname of Suleiman
The Kanunname of Suleiman (قانوننامه سلطانی) is the general law code of the Ottoman Empire, issued under Suleiman I and arranged by his chief jurist Ebussuud Efendi.
Kanunname of Süleyman
The Kanunname of Süleyman (قانوننامه عثمانی) was the general law code of the Ottoman Empire, promulgated under Sultan Süleyman I and remaining in force, with amendments, until 1846.
Kanunname of the Mint (Darphane)
The Kanunname of the Mint (Darphane) is an Ottoman regulation fixing how many silver akches were struck from 100 dirhems of pure-standard silver, with officials enforcing fineness and weight.
Kanunname-i Al-i Osman
Kanunname-i Al-i Osman (قانوننامه آل عثمان) is the general Ottoman law code compiled for Mehmed II around 1477 to 1481, in force for about four hundred years.
Kanunname-i Ali-i Osman
The Kanunname-i Ali-i Osman, also called the Fatih Kanunnamesi, is the general Ottoman law code issued in the name of Sultan Mehmed II, best known for authorizing fratricide.
Kanuparti Mound
Kanuparti Mound, Kanuparti village, Ongole taluk, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh: an early Buddhist site listed by I.K. Sarma, also findspot of a 1427 CE Sambeṭa-chief inscription at the Sītārāmasvāmin temple.
Kanupriya
Kanupriya (कनुप्रिया) is a 1959 Hindi long poem by Dharmvir Bharati that retells the love of Radha for Krishna from her own point of view.
Kanuri people
The Kanuri, also called Beriberi or Yerwa, are an ethnic group of the Lake Chad basin who emerged from the Bornu state in the fifteenth century, living mainly in northeastern Nigeria.
Kanva dynasty
Kanva dynasty (c. 73–28 BCE), a Brahmin dynasty of Magadha founded by Vasudeva Kanva after assassinating the last Shunga king Devabhuti; four kings, ending with Susarman, overthrown by the Satavahanas.
Kanwal Ameen
Kanwal Ameen (کنول آمین), Pakistani LIS professor and administrator; chaired Punjab University's Information Management department 2009-2018, founding Vice Chancellor of University of Home Economics Lahore, later VC of GCWUF, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz recipient and most prolific female Pakistani LIS author.
Kanwal Rekhi
Kanwal Rekhi (कनवल रेखी) is an Indian-American technology entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Excelan, a San Jose networking company listed on Nasdaq in 1987, and later co-founded TiE.
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill
Kanwar Pal Singh Gill (KPS Gill), 1934-2017, Indian Police Service officer and twice Punjab Director General of Police, credited with crushing the Khalistani insurgency via Operation Black Thunder II; also IHF president and a convicted, controversial figure.
Kanwar Singh Tanwar
Kanwar Singh Tanwar, born in 1961, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who has represented Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, in the Lok Sabha since 2014.
Kanwar Yatra
The Kanwar Yatra, also called Bol Bam, is an annual Hindu pilgrimage each Shravan in which devotees carry Ganga water on foot to offer at Shiva temples.
Kany (dancer)
Kany (Kany Diabaté Ahn, 카니 디아바테 안) is a French-Senegalese dancer and choreographer known for Beyoncé's "MY POWER" (Black Is King), K-pop work for KEY, SHINee, and VIVIZ's "MANIAC", the 2026 World Cup anthem "Dai Dai", and a Big Planet Made contract.
Kanyadaan
Kanyadaan (कन्यादान) is a 1983 Marathi prose play by Vijay Tendulkar in which an inter-caste marriage between a Brahmin woman and a Dalit poet tests idealistic social reform.
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari (Kanniyakumari, formerly Cape Comorin) is a Tamil Nadu coastal town at India's southernmost tip where three seas meet, named for the Kumari Amman goddess, known for the 1970 Vivekananda Rock Memorial and the 133-ft Thiruvalluvar Statue.