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- (from the article "Kavaratti") town and island, capital of Lakshadweep union territory, India. Kavaratti lies in the Arabian Sea about 215 miles (346 km) west-southwest of Calicut and the Malabar Coast of southern India. The island is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long and tapers ...
- kavass
- (from the article "dragoman") ...ceased to exist, especially since the passing of the Ottoman Empire, although in the latter part of the 20th century many embassies in the Arab world still employed an interpreter-courier known as a kavass (Turkish kavas; Arabic qawwas), used largely ...
- Kaveri Valley
- (from the article "Tamilnad Uplands") ...the nuclei of towns such as Vellore, Krishnagiri, Dindigul, Coimbatore, and Erode. The Muslim rule extended from about 1650 to about 1800, when the region came under the domain of the British. The Cauvery, Palar, Vaigai, Tambraparni, and Periyar rivers ...
- kavi
- (from the article "Iranian religion") Except for a mostly legendary line of eastern Iranian kings, the kavis, the last of whom was Zoroaster's patron Vishtaspa (Greek Hystapes), the only historical information on the relation of religion to political authority comes from the Achaemenian period in ...
- kavi
- (from the article "West Bengal") ...traditional open-air performances that are now changing from predominantly mythological and historical topics to contemporary themes, are popular both in the countryside and in urban areas. The kavi is an impromptu duel in musical verse between village poets. The kathakata, ...
- Kavi language
- (from the article "Indic writing systems") ...The Thai writing system is thought by scholars to be derived from that of the Khmer, the Burmese and Lao systems from that of Mon, and the Buginese and Batak systems of Indonesia from that of Kavi. The scripts used ...
- Kaviani Press
- (from the article "Islamic arts") One branch of modern Persian literature is closely connected with a group of Persian authors who lived in Berlin after World War I. There they established the Kaviani Press (named after a mythical blacksmith called Kaveh, who had saved the ...
- Kavieng
- chief port of the island of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, southwestern Pacific Ocean. Located on Balgai Bay at the island's northern tip, it is a port of call for interisland and Australian shipping and handles copra, cocoa, and trochus ...
- Kavir Desert
- great salt desert of central Iran. Located in a basin southeast of the Elburz Mountains, it is approximately 240 miles (390 km) wide. The desert is distinguished by salt crust, caused by the almost rainless climate and intense surface evaporation, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kaviraja Madhava Kandali
- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...of how the mythical king Prahlada's faith and devotion to Vishnu saved him from destruction and restored the moral order. The first great Assamese poet was Kaviraja Madhava Kandali (14th century), who translated the Sanskrit Ramayana and wrote Devajit, a ...
- Kavirajamarga
- (from the article "South Asian arts") ...of the Tamil Cola Empire (10th-13th centuries), saw an awakening of neighbouring literatures: Kannada, Telugu, and Malayalam. The first extant Kannada work is the 9th-century Kavirajamarga ("The Royal Road of Poets"), a work of rhetoric rather indebted to Sanskrit rhetoricians, ...
- Kavkazsky Nature Reserve
- natural area set aside for research in the natural sciences, at the western end of the Caucasus Mountains, in southwestern Russia. It includes the upper reaches of the Malaya Laba, Bolshaya Laba, Mzymta, and Shakhe rivers. The Kavkazsky Nature Reserve ... [1 Related Articles]
- kavod
- (from the article "Eleazar ben Judah Of Worms") Eleazar was an angelologist, not only in his mystic theories of theurgy (the art of persuading or compelling supernatural beings to one's bidding) but also in his writings on the kavod ("divine glory"), a concept also shared by his master, ...
- kavvanah
- in Judaism, the attitude or frame of mind that is appropriate when one performs religious duties, especially prayer. The 12th-century philosopher Moses Maimonides recommended that to attain kavvanah when praying, a person should mentally place himself in the presence of ... [1 Related Articles]
- kavya
- highly artificial Sanskrit literary style employed in the court epics of India from the early centuries AD. It evolved an elaborate poetics of figures of speech, among which the metaphor and simile predominate. Other characteristics of the style are hyperbole, ... [4 Related Articles]
- Kawa
- ancient Egyptian colony in Cush (Kush; modern Sudan) on the east bank of the Nile River, 4 to 5 miles (6 to 8 km) north of Dunqulah. It was excavated (1930-36) by Francis L. Griffith and Laurence Kirwan for the ...
- Kawabata Yasunari
- Japanese novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1968. His melancholic lyricism echoes an ancient Japanese literary tradition in the modern idiom. [3 Related Articles]
- Kawabe Masakazu
- (from the article "World War II") For the dry season of 1943-44 both the Japanese and the Allies were resolved on offensives in Southeast Asia. On the Japanese side, Lieutenant General Kawabe Masakazu planned a major Japanese advance across the Chindwin River, on the central front, ...
- Kawabuchi, Saburo
- During a year marked by such notable events in Japan as the defeat of the long-ruling Liberal-Democratic Party and the wedding of Crown Prince Naruhito and Masako Owada, Saburo Kawabuchi nonetheless managed to share the limelight. As chairman and chief ...
- Kawagoe
- city, Saitama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the northern Musashino plateau. It developed around a castle built by the Ota family in the 15th century and prospered as a post town on the road to Edo (now Tokyo) and as ...
- Kawaguchi
- city, Saitama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the alluvial plain of the Ara River, just north of Tokyo. During the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) it was a post town and marketplace, with few industries. The manufacture of metal castings ...
- Kawaguchi, Lake
- (from the article "Fuji, Mount") On the northern slopes of Mount Fuji lie the Fuji Five Lakes (Fuji Goko), comprising, east to west, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Sai, Lake Shoji, and Lake Motosu, all formed by the damming effects of lava flows. The lowest, ...
- Kawahigashi Hekigoto
- Japanese poet who was a pioneer of modern haiku. [1 Related Articles]
- Kawai Gyokudo
- original name Kawai Yoshisaburo artist who contributed to the rejuvenation of traditional Japanese painting.
- Kawai Kanjiro
- potter who sought to combine modern methods of manufacture with traditional Japanese and English designs.
- Kawaib
- South American Indian peoples of the Brazilian Mato Grosso. In the 18th and early 19th centuries they were driven out of their original home along the upper Tapajos River by the warlike Munduruku and split into six isolated groups between ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kawaihae
- deepwater port lying along Kawaihae Bay, on the northwestern coast of Hawaii island, Hawaii, U.S. It marks the northernmost point of a 40-mile (65-km) stretch known as the "Gold Coast," a resort-beach development area that follows the Queen Kaahumanu Highway ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kawakami Hajime
- journalist, poet, and university professor who was one of Japan's first Marxist theoreticians. [1 Related Articles]
- Kawakami Otojiro
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") The first plays in Japan consciously based on Western models were those arranged and acted in by Kawakami Otojiro. Kawakami's first plays were political and nationalistic in intent. After he and his wife Sada Yakko had performed in Europe and ...
- Kawakami, Genichi
- Japanese businessman (b. Jan. 30, 1912, Hamakita, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan-d. May 25, 2002, near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan), was the visionary president of the Yamaha Corp. for three decades (1950-77 and 1980-83). The company, which had been founded in the ...
- Kawamoto, Nobuhiko
- When Nobuhiko Kawamoto, president of Honda Motor Co., Ltd., visited Soichiro Honda a few months before the legendary industrialist's death in 1991, he said to the old man, "You left behind lots of good things but also things that are ...
- Kawanabe Gyosai
- Japanese painter and caricaturist.
- Kawanishi
- city, Hyogo ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on the west bank of the Ina River. Using the river water, the city produces dyed cloth and bleached and tanned leather. Fruit, flowers, and garden plants are cultivated on the river ...
- Kawara, On
- Japanese conceptual artist noted for several series of works that test concepts of time and diaristic revelation.
- kawara-ban
- (from the article "publishing, history of") ...existed in Japan in the form of yomiuri ("sell and read," as the papers were sold by reading them aloud) or kawara-ban ("tile-block printing," the method of production). The kawara-ban broadsheets ...
- Kawartha Lakes
- city, southeastern Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2001 by the merger of the former town of Lindsay and the other communities constituting what until the amalgamation had been Victoria county. It was named for the Kawartha Lakes, a chain ...
- Kawartha Lakes
- chain of 14 lakes in southeastern Ontario, Canada. They stretch across Peterborough and Victoria counties, just north and west of Peterborough and 30-70 miles (50-115 km) northeast of Toronto. Ranging in size from 2 to 18 square miles (5 to ...
- Kawasaki
- city and port, Kanagawa ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, between Tokyo and Yokohama. Kawasaki is included in the Keihin Industrial Zone. Almost completely destroyed in World War II, the city has since been rebuilt. There are ... [2 Related Articles]
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
- major Japanese manufacturer of transportation equipment and machinery and an important member of the Kawasaki group of industries. The company maintains head offices in both Kobe and Tokyo.
- Kawasaki Steel Corporation
- major Japanese steel manufacturer and leading member of the Kawasaki group of industries. Headquarters are in Kobe.
- Kawasaki syndrome
- rare, acute inflammatory disease of unknown origin that is one of the leading causes of acquired heart disease in children. [1 Related Articles]
- Kawase, Naomi
- Japanese film director Naomi Kawase was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2007 Cannes (France) International Film Festival for her motion picture Mogari no mori (2007; The Mourning Forest), which earned widespread praise from critics for its sensitive portrayal of ...
- Kawatake Mokuami
- versatile and prolific Japanese dramatist, the last great Kabuki playwright of the Tokugawa period (1603-1867). [1 Related Articles]
- Kawate Bunjiro
- (from the article "Shinto") ...founded by Kurozumi Munetada (1780-1850); Konko-kyo (Konko is the religious name of the founder of this group and means, literally, "golden light") by Kawate Bunjiro (1814-83); and Tenri-kyo (tenri means "divine reason or wisdom") by Nakayama Miki (1798-1887)-were based mostly ...
- Kawm Umbu
- town and valley of Upper Egypt, situated about 30 miles (48 km) north of the Aswan High Dam in Aswan muhafazah (governorate). The town, an agricultural marketplace and a sugarcane-processing and cotton-ginning centre, lies on the east bank of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Kawm, el-
- (from the article "Middle East, ancient") ...recent excavations and surface explorations have proved that irrigation around the upper Tigris and Euphrates, as well as their tributaries, dates from the early 6th millennium BC (e.g., at al-Kawm on the Upper Euphrates). Small-scale irrigation was practiced in Palestine ...
- Kaxgar River
- (from the article "Tarim River") The Tarim is formed by the confluence of the Kaxgar (Kashgar) and Yarkand (Yarkant) rivers in the far west; flowing northeastward from this confluence, the river is then joined some 230 miles (370 km) downstream by the Aksu and the ...
- Kay's threshold
- (from the article "primate") ...rhythms and are insectivorous and also eat gums, while the slightly larger, but equally diurnal, tamarins (genus Saguinus) are more omnivorous. An approximate cutoff point of 500 grams (Kay's threshold, after the primatologist Richard Kay, who first drew attention to ...
- Kay, Alan
- (from the article "computer") Two computer scientists at PARC, Alan Kay and Adele Goldberg, published a paper in the early 1970s describing a vision of a powerful and portable computer they dubbed the Dynabook. The prototypes of this machine were expensive and resembled sewing ...
- Kay, Connie
- (from the article "Modern Jazz Quartet") ...in jazz forms, and consistently high performance standards sustained over a long career. For most of its existence it was composed of Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, piano; Percy Heath, bass; and Connie Kay, drums.
- Kay, John
- English machinist and engineer, inventor of the flying shuttle, which was an important step toward automatic weaving. [5 Related Articles]
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