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Kalimpong city, extreme northern West Bengal state, northeastern India, just east of the Tista River. The ... Kalina (from the article "Native American music") The circum-Caribbean area includes the zone along the Caribbean coast of Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, ... Kaline, Al professional baseball player, an outfielder who was a preeminent fielder and hitter, batting and throwing ... Kalinga ancient territorial subdivision of east-central India, corresponding to northern Andhra Pradesh, most of Orissa, and ... [8 Related Articles] Kalinin, Mikhail Ivanovich communist leader and statesman who was the formal head of the Soviet state from 1919 ... Kalinina (from the article "Moscow") ...Ring itself has been widened to form a broad highway with multiple lanes in each ... Kaliningrad oblast (province), extreme western Russia. Most of the oblast is in the basin of the ... [1 Related Articles] Kaliningrad city, seaport, and administrative centre of Kaliningrad oblast (region), Russia. Detached from ... [2 Related Articles] kaliophilite (from the article "kaliophilite") variety of the mineral nepheline (q.v.).nepheline Kalir, Eleazar (from the article "mahzor") ...various rites show considerable variety, principally owing to the adoption of different religious hymns (piyyutim) ... Kalisch, Treaty of (from the article "Yorck von Wartenburg, Johann, Graf") ...invading army in Russia. During Napoleon's disastrous retreat, he concluded the Tauroggen Convention with the ... Kalisky, Rene Belgian writer of Polish descent who is best known for the plays he wrote in ... Kalispel (from the article "Plateau Indian") ...the Shuswap, Lillooet, and Ntlakapamux (Thompson) tribes. The Interior Salish live mostly in the Upper ... Kalispell city, seat (1894) of Flathead county, northwestern Montana, U.S. The city lies in the Flathead ... Kalisz city, Wielkopolskie wojewodztwo (province), west-central Poland, situated on the Prosna River. Kalisz Privilege (from the article "Poland") ...however, began to play an important role in the country's economy-namely, the Jews escaping persecution ... Kalisz, Treaty of (from the article "Poland") ...on the part of a state still much weaker than the Teutonic Knights, Bohemia, or ... Kaliya (from the article "Sedom") Sedom was established in 1937, when potash works were built there as a branch of ... kaliyuga (from the article "eschatology") ...mahayuga and is to last 1,200 "cosmic" years (432,000 years). An age of strife and ... Kalka, battle of the (from the article "Central Asia, history of") ...and Afghanistan were destroyed, and, by 1223, Mongol armies had crossed the Caucasus. Although an ... Kalka-shandi, al- (from the article "encyclopaedia") ...("Paths of Discernment in the Realms of the Great Cities") of al-'Umari (1301-48) was chiefly ... Kalkbrenner, Friedrich German-born French pianist, composer, and teacher whose compositions, mainly for piano, exhibit an emphasis on ... Kalkin final avatar (incarnation) of the Hindu god Vishnu, who is yet to appear. At the ... [1 Related Articles] Kalla, Jusuf (from the article "Indonesia") SBY's relations with Vice Pres. Jusuf Kalla deteriorated markedly during 2006-07. Kalla, who was also ... Kallai, Gyula Hungarian politician who helped restore communist rule in Hungary after the 1956 pro-democracy uprising and ... Kallar (from the article "Shahi Family") ...is recorded of the history of the long line until the last king, Lagaturman, who ... Kallas, Siim (from the article "Estonia") ...Estonia stood out among acceding EU members in that it obtained two high-profile appointments: Toomas ... Kallawaya (from the article "Bolivia") ...to reduce the infant mortality rate, which is still among the highest on the continent, ... 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Kallman, Chester (from the article "Auden, W H") ...About the House (1965), and City Without Walls (1969) are sequences of poems arranged according ... Kallmann syndrome (from the article "endocrine system, human") ...hypothalamic-releasing hormones. A subset of patients with hypogonadism have isolated gonadotropin-releasing hormone deficiency and loss ... Kallstroemia (from the article "Zygophyllales") In Kallstroemia the petals and stamens spread horizontally from the pistil when the flower opens ... kallu (from the article "eastern Africa") ...in prayer and sacrifice as the guardian of social morality and as the source of ... Kalma, Douwe (from the article "Frisian literature") In 1915 Douwe Kalma launched the Young Frisian Movement, which challenged younger writers to break ... Kalman, Emmerich Hungarian composer, one of the leading exponents of the last era of Viennese operetta. Kalman, Tibor Hungarian-born American graphic designer (b. July 6, 1949, Budapest, Hung.-d. May 2, 1999, near San ... Kalmar lan (county) of southeastern Sweden, in Gotaland region, on the Baltic Sea. It has two ... Kalmar city, port, and capital of the lan (county) of Kalmar, southeastern Sweden. Built partly on ... Kalmar Castle (from the article "Kalmar") ...the city, and several historic buildings date from that period: the Italian Renaissance cathedral (1666-1700); ... Kalmar Union Scandinavian union formed at Kalmar, Sweden, in June 1397 that brought the kingdoms of Norway, ... [6 Related Articles] Kalmar War (1611-13), the war between Denmark and Sweden for control of the northern Norwegian coast and ... [1 Related Articles] kalmia any of about seven species of evergreen shrubs constituting a genus (Kalmia) in the heath ... [1 Related Articles] Kalmia Gardens (from the article "Darlington") Kalmia Gardens, the Coker College arboretum, contains a virtually complete cross section of South Carolina ... Kalmit, Mount (from the article "Neustadt an der Weinstrasse") ...is held annually in the city, which is also the site of a training and ... Kalmus, Herbert (from the article "motion picture, history of the") One of the first successful subtractive processes was a two-colour one introduced by Herbert Kalmus's ... Kalmyk Mongol people residing chiefly in Kalmykia republic, in southwestern Russia. Their language belongs to the ... [3 Related Articles] Kalmyk language (from the article "Altaic languages") Buryat (Buriat) and Kalmyk (Kalmuck) are also literary languages written in Cyrillic script. As the ... Kalmykia republic in southwestern Russia, lying northwest of the Caspian Sea and west of the lower ... Kalnoky von Korospatak, Gusztav Siegmund, Graf (count) Austro-Hungarian statesman who was minister of foreign affairs from 1881 to 1895. [1 Related Articles] Kalo-Ioannes (from the article "Uzun Hasan") ...in the west, the growing power of the Ottomans. 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[2 Related Articles] Kalpokas, Donald (from the article "Vanuatu") ...well as with the Soviet Union, China, Libya, and Cuba. In mid-1991, after no-confidence votes ... Kalri, Lake (from the article "Kotri") ...floods, generates hydroelectricity, and irrigates about 2.8 million acres (1.1 million hectares) in the region. ... kalsilite (from the article "nepheline") Carnegieite is synthetic, high-temperature nepheline. Kaliophilite is the high-temperature form of kalsilite, the potassium-rich variety ... Kaltenborn, H. V. (from the article "The decision to use the atomic bomb") ...From the beginning, however, many Americans thought that the atomic bombs had changed the world ... Kaltenbrunner, Ernst Austrian Nazi, leader of the Austrian SS and subsequently head of all police forces in ... [1 Related Articles] Kalthoff system (from the article "repeating rifle") ...repeating flintlock firearms were developed in the early 1600s. One early magazine repeater has been ... Kalu, Orji Uzor (from the article "Nigeria") ...by a desire to undermine the political aspirations of his opponents, especially Vice President Abubakar, ... Kaluga oblast (province), western Russia. It occupies an area in the upper Oka River basin southwest ... Kaluga city and administrative centre of Kaluga oblast (province), western Russia, west of Moscow on the ... Kaluli (from the article "music and dance, Oceanic") For the Kaluli, a group of rain-forest dwellers in the Southern Highlands province of Papua ... Kalulushi town, north-central Zambia, southern Africa. Kalulushi is located near the Congo (Kinshasa) border and is ... Kalundborg city, northwestern Sjaelland (Zealand), Denmark, situated on Kalundborg Fjord. A favourite royal seat in the ... Kalush city, southwestern Ukraine. It is approximately 56 miles (90 km) southeast of Lviv and is ... Kalutara town, southwestern Sri Lanka. The town, situated on the coast, is a fishing and trade ... Kalvar (from the article "India") ...at Kanchipuram. There is also frequent mention of the minor chieftains, the Vel, who ruled ... Kalvarienbergkirche (from the article "Eisenstadt") ...Burgenland was ceded to Austria in 1921. Eisenstadt's notable landmarks include the former castle of ... Kalvis in Baltic religion, the heavenly smith, usually associated with a huge iron hammer. A smith ... Kalvitis, Aigars (from the article "Latvia") ...sq km (24,938 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 2,274,000 | Capital: Riga | Chief ... Kalvos, Andreas Ioannidis Greek poet who brought an Italian Neoclassical influence to the Ionian school of poets (the ... [1 Related Articles] Kalyan city, western Maharashtra state, western India, on the Ulhas River, northeast of Bombay, a part ... Kalyani (from the article "Bidar") The surrounding lowland area is drained by the Karanja River and produces millet, wheat, and ... Kalyani (from the article "Kanchrapara") ...jute milling is the major industry. A temple is dedicated to Krishna, and a religious ... Kam'yanets-Podilskyy city, western Ukraine, on the Smotrych River. The city is one of the largest and ... Kama in the mythology of India, the god of love. During the Vedic age (2nd millennium-7th ... [1 Related Articles] Kama River river in west-central Russia. Rising in the Upper Kama Upland of Udmurtia, it flows north, ... [2 Related Articles] Kama River (from the article "Everest, Mount") ...Lobujya (Lobuche) River of Nepal, which flows southward as the Imja River to its confluence ... kama-loka (from the article "kama-loka") in Buddhism, the world of feeling. See arupa-loka.Buddhist cosmology kamaboko (from the article "fish processing") ...flesh, followed by heating, resulted in a natural gelling of the flesh. When the surimi ... kamacite mineral consisting of iron alloyed with 5-7 percent nickel by weight and found in almost ... 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