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K-homology
In mathematics, K-homology is a homology theory on the category of compact Hausdorff spaces. It classifies the elliptic pseudo-differential operators acting on the vector bundles over a space. In terms of [C^*]-algebras, it classifies the Fredholm modules over an algebra. An operator hom..
K-Horror
K-Horror is the term given to horror films made in Korea. The term literally means "Korean Horror." This genre of Asian horror emerged due to the enormous success of the horror films in Japan, which itself was intiated by the film Ringu. This movement in Japan was tentatively called J-Horror. K-Ho..
Khéops
Khéops (real name Éric Mazel) is a French DJ, and a member of the French hip hop group IAM. He has also a prolific solo career, and runs his own record label, Sad Hill Records, with Def Bond. Mazel was born in Marseille on 4 May 1966. He has a Spanish mother, and his father is from Marseille. As ..
Khoai
Khoai refers to a geological formation specifically in Birbhum, Bardhaman, and Bankura districts of West Bengal, India and some parts of Jharkhand, India that is made up of laterite soil rich in iron oxide, often in the shapes of tiny hills. The Khoai can only support certain types of plants. It is..
Khoa (food)
Khoa (also khawa or mawa) is a dairy product created by heating milk in an open iron pan to evaporate and condense it. A concentration of milk to one-fifth volume is normal in the production of khoa. Khoa is used as the base for a wide variety of Indian sweets. It has a long history there and about ..
Khoa Do
Khoa Do (born 1979) is an actor, writer, director and recieved the Young Australian of the Year award in 2005. Along with his brother Anh, who is a comedian, Khoa Do and his family arrived in Sydney as Vietnamese refugees in 1983. He recieved a scholarship to attend St Aloysius' College in Milso..
Khoa Nguyen
Khoa Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American and he was a member of the 2004 Olympic Table Tennis Team. He was the co-captain for the 2000 Olympic Table Tennis Team. Education He earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from San Jose State University. External Link [Khoa Nguyen Official Si..
Khobar
Khobar Corniche Khobar (also written al-Khobar or al-Khubar ; Arabic: الخبر) is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It has a population of 165,799 (2004 census) and forms part of the greater Dammam metropolitan area along wi..
Khobar Towers bombing
Building #131 after the explosion Khobar Towers is part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia near the national oil company (Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dhahran. In 1996, it was being used to house foreign military personnel, including Americans. On June 25, 1996, individ..
Khobi
Khobi is a town in the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region, Georgia Khobi is a river on which the town of Khobi is situatedThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point..
Khodadad Azizi
Khodadad Azizi (خداداد عزیزی in Persian , born June 22, 1971 to a Hazara family in Mashad, Iran) is a retired professional football striker. Contents 1 International career2 Club career3 Retirement4 Personal life5 Notes6 External links International car..
Khodadad Mirza Farman Farmaian
Son of the Qajar Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and his wife Hamdam Khanoum. Governor of the Central Bank of Iran. See also PersiaHistory of PersiaHistory of IranQajar Dynasty of Iran External links [The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages][Qajars Dynasty] Turkoman dynasty..
Khodai
Khodai is a Khowar word meaning "God". It is also used by the Kalasha of Chitral to refer to their creator god. The Kalasha also use the word Mahadeo for their supreme deity. ..
Khodair al-Khozaei
Dr. Khodair al-Khozaei (also transliterated as Khudayir al-Khuza'i) is the Iraqi Minister of Education and a member of the Islamic Call Party - Iraq Organisation party. He was appointed by Prime Minister Maliki in May 2006. He was born in 1947 in Maysan and obtained Doctorates in the Philosophy o..
Khodarampur
Khodarampur is a census town in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Khodarampur had a population of 5109. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Khodarampur has an average lite..
Khodayyir Abbas
Khodayyir Abbas was Minister of Health in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. A Shia Muslim and surgeon, member of the UK Royal College of Surgeons, he is a member of the Daawa Party. Reference |- style="text-align: center;" ..
Khodebshchik
Khodebshchik (Russian: ходебщик) is a person carrying advertisement hoarding, or hawking his wares round the street, or house-to-house salesman, or trading peddle in 16th–19th centuries in Russia. External links [gOLD Moscow] ..
Khodoriv
Khodoriv (Ukrainian: Ходорів; also referred to as Khodorov or Hodorov) is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It has 10,080 inhabitants. Subdivisions of Lviv Oblast, Ukraine > Raions: Boryslav City | Brodivsky Raion | Busky Raion | Chervonohrad City | Drohobych ..
Khodynka
Khodynka Field (Khodynskoye Pole) is a large open space in the north-west of Moscow, at the beginning of the present day Leningrad Prospect. It takes its name from the small Khodynka River which used to cross the neighbourhood. Major constructions on the field included the 19th century military barr..
Khodynka Tragedy
The Khodynka Tragedy was a mass panic that occurred on May 18, 1896 on Khodynka Field during the festivities of the crowning of Russian Tsar Nicholas II and resulted in the deaths of 1389 people. Contents 1 Khodynka Field2 Khodynka Tragedy3 Aftermath4 External links Khodynka ..
Khodynt
The Khodynts (Also known as Khodyns) were one of the 13 subtribes of the Yukaghir tribe of Northern Siberia. The Khodynts were wiped out by the colonizers as well as by a smallpox epidemic in 1692-93. ..
Khodzhi-Akhmed Kadyrov
Khodzhi-Akhmed Kadyrov (Russian: ) wrote the music of the Anthem of the Chechen Republic. ..
Khoey Ho Tum Kahan
Khoey Ho Tum Kahan is a 2001 Urdu film which was directed by Ajab Gul. The film starred Babar Ali, Ajab Gul and Meera in the lead roles. ..
Khoe languages
The Khoe languages comprise the most diverse of the language families that existed in southern Africa prior to the Bantu expansion. They form one branch of a suspected Khoisan language family, and are known as Central Khoisan in that scenario. They were the first Khoisan languages known to Europea..
Khoikhoi
"Khoi" redirects here. For the Iranian city, see Khoy. An 18th century drawing of Khoikhoi worshipping the moon The Khoikhoi ("men of men") or Khoi, sometimes spelt KhoeKhoe, are a historical division of the Khoisan ethnic group of south-western Africa, closely related to the Bushmen (or San,..
Khoikhoi mythology
This is a summary, in alphabetical order, of some of the gods, heroes and monsters that appear in the beliefs of the Khoikhoi, an ethnic group from southern Africa. Contents 1 Gods and Heroes1.1 Gaunab/Gamab/Gauna1.2 Gunab1.3 Heitsi-eibib/Heitsi1.4 Tsui/Tsui'goab2 Mo..
Khoisan
This article is about the Khoisan ethnic group. For the Khoisan language group, see Khoisan languages. --> The distribution of the Khoi-San language family can be seen in this map of African language families. Khoisan is the name for two major ethnic groups of southern Africa. From the be..
Khoisan languages
The Khoisan or Khoesaan languages compose the smallest and least well supported phylum of African languages. Historically, they were mainly spoken by the Khoisan (Khoi and Bushmen or San) people. Today they are only spoken in the Kalahari Desert in southwestern Africa, and in a small area in Tanz..
Khoja
Khojas Classification: Sect Subdivisions: Shia Ithna-asheri, Shia Ismaili, Sunni Hanafi Significant populations in: South Asia, East Africa, Europe and North America Language The Indo-Aryan languages of Urdu, Sindhi, Gujarati and Kutchi Religion Islam and other minorities The Kh..
Khojali
Khojali (Azerbaijani: Xocalı), also called Khojaly, is a town and a rayon in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, now under the control of ethnically Armenian separatists. It was the location of the Khojaly massacre in February 1992. The local separatist government has designated it as the p..
Khojaly Massacre
The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of a large number of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians in the town of Khojaly on 25 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, the mas..
Khojavend
Khojavend (Xocavənd) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. This region is now for its most part under the control of Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh. The local government has split it into two provinces, the northeast being Martuni and the southwest being Hadrut. Subdivisions of Azerbaijan ..
Khoja (clan)
Khoja or Khwaja is a gotra (clan) of mostly Jats found in Marwar, Ajmer-Merwara and Jhunjhunwati areas of Rajasthan , Kutch/Gujarat and Punjab in India.They are also scattered around the surrounding areas. The word Khoja is a phonetic corruption of the word Khawaja, an Arabic/Persian title(Arabic:..
Khojijan
Khojijan was a descendant or heir of Apak Khoja, sectarian ruler of Kashgaria in late 17th century. ..
Khojki
Khojki was a special script adopted and used almost exclusively by the Khoja community of the South Asia. It was employed primarily to record Muslim Shia Ismaili religious literature, as well as a few secret religious sects. ..
Khokhar
Khokhar or Khokar is a gotra of Jats found in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in India. They are also a Tarkhan clan. In Pakistan, Khokhar (Urdu: کھو کھر ) are considered as a Punjabi tribe. Contents 1 Etymology2 History2.1 Bhai Roop Chand Khokhar3 Sub-gotras of Khokhar Jats..
Khokhloma
Khokhloma (Хохлома, Хохломская роспись in Russian, or Khokhlomskaya rospis') is the name of a Russian wood painting handicraft. It first appeared in the second half of the 17th century in today's Koverninsky District of the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. The handcraft was named af..
Khokhol
The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan of Turkey (1880-91). Painted by Ilya Repin. Khokhol (Russian: хохол—khokhol, khakhol), a Russian name for an element of the haircut: a long lock of hair left on top or on the front of the otherwise cleanly shaven or shortly cut man's hai..
Khokhovula
Khokhovula is an album by South African poet, actor, and kwaito musician, Zola, released in 2002. Track listing "Khokhovula""Tshitshilami""Somlinda Ngengoma""25 2 Life""Feleba""S'Gebengu Sam""Qhawe""Sana Luwa (That's the Way Love Is)""Weba Fana""Nongoloza""Kwaito Fabulous""Kwaito Fabulous 2""Tshi..
Khokhrapar
This article is about Khokhrapar, a border town in Sindh, Pakistan. For the Karachi neighbourhood Khokhra Par, see Khokhra Par (neighborhood). Khokhrapar or Khokhropar (Urdu: کھوکھراپار ) is a border town located in Sindh, Pakistan. See also KarachiPakistanSindh ..
Khokhra Par
Khokhra Par may refer to: The town of Khokhrapar in Sindh, Pakistan near the Indian border.The Khokhra Par (neighborhood) of Malir Town in Karachi, Sindh. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, yo..
Khokhra Par (neighborhood)
This is the article about the Karachi neighborhood Khokhra Par. For the border town in Sindh, see Khokhra Par (town) Khokara Par is one of the neighborhoods of Malir Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. There are several ethnic groups in Malir Town including Urdu speakers, Punjabis, Sindhis, Kashmiri..
Khokra
Khokra is the name of a branch of the Rathore clan of Suryavanshi rajputs. ..
Khoksa
Khoksa is a small town eastern Kushtia District, Bangladesh. It is 55 KM from Kushtia city and 200 KM from the capital Dhaka. Unions: Shomospur & Janipur. Janipur is the house of annual Hindu Kali Pooja festival in Bangladesh. Hindus from all over Bangladesh come here to attend this religious fest..
Khol
''This article is about khol, the Indian musical instrument. For the Austrian politician, see Andreas Khol. Small drumhead of a khol The khol is a terracotta two-sided drum used in northern and eastern India for accompaniment with devotional music. One of the sides of the khol is much small..
Khold
Khold is a Norwegian Black Metal band formed in 2000 after the split-up of Tulus. The band plays midpaced and somewhat "groovy" Black Metal and has a history of touring with bands such as Behemoth and Satyricon. Contents 1 Members1.1 Current line-up1.2 Former members2 Studio a..
Kholian bala
Kholian bala is a village in Haripur District, Pakistan. ..
Kholm
Kholm (Russian: ) is a town in the southern part of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Kholmsky District. Its population is 4,300 (2003 est.); 4,325 (2002 Census). It is situated at the confluence of Lovat River and Kunya River, 77 km north of Toropets, 93 km south-west..
Kholmogory
Kholmogory (Russian: ) is a historic village and center of the Kholmogorsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on the left bank of the Northern Dvina, 75 km southeast of Arkhangelsk and 90 km north of the Antonievo-Siysky Monastery. The name is derived from the Finnish for "th..
Kholmsk
Kholmsk (Russian: ) is a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Kholmsky District. In Japanese, it is known as Maoka (真岡). Population: 35,141 (2002 Census). ..
Kholmsky District
Kholmsky District is the name of several places: Kholmsky District, a district in Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Kholmsky District, a district in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise..
Kholodnaya Gora (Kharkiv Metro)
Kholodnogorsko-Zavodskaya Kholodnaya Gora Yuzhny Vokzal Tsentralny Rynok Sovetskaya Prospekt Gagarina Sportivnaya Zavod Imeni Malysheva Moskovsky Prospekt Marshala Zhukova Imeni Sovetskoi Armii Imen..
Kholodnogorsko-Zavodskaya Line
The Kholodnogorsko-Zavodskaya Line (Ukrainian: Холодногорсько-Заводська, Russian: ) is a line of the Kharkiv Metro. It was the first line of the metro, and was opened in 1975. The line cuts Kharkiv (Kharkov) on a east-west axis. Presentely it is also the longest line in the s..
Kholomodumo
Kholomondumo is a monster which is part of the creation mythology of the Sotho people of Lesotho. It is said to have swallowed every human being apart from one woman. The woman gave birth to twins, who killed Kholomondumo and set the others free. External links http://www.pantheon.org/articles/k/k..
Kholop
Kholops (Холопы in Russian) were feudally dependent people in Russia between the 10th and early 18th centuries. Their legal status was close to that of the slaves. The word kholop was first mentioned in a chronicle under the year of 986. Its etymology is unclear. By one hypothesis, the word ..
Kholstomer
Kholstomer, also translated as Strider, is one of the more striking stories in Russian literature. It was started by Leo Tolstoy in 1863 and left unfinished until 1886, when it was reworked and published as "Kholstomer: The Story of a Horse". Georgi Tovstonogov staged it in his theatre in 1975. The..
Kholuy
Kholuy (Russian: ) is a village (selo) in Yuzhsky District of Ivanovo Oblast, Russia, situated southwest of Puchezh some 71 km away from the Shuya railway station. Population: 1,031 (2002 Census). Kholuy had a status of urban-type settlement until 2004, when it was demoted to a rural settleme..
Kholuy miniature
A Kholuy miniature is a Russian folk handicraft of miniature painting, made with tempera on a varnished box of papier-mâché. This form of Russian lacquer art is produced exclusively by students of the Kholuy school, a rural settlement in Ivanovo Oblast. The Kholuy school of icon painting was foun..
Khoma
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Hailing from Umeå, home town to an array of Swedish talent (Cult Of Luna, Refused, Meshuggah, International N..
Khomasdal North
Khomasdal North is a constituency in the Khomas Region of Namibia. Its population is 26,621. This constituency is inside the city of Windhoek. ..
Khomas Region
Khomas region, Namibia Area: 36,805 km² (14,210 mi²) Population: 250,305 (2001), 167,071 (1991) Population density 6.8/km² (17.6/mi²) Capital: Windhoek Time Zone: South African Standard Time: UTC+1 Khomas is one of the thirteen regions of Namibia. Khomas contains the capital city of..
Khomein
Khomein (in Persian خمین) is a city in central Iran, located in Markazi province, about 160 km from Qom and 300 km from Tehran. It had an estimated population of 76,104 in 2005.[link] Khomein is the birthplace of the Ayatollah Khomeini. One of the products of this..
Khomeini (name)
Khomeini is a Iranian name, derived from the Iranian city of Khomein. The "i" at the end means that the person is from the said city. The most prominen Khomeini is Ruhollah Khomeini. A list of Khomeinis include: Ruhollah KhomeiniHossein Khomeini Also, there is the Imam Khomeini International Airpo..
KHON-TV
KHON-TV is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate in Honolulu, Hawaii. The station broadcasts on analog channel two and digital channel 22, and can be seen on Oceanic Cable statewide on channel three. KHON is also one of very few Fox affiliates to not have a newscast during primetime. In addition ..
Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad
Khondaker Moshtaq Ahmad (also spelled Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed) (1918 - March 5, 1996) is a Bangladeshi political figure. He served as the president of Bangladesh from 15 August until 6 November 1975. He was the successor of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Ahmad was one of Sheikh Mujib's closest associates s..
Khonds
Khonds, or Kandhs, an aboriginal tribe of India, inhabiting the tributary states of Orissa and the Ganjam district of Andhra Pradesh. Their main divisions are into Kutia or hill Khonds and plain-dwelling Khonds; the landowners are known as Raj Rhonds. Their religion is animistic, and their pantheon ..
Khone Falls
The Khone Falls is a waterfall on the Mekong River in Laos in the Ban Hang Khone province near its border with Cambodia. The Khone Falls are the main reason that the Mekong is not navigable into China. The falls' total height is 21 meters (70 feet) in segmented cascades (or rapids) stretching over ..
Khongapani
Khongapani is a census town in Koriya district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Khongapani had a population of 17,865. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Khongapani has an average literacy ..
Khongman
Khongman is a census town in Imphal East district in the Indian state of Manipur. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Khongman had a population of 5465. Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Khongman has an average literacy rate of ..
Khong Island
Khong Island or Don Khong is an island of the Champasak Province of southern Laos, located on the Mekong river, in the Si Phan Don area. The island is 18 km long (north-south), and 8 km at its widest point. Population: approx. 55,000 , mainly concentrated in the two villages Muang Saen (west) and ..
Khong Khola
Khong Khola is a small perennial river near the town of Darjeeling, India. During dry season when the water supply of Darjeeling from Senchal lake becomes short, water is often pumped from Khong Khola to the town. The Darjeeling municipality has recently submitted proposals for four drinking water p..
Khong mon
The khōng mōn is a gong-circle instrument which is associated with the Mon people of Southeast Asia. It produces the same range of pitches as the more common khōng wōng gong circle, but rather than resting on the ground, the wooden frame of the khōng mōn extends into the air in the shape of a ..
Khong Tayiji
Khong Tayiji (also spelled Qong Tayiji; in Manchu: Hong Taiji) is a title of the Mongols. Khong Tayiji derives from Chinese Huangtaizi (皇太子; crown prince). At first it also meant crown prince in Mongolian. It was given only to descendants of Genghis Khan. In the Mongol tradition, a khan was u..
Khoni
Khoni is a city in the Western Georgian province of Imereti. It is situated in the north-west of that province, close to the border with the province of Samegrelo. During the Soviet era, the city was known as Tsulukidze. ..
Khonj
-->Khonj (Persian:خنج) is a township (city) in province of Fars south of Shiraz with 270 Km distance and with a population of 60,000. Its history goes back to 2000 years and were known to be the followers of Zoroastrianism. The ancient names for Khonj has always been Hong and konj (corner in per..
Khonnor
Connor Kirby-Long (born July 24 1986) is an electronic musician from Saint Johnsbury, Vermont who releases music under the name Khonnor. He has published works under several other names, including Grandma and I, Cactus. He uses low-tech instruments such as an instructional Japanese language cou..
Khonsa
Khonsa is the headquarters of Tirap district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. It also houses one of the State viz., Ramakrishna Sarada Mission School. The town is cosmopolitan in nature as people from every Indian State could be found here. The majorty of the people are Christians, notabl..
Khonshu (comics)
Khonshu is a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe, based loosely on the Khonshu of Egyptian mythology. He is the patron of Marc Spector, the Moon Knight. External Link [Khonshu at marvunapp.com] ..
Khonvoum
Khonvoum is the supreme god and creator of the Bambuti Pygmy people in central Africa. He is the 'great hunter', god of the hunt, and carries a bow made of two snake which appears to mortals as a rainbow. He rules the heavens and when the sun sets, he gathers pieces of the stars and throws it at the..
Khon Kaen
Khon Kaen (thai ขอนแก่น) is a town in the North-East of Thailand, the Isan. Population is 141,000. The geographical location is [16°26′N 102°50′E]. It is also the capital of the province Khon Kaen and the Khon Kaen district. It has the Rajamangala University and the K..
Khon Kaen (disambiguation)
Khon Kaen may refer to the town Khon KaenKhon Kaen ProvinceMueang Khon Kaen districtKhon Kaen UniversityKhon Kaen Airport redirect [[Template:Disambig]] ..
Khon Kaen Province
Khon Kaen (Thai ขอนแก่น) is the second-largest of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Nongbua Lamphu, Udon Thani, Kalasin, Maha Sarakham, Buriram, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chaiyaphum, Phetchabun and Loei. Contents 1 Ge..
Khon Kaen Silk Festival
The Khon Kaen Silk Festival is an event held in Khon Kaen, Isan, Thailand over ten days at the end of November and the beginning of December each year. It was first held in 1980. The event is centred on promotion of the local silk industry, but includes a wide range of other activities including ..
Khon Kaen University
Khon Kaen University (Thai:มหาวิทยาลัยขอนแก่น) is an internationally-recognized university in Asia. It is located in the Issan region of Thailand. The university is a central hub of education in north-east Thailand. Contents 1 History2 Faculties and C..
Khoonda
Khoonda is a settlement on Dantooine, seen in the videogame KOTOR II. founded by the remaining settlers after the Jedi Civil War. The success of Khoonda is due almost entirely to the mercenaries arriving in flocks to the settlement after the Jedi Civil War, searching for priceless relics from the ru..
Khoo Boon Hui
Commissioner of Police Khoo Boon Hui (simplified Chinese: 邱文晖) was born in 1954 in Singapore. He was awarded the prestigious Singapore Armed Forces Overseas Scholarship (SAFOS) in 1973. After his graduation in 1976, he was invited to join the Singapore Police Force (SPF) after a short stint i..
Khoo Fuk Lung
Khoo Fuk Lung(邱福龍)(b. February 21 1964) is a famous Hong Kong comic artist. ..
Khoo Kay Kim
Dato' Dr Khoo Kay Kim (b. March 28 1937) is a Malaysian historian and currently is a Professor Emeritus at University of Malaya's history department. He was born in Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. All of his university degrees - B.A. 1959; M.A. 1967; PhD. 1974 - were awarded by the University of Malaya. T..
Khoo Kongsi
Contents 0.1 How to get there (within Georgetown, ..
Khoo Swee Chiow
Khoo Swee Chiow is an adventurer, author and motivational speaker. He was born in Port Dickson, Malaysia in 1964. Khoo climbed Mount Everest in 1998 as a member of Singapore 1st Mt Everest Expedition. In 1999, he skied to the South Pole as the leader of Singapore 1st Antarctica Expedition, coverin..
Khoo Teck Puat
Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat (}; }; January 13 1917 - February 21 2004) was Singapore's wealthiest man. The banker and hotel owner reportedly died from a heart attack. He is survived by 14 children. The bulk of his fortune came from shares in British bank Standard Chartered, which he bought up in the 1980..
Khopesh
Khopesh (ko-pešh) is the name given by the ancient Egyptians to a Canaanite sickle-sword. Its origins can be traced back to third millennium Sumer. A typical khopesh has about 18 cm of hilt, with the blade extending some 40 cm from the hilt before curving into a slight crescent shape for another 1..
Khopoli
Khopoli is a small industrial town in the Indian state of Maharashtra, at the base of the Sahyadri mountains, surrounded on all sides by hills. It has grown rapidly in the last decade due to the proximity to Mumbai, particularly after the extension of the Mumbai Suburban Railway to Khopoli. It is th..
Khopyor River
Khopyor (Russian: , also transliterated as Khoper) is a river in European Russia, a left tributary of Don. Length 979 km, watershed: 61,100 km², mouth width: 300m. Navigable up to 323 km. Towns (Orographic sequence): Balashov, Borisoglebsk, Uryupinsk, Novokhopyorsk (Novokhopersk), Serafimovich..
Khor
Khor is an ancient region located in the south of ancient Syria, probably around modern Lebanon. It has long been an outpost of ancient Egypt. ..
Khorasan
Khorasan (Persian: خراسان) (also transcribed as Khurasan and Khorassan; Xorasan or Xurasan in Kurdish) is a region located in eastern Iran. The name Khorasan is Persian and means "where the sun arrives from." The name was given to the eastern province of Persia ..
Khorat Plateau
The Khorat Plateau is a plateau in the north-east of Thailand, also called Isan. It is named after the biggest city in the area, Nakhon Ratchasima, which is often called shortly Khorat. The average elevation is 200 m and it covers an area of about 155,000 km². The saucer-shaped plateau is tilted t..
Khorb el Ethel
Korb el Ethel is a town in western Algeria near the Haut Plateau. ..
Khordad
This article is refers to name of a month in Iranian Calendar. For the defunct reformist newspaper see Khordad (newspaper). Khordad is a month in Iranian Calendar system. It is the third month of the year and therefore the third and last month of spring. It consists of 31 days. Almost always it sta..
Khordad (newspaper)
Khordad was a newspaper published by Abdollah Noori. It was shut down by Iran Special Clerical Court and its editor-in-chief, Abdollah Noori, was sentenced to jail for five years. After this newspaper was closed by Iranian Conservatives another newspaper, namely Fath was published by Yadollah Eslami..
Khordha
Khorda, formerly known as Jajarsingh, is the capital of Khordha District, Orissa, India. ..
Khordha district
Khordha is an administrative division of the state of Orissa, India. It was formed on April 1, 1993 by the division of former Puri District into Puri, Khurda and Nayagarh districts. In the year 2000 the district name was changed to Khordha. The district headquarters is Khordha Town, formerly known a..
Khorenatzi medal
The Khorenatzi medal is the Republic of Armenia's highest cultural award. It is presented by the president to people who have significantly contributed to the advancement of Armenian culture. ..
Khoren Oganesian
Khoren Zoarewicz Oganesian (Born January 10, 1955) is a former USSR football midfielder who played for the USSR national football team in the 1982 World Cup. At the club level, he played for Armenian club FC Ararat Yerevan from 1975 to 1985. External links http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/ogane..
Khorezm SSR
Flag of Khoresm People's Soviet Republic Khorezm People's Soviet Republic (Russian: Хорезмская Народная Советская Республика) was created from Khanate of Khiva in February 1920 and officially declared on April 26, 1920. On October 20, 1923 it was transform..
Khorinis
Khorinis is the world of the role-playing game Gothic 2. Khorinis is a rich area with beautiful farms and dense forests. The main trade resource of Khorinis is the magic ore delivered from its prison colony to the King, who is fighting the orcs on the mainland. All the farms in Khorinis are owned by..
Khorixas
Khorixas is a town in Khorixas Constituency. ..
Khorixas Constituency
Khorixas is a constituency in the Kunene Region of Namibia. Its population is 10,906. The interesting name of this constituency comes from a derivation of the Damara word "Gorigas," which is a water bush that grows in the area. This area is famous for the Ugab Terraces, a stone monolith that can ..
Khorkhoruni
Khorkhoruni was a region and family of the old Armenia c. 400–800. The known rulers are: Gadecho Khorkhoruni c. 445Khoren I Khorkhoruni c. 450Gadich Khorkhoruni c. 451Khoren II Khorkoruni c. 451Gardchuyl Khorkhoruni c. 480Atat Khorkhoruni c. 590Thedoros Khorkhoruni c. 605Vohan Khorkhoruni c. ..
Khorloo Baianmunkh
Khorloo Baianmunkh (born February 22, 1944) is a retired Mongolian wrestler. At the 1972 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Freestyle Heavyweight category. ..
Khorne
In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy, Khorne is the Chaos god of rage, blood, hate and war. Khorne's daemonic number is eight, favors red, brass and black, and abhors magic and psychic powers. The first Chaos god, Khorne was accidentally created at the end of the War o..
Khornerstone
In computer performance testing, Khornerstone is a multipurpose benchmark from Workstation Labs used in various periodicals. The source is not free. Results are published in "UNIX Review". References This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, whi..
Khorog
The town of Khorog (Tajik Хорӯғ, also transliterated as Khoroq, Khorogh, Khorugh, or Xoroq) is the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region in Tajikistan. It has a population of 28,000 (2000 census). Khorog is situated 2,200 m above sea level at the confluence of the Gunt with the Pa..
Khorovod
Khorovod (Russian: , Ukrainian: хоровод, Belarusian: карагод) is an art form of Eastern Slavs, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to Chorea of ancient Greece. See also [Khorovod description and history] HoraHoro ..
Khorramabad
Khorramabad Khorramabad (Luri: Khurramabad, also Khorram Abad) is the capital of Lorestan, a province in western Iran. It had an estimated population of 339,759 in 2005.[link]. It is situated in the Zagros Mountains. There is a regional airport 3 km south of the town proper. The ci..
Khorramshahr
Khorramshahr (Persian: خرمشهر) also known as al-Mohammerah (Arabic:المحمرة) , is port city in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. It is approximately ten kilometres north of Abadan. The city extends to the right bank of Shatt al-Arab near its confluen..
Khorshed
Shahid Khorshaed was freedom fighter of the Liberation War of Bangladesh. He was one of them who died for the greater interest of the then country. He is a martyr of the war. Specific important matter is that he was young enough. He was studying in Mirzapur Cadet College at the time of the war. ..
Khorshid Farman Farmaian
Offspring of the Persian nobleman Abdol Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma and a member of the Qajar dynasty of Iran. Born in 1937. See also PersiaHistory of PersiaHistory of IranQajar Dynasty of Iran External links [The Qajar (Kadjar) Pages][Qajars Dynasty] Turkoman dynasty of the Shahs..
Khors Aircompany
Khors Aircompany is an airline based in Kiev, Ukraine. It operates freighter services within the CIS and to Europe and the Middle East and has passenger capability. Its main base is Boryspil State International Airport (KBP), Kiev. Contents 1 Code Data2 History3 Fleet4 Externa..
Khortytsia
See also Mennonite community Chortitza. Khortytsia Island (Ukrainian: Хортиця) offers a remarkably rural escape from the Ukrainian industrial city of Zaporizhia just across the river Dnipro. Most visitors come to the island either to visit the Zaporizhian Cossack Museum or a Cossack Horse ..
Khorunzhiy
Khorunzhiy (Хорунжий in Russian, chorąży in Polish; derives from the Polish word choragiew, or banner), was initially the name for a standard bearer, which would later become a junior officer rank in the Cossack army of the Russian military. It corresponded to the rank of second lieutenant..
Khoruzhivka
Khoruzhivka (Ukrainian: Хоружівка) is a village located in the Sums'ka Oblast' in northern Ukraine. It lies 111 meters (367 ft) above sea level. Viktor Yushchenko, President of Ukraine and the opposition candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, was born here on February 23, 19..
Khorvaire
In the Eberron campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Khorvaire is one of the larger continents of the world. The material plane of Eberron contains four major continents, of which Khorvaire is arguably the most known. The others are Argonnessen (to the south east), Xen'drik..
Khoryphos
Khoryphos is a member of the Eternals, a fictional race in the Marvel Comics universe. History Little has been revealed. He has been mistaken for Horus and Orpheus. Has devoted himself to composing and playing music, and has been a friend to his fellow Eternal Ikaris. He accompanied Ikaris in h..
Khorzookhan
Khorzookhan is an imaginary character in the Iranian sitcom Shabhaye Barareh; imaginary meaning that you cannot see him. Appearances Khorzookhan was first seen by Mr. Nezam Du Barareh when he was on delusion in consequence of sniffing pea powder which is cultivated in Barareh village.In one episode..
Khor Angar
Khor Angar is a town located in the Obock Region of Djibouti. ..
Khor Fakkan
Khor Fakkan (sometimes written as 'Khawr Fakkan') (Arabic:خورفكان) is geographically situated within the Emirate of Fujairah on the East coast of the United Arab Emirates on the Gulf of Oman, but is actually an isolated enclave belonging to the Emirate of Sharjah. It is the site of a shallo..
Khor Virap
The Khor Virap ("Խոր Վիրապ" in Armenian, meaning deep dungeon) monastery is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Armenia. Its location, near the closest point to Mount Ararat within Armenian borders, offers a spectacular view of the mountai..
Khosa
Khosa (Urdu: کھوسھ) is a Baloch tribe settled in Balochistan, Sindh and Punjab provinces of Pakistan. Khosa tribe dominates the Dera Ghazi Khan district in Punjab. ..
Khoshuud
The Khoshuts (Kalmyk: Хошут) are a division within the Kalmyk (Oirat) people. ..
Khosrau
Khosrau, Khusrau, Khosru and also Khusraw (Kasrâ in Arabic; Osroes or Chosroes in Greek) was the name of a mythical Persian leader, in the Avesta of the Zoroastrians known as Kavi Haosravah, with the meaning 'with good reputation'. A number of rulers of Persia, Armenia, and the Middle East were kno..
Khosrau I
A coin of Khosrau I. Khosrau I, (Most commonly known as Anooshiravan also spelled Anushirvan, Persian: انوشيروان meaning the immortal soul), also known as Anooshiravan the Just (انوشیروان عادل, Anooshiravan-e-ādel) (ruled 531–579), was the favourite son and success..
Khosrau II
Egyptian woven pattern woolen curtain or trousers, which was a copy of a Sassanid silk import, which was in turn based on a fresco of Persian King Khosrau II fighting Ethiopian forces in Yemen, 5-6th century. Khosrau II (sometimes called Parvez, "the ever Victorious" – in Persian: خسرو ..
Khosrov II the Small
Chosroes II The Small (or Khosrov II Godag), the son of Tiridates III, was a member of the Arshakuni Dynasty and the king of Armenia from 330 – 339 AD. He was a man of short stature, thus his name. He founded the city of Dvin which later became the Armenian capital. During his reign, two general..
Khosrow Shakibay
Khosrow Shakibay (in Persian: خسرو شکیبایی), Actor, Born 1944, Tehran, Iran. Graduated in acting from FDA, began his stage career in 1963 and film acting in 1982 with The Red Line (Masoud Kimiay). He is considered as one of the most prominent Iranian film stars in the last decade. He had ..
Khosrow Vaziri
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری in Farsi), born on March 15 1943 in Tehran, Iran, is an Iranian professional wrestler better known by his stage name The Iron Sheik. Contents 1 Career2 Odds and Ends3 The B. Brian Blair Situation4 Quotes5 Finishing..
Khost
Khost, sometimes spelt Khowst, is a town in Afghanistan, located at 33.3° North 69.9° East. The town of Khost is the capital of Khost Province, a mountainous region near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan. During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, it was besieged for over eight years. A 'Ter..
Khost Province
A U.S. Marine maintains an overwatch position in the Khost province in Afghanistan Khost is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the south-east of the country. Its capital is Khost. It used to be part of Paktia province. The province is montanius and borders Pakistan ..
KHOT-FM
KHOT-FM (105.9 MHz; 36 kW) in Paradise Valley (repeated on 7 kW on-channel booster KHOT-FM1 Glendale) and KHOV(105.3 MHz; 6 kW) in Wickenburg, both in Arizona, are a pair of Regional Mexican outlets serving the Phoenix area. The simulcasts, both owned by Univision, operates under the moniker "La Nue..
Khotan
Mosque in Khotan. Khotan or Hotan (Uyghur: خوتەن/Hotǝn; }; }, formerly: Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) ([37°6′N 80°1′E]) is an oasis town in Khotan Prefecture and its capital as well, population 114,000 (2006). An important station on the south..
Khotang District
Khotang district, a part of Sagarmatha zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Diktel as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,591 sq km and has a population (2001) of 231,385. See also Zones of Nepal Reference [Nepal..
Khotanian
relating to Khotan, in particular the Kingdom of KhotanKhotanese, a Saka dialectThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Khotan River
The Khotan River (also Hotan River or Ho-t’ien River; Chinese: 和田河; pinyin: Hétián hé) is formed by the union of the White Jade (Yurungkash) and Black Jade (Karakash) Rivers, which flow north from the Kunlun Mountains into the Taklamakan Desert in nornthern China. The two rivers unite t..
Khote Sikkay
An Indian western, complete with horses and poncho's .Feroz Khan and Danny Denzongpa played 2 out of a gang of men hired by a villager to save his village from the dacoits. Part The Man with No Name ( in terms of Feroz Khan 's character) and part The Magnificent Seven. Rajendra Bedi made this movie ..
Khotkovo
Khotkovo (Russian: ) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located some 60 km north of Moscow. Population: 20,600 (2005 est.); 20,957 (2002 Census); 20,000 (1974). Khotkovo was first attested in 1308. It was granted a town status in 1949. The settlement is best known as the site of a monastery, f..
Khotont
Khotont is a district in Arhangay Province in central Mongolia. ..
Khotyn
Khotyn (#redirect [[Template:Lang-uk]], Polish: , Romanian: , Turkish: Khotin, Russian: , translit. Khotin) is a city in the Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine, and is the administrative center of the Khotynsky Raion (district) within that oblast. In earlier times, the town was part of the Bessara..
KHOU
KHOU could refer to two articles about Houston, Texas in the United States: Hobby Airport, a commercial airport with ICAO code KHOU.KHOU-TV, a CBS affiliate television station broadcasting on channel 11 analog. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated w..
KHOU-TV
KHOU-TV is the local CBS affiliate in Houston, Texas, owned by Belo Corporation (which purchased the station, along with the rest of Corinthian Broadcasting, from Dun & Bradstreet in 1984). It broadcasts on channel 11. Its transmitter is located in Missouri City, Texas. The station's best known al..
KHOU-TV Tower
KHOU-TV Tower is a 1,975 foot (602 m) high guyed mast at Missouri City, Texas at 29°33'41.0" N 95°30'05.0" W. KHOU-TV Tower was built in 1992 and is used for TV broadcasting. See also List of masts External links http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0017524http://www.skyscraperpa..
Khoums
The khoums (Arabic خمس, "fifth") is the subdivisory unit of the Mauritanian Ouguiya. Five khoums make an ouguiya, hence one khoums can be expressed as MRO/0.2; two as 0.4, four khoums as 0.8, etc. However, due to the khoums's extremely small value (about 0.058 euro cent as of 2006), the khoums pr..
Khour
Khour is a town and a notified area committee in Jammu district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Khour had a population of 6142. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Khour has an average..
Khouribga
Khouribga is a city in Morocco with a population of 166,397 (2004 census). Khourigba is the main city of a Phosphates-rich area. See also Office Cherifien des Phosphates ..
Khoury
Khoury is an Arabic surname that is unique to Arab Christians. The term Khoury means "priest" in Arabic. It is popular in the following countries: Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan. It is often given as a last name to a new priest or minister, replacing the old one. For example, a name would cha..
Khoutsiri
Khoutsiri is a town in the Kalahari desert of western Botswana. ..
Khovanov homology
In mathematics, Khovanov homology is a homology theory for knots and links. It may be regarded as a categorification of the Jones polynomial. It was developed in the late 1990s by Mikhail Khovanov, then at the University of California, Davis, now at Columbia University. Contents 1 Overvie..
Khovanshchina
Khovanshchina or The Khovansky Affair (Хованщина in Russian, Khovanshchina in transliteration) is an opera in five acts by Modest Mussorgsky to a Russian libretto by Vladimir Stasov, based on the events of the Moscow Uprising of 1682. Written between 1872 and 1880, the work was unfinished a..
Khowa
Khoa redirects here. For the foodstuff, see Khoa (food) The Khowa, also known as the Bugun, are a tribe in India. They live mainly in the subtropical Tenga circle in the sub-dividsions of Wanghoo, Kaspi, Singchung and Tenga within the Bichum and Tenga circles of West Kameng district in the state of..
Khowai
Khowai is a city in West Tripura.The place is named after the Khowai river passing by the town. There is an airport near the city. The literacy rate here is 68.77 per cent. External link [Government of India site on West Tripura] ..
Khowai-Ompi-Kamalpur Baptist Association, KOK
KOK is the main Baptist association of the Khowai and Kamalpur subdivisons of West Tripura and Dhalai districts of Tripura. It is part of the Tripura Baptist Christian Union and consists mainly of Kokborok speaking churches. ..
Khowar language
Khowar is classified as a Dardic language. It is spoken by 400,000 people in Chitral in Northwest Pakistan, in Yasin Valley and Gupis in neighboring Gilgit, and in parts of Upper Swat. It is spoken as a second language in the rest of Gilgit and Hunza. There are believed to be a small number of Kho..
Khoy
Khoy (خوی in Persian and Xoy in Kurdish), also spelt Khoi or Khvoy, is a city in West Azarbaijan, Iran. It is located between Maku and Urumieh. The region's economy is based around farming, particularly the production of fruit, grain and timber. As of 2004, the city had a populatio..
Khoye Maurya
Khoye Maurya is a gotra of Jats found in Uttar Pradesh in India. Jats of this clan founded the city Vijaynagar in Uttar Pradesh, which became Bijnor. Raja Nainsingh was a famous ruler of this clan. This clan is also found in Marathas and Gujars but not found in Rajputs at all. The jats of this clan ..
Khozh-Ahmed Noukhaev
Khozh-Ahmed Noukhaev is (or possibly was, it is rumored he was killed) a leader of the Chechen mafia organization known as Obshina and a prominent figure in Chechen politics. He was born in 1954 into the Yalkhoi teip (clan) from the Geldagan village in the Shalinsky District, Chechen Republic He ar..
Khozi Kokos
Khozi Kokos is the name given in Russian sources for an advisor to Ivan III of Muscovy. Khozi Kokos was a Jew, probably a native of Kaffa in Genoese-occupied Gazaria. His name is likely Turkic; "Khozi" may derive from the word for "pilgrim", and and "Kokos" may derive from the Turkic "Kök (or Gök)..
Kho Kho
Kho Kho is an Indian sport played by teams of twelve players who try to avoid being touched by members of the opposing team. Kho Kho and Kabaddi, in spite of popular misconception, are not the same. In Kho-Kho, one team sits or kneels in a row, with alternate members in the row facing opposite dire..
Kho Khuat
Kho Khuat (ฃ (ขวด)) is the third letter of the Thai alphabet. It is classed as a high class consonant in the Thai three-sound group. The letter is obsolete and there are no longer words using kho khuat in the Royal Institute version of the Thai dictionary. However, kho khuat is still occa..
Kho Ping Hoo
Kho Ping Hoo or Asmaraman Sukowati Kho Ping Hoo (Sragen, 17 August 1926 - Solo, 22 July 1994) was an Indonesian author from Chinese descent. He is very famous for his martial art stories with the background of China or Java. During his 30 years career, he had published at least 120 stories (accord..
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