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KuiIn Māori mythology, Kui was the wife of Tuputupuwhenua. They lived below the ground and when a new house is built, a tuft of grass is offered to them. Kui is also the name of the father of Vahi-vero and the grandfather of Rata in the Tuamotu islands. References R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polyne..
Kui, HiroshimaKui (久井町; -cho) was a town located in Mitsugi District, Hiroshima, Japan. On March 22, 2005 the town merged into the expanded city of Mihara and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,392 and a density of 86.73 persons per km²...
KuickshowKuickshow is an free open-source image viewer and slideshow program for the KDE desktop environment. It is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Features KuickShow can scroll through images in a given directory by using the mouse wheel, and its menu is used by right-clicking ..
Kuifje - De Zonnetempel (De Musical)Tom van Landuyt as Kuifje and Zohra as Bobbie Kuifje - De Zonnetempel, subtitled De Musical, is a Belgian musical in two acts with music by Dirk Brossé and lyrics and scenario by Seth Gaaikema and Frank van Laecke, based on the Tintin adventures The Seven Crystal Balls (1948) and Prisoners o..
KuihKuih (alternatively Kueh or Kue) is the term given to various manners of bite-sized food items in the Malay Archipelago, much like Spain's tapas. They are usually - but not always - sweet and intricate creations, including cakes, cookies and puddings. It can also be described as Pastry, however it i..
KUIKKUIK is a talk radio station in Hillsboro, 18 miles west of Portland, Oregon. First put on the air in 1954, AM-1360 KUIK has been serving Washington County for over 50 years. KUIK provides the latest news and information about the West Portland community and offers traffic and weather updates. ..
KUIL-LPKUIL-LP is a low-powered FOX / UPN affiliate, broadcasting on channel 64 at 25 kW for the Beaumont / Port Arthur, Texas area. KUIL-LP is owned by National Communications, who also owns Fox affiliate KVHP in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Prior to 2003, KVHP served Beaumont and Port Arthur, in addition..
KuiliyKuiliy was a woman of the Pend d'Oreilles. She was the leader of a team of warriors who rescued another group of warriors while fighting the Blackfeet in 1842. ..
Kuils RiverKuils River is a town in the Western Cape province, South Africa. It situated in what people like to refer to as the gateway to Cape Town's wine routes. ..
Kuini LilihaKuini Liliha (circa 1802-August 25, 1839) was a chiefess in the ancient Hawaiian tradition and served the Kingdom of Hawaii as royal governor of Oahu. She assumed administration of the island from 1829 to 1831 after the tragic death of her husband Boki, an advisor and friend to Kamehameha II. She ..
Kuini SpeedAdi Kuini Speed Adi Kuini Teimumu Vuikaba Speed (23 December 1949 - 31 December 2004) was a Fijian chief and politician, who served as Deputy Prime Minister in 1999 and 2000. She was the head girl at Adi Cakobau School in 1968, and went on to graduate from the University of the South Pacifi..
Kuin Silloin EnnenKuin Silloin Ennen (English translation: "Like In Those Times") was the Finnish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969, performed in Finnish by Jarkko & Laura. The song was performed sixteenth on the night (following Portugal's Simone de Oliveira with Desfolhada Portuguesa). At the close of votin..
KuiperKuiper could refer to: Nicolaas Kuiper — (1920-1994) a Dutch mathematicianGerard Kuiper — (1905–1973) a Dutch-American astronomerKuiper belt - is an area of the solar system extending past the orbit of Neptune.Duane Kuiper - baseball playerThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] pa..
Kuiper's testIn statistics, Kuiper's test (pronunciation of Kuiper: /kœypəʁ/) is closely related to the more well-known Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (or K-S test as it is often called). As with the K-S test, the discrepancy statistics D+ and D− represent the maximum deviation above and below of the two cumu..
Kuiper's theoremIn mathematics, Kuiper's theorem is a result on the topology of the operators on an infinite-dimensional complex Hilbert space H. It states that the topological space X of all linear operators L from H to itself, which are bounded operators and invertible, is such that for any finite complex Y, ther..
Kuiper (computer game)Kuiper is a game current in-development by Kuattech, or Kuattech. It's gameplay is very similar to that of the Microsoft game Allegiance. It is current being developed on the Torque Shader Engine. According to the Kuattech development team, Kuiper is approximately 36% complete, and is in the Alpha ..
Kuiper (crater)There is more than one crater named Kuiper: Kuiper (lunar crater)Kuiper (crater on Mars)Kuiper (crater on Mercury) This 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 d..
Kuiper (lunar crater)Crater characteristics Coordinates ..
Kuiper 90Is a red dwarf star in Lyra located near 17 Lyrae (19h 05m 43.7s +32º 26' 42"), to 26 year-light from the Earth, also named Gliese 747AB. Period: 5 years, magnitude in V band: 11.26, max. separation: 0.35 arcsecond. External links [Study of 17 Lyrae (in Spanish)][17 Lyrae in color..
Kuiper Airborne ObservatoryThe KAO in flight The Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO) was a national facility operated by NASA to support research in infrared astronomy. The observation platform was a highly modified C-141A jet transport aircraft with a range of 6000 nautical miles, capable of conducting research..
Kuiper beltArtist's rendering of the Kuiper Belt and hypothetical more distant Oort cloud. The Kuiper belt (pronounced /ˈkaɪpɚ/) is an area of the solar system extending from the orbit of Neptune (at 30 AU) to 50 AU from the Sun. The objects within the Kuiper Belt together with the members of the s..
Kuiseb RiverSatellite image of the Kuiseb river The Kuiseb River in Namibia is bordered on one side by the tallest sand dunes in the world, and on the other by barren rock. The red sand dunes south of the river reach heights over 150 meters. The prevailing winds blow the dunes northward, but their moveme..
KuitaartKuitaart in the municipality of Hulst. Kuitaart ([51°21′N 4°2′E]) is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Hulst, and lies about 24 km southwest of Bergen op Zoom. The statistical area "Kuitaart", which also can include the surrounding..
KuitoKuito is a city located in central Angola. It is the administrative capital of Bié Province. Its colonial name was Silva Porto. Kuito was under siege in 1993/94 and again in 1998/99 by the rebel forces from UNITA, but the government side won each time. ..
Kuitpo ForestCommercial pine plantation in Kuitpo Forest Kuitpo Forest (pronounced kai-po) is situated about 40 km south-east of Adelaide CBD. Established in 1898, Kuipto Forest was the first of many forest plantations in the Mount Lofty Ranges, planted at the turn of the 20th Century to ensure a suistana..
KuitunKuitun (Chinese: 奎屯; pinyin: Kuítún) is a county-level city with about 144,000 residents in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang. Food processing and textile industries are present in Kuitun. Kuitun is close to a desert. Kuitun has a railway connection to Kazakhstan. Kuitun Power Plant ..
Kuiu IslandKuiu Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, at [56°28′N 134°1′W]. It lies between Kupreanof Island, to its east, and Baranof Island, to its west. The island is 105 km (65 miles) long, and 10-23 km (6-23 miles) wide. It is separated from Baranof Is..
KuivaniemiKuivaniemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,036 (2003) and covers an area of 960.11 km² of which 30.70 km² is water. The population density is 2.1 inhabitants per km². The ..
Kui the HorseclawKui the Horseclaw is a huge flightless riding bird, the female mate of Kai, in the fantasy manga Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, created by Hayao Miyazaki. She is the faithful mount of Yupa. When Kai is killed, Kui lays their egg. ..
Kui XingKui Xing (Wade-Giles: K'uei Hsing) is a character in Chinese mythology, the god of examinations, and an associate or servant of the god of literature, Wen Chang. Kui Xing was an ugly but clever dwarf, who became the patron deity of those taking imperial examinations. He is often depicted standing ..
Kui YuanYuanKui YuanYuan (Simplified Chinese:奎媛媛) is a Chinese Gymnast born on June 23, 1981. She is strong on 3 events: Balance Beam, Floor Exercise and Vault. She participated in two Olympic Games, two World Championships and qualified for the 1998 World Cup Final. Kui shocked everyone when she became t..
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