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K.U.R.O.
K.U.R.O. is Takeichirou Kurosaki, a psychedelic trance artist from Japan. Discography EP Fuse (Psyristor Trax)Tranmission Delay (Psyristor Trax)The Japan (Spirit Zone Records 1994)The Revolution (Tokyo Tekno Tribe Records 1995)Ghost (Flying Rhino Records 1999)Shadows (Spirit Zone Records 2000)Manle..
Ku-ring-gai (disambiguation)
The Kuringgai (Ku-ring-gai, Guringai) is a name applied (possibly erroniously) to a group consisting of several diverse indigenous Australian people. Things named after this group include: Electoral district of Ku-ring-gaiHornsby Ku-ring-gai HospitalKu-ring-gai Chase National ParkKu-ring-gai Creativ..
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
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Ku-ring-gai Council
Ku-ring-gai Council is a Local Government Area in the North Shore region of Sydney. It includes the suburbs of Gordon, Pymble, Lindfield, Killara, St Ives, Roseville, Warrawee, Turramurra and Wahroonga. The region is named after the Aboriginal tribe who once inhabited the area. Because of its elev..
Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School
Ku-ring-gai Creative Arts High School is a specialist secondary school located in North Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. The school takes students from its local area as well as those who "demonstrate special interest, commitme..
Kur
Fertile Crescentmyth series Mesopotamian Levantine Arabian Mesopotamia Primordial beings 7 gods who decree The great gods Demigods & heroes Tales from Babylon Spirits & Monsters Good beings: Humbaba · Kingu Kishar · Mamitu Siris · Zu Evil beings: Asag ..
Kura-Araxes culture
The Kura-Araxes culture sometimes known also as the Early Transcaucasian culture was an important Chalcolithic (copper-stone age) and bronze age culture that flourished in the Caucasus, eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran from about 4000 B.C. to 2200 B.C. after which they were presumably overrun ..
Kuraan
Kuraan is an ethnic minority of Sudan. It likely numbers more than 50,000 persons. This minority mainly is muslim. They speak Arabic. ..
Kurabuchi, Gunma
Kurabuchi (倉渕村; -mura) is a village located in Gunma District, Gunma, Japan. As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 4,535 and a density of 35.64 persons per km². The total area is 127.26 km². External links [Kurabuchi official website] in Japanese ..
Kuraby, Queensland
Kuraby is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is situated approximately 21 kilometres (13 miles) by road or 22.5 kilometres (14 miles) by rail south-east of the city of Brisbane. A one hour drive to the south is the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise. The same distance to the north is the ..
Kuraby railway station, Brisbane
Kuraby Station is a railway station on the Beenleigh Line of Brisbane, Australia. It is part of the QR CityTrain network. It is in Zone 5 of the TransLink integrated public transport system. }> '''554 - - : ''' via () ('' |Brisbane Transport=BT |Brisbane Bus Lines=BBL |Veolia Transport=VT |Mt..
Kurahashi, Hiroshima
Kurahashi (倉橋町; -cho) was a town located in Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan. On March 15, 2005 the town merged with five other towns into the expanded city of Kure and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,193 and a density of ..
Kurahaupō
In Māori tradition, Kurahaupō is the canoe which brought to New Zealand the ancestors of several iwi including Ngati Apa, Ngati Awa, Ngati Ruanui, all of Taranaki, and Ngati Kahungunu of the lower North Island. Ruatea was the chief. References E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary..
Kurai Mountains
The Kurai mountain range is a belt of mountains in the Siberian Altai province. Bounded to the south by the Kurai and Chuya Basins, the Kurai mountains form the southern part of a metamorphic dome complex. Major rivers flow from the Kurai mountains predominantly to the north, where they continue fo..
Kurakin
Kurakin (Куракин) was a Gediminid Russian princely family and may refer to: Alexander Kurakin (senator) (1697-1749), a Russian diplomat and senatorAlexander Kurakin (1752-1818), a Russian statesman and diplomatAlexei Kurakin (1759-1829), a Russian statemanBoris Kurakin (1676-1727), a Russia..
Kural
The Kural is one of the most important forms of classical Tamil poetry. It is a very short poetic form, exactly in 2 lines, the first line consisting of 4 metrical feet or sIr and the second line consisting of 3 metrical feet. It should also conform to the grammar for Venpa. Thirukkural, one of the ..
Kurala
Kurala is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the northeast of the city, and is largely a low-density residential suburb. The current (as of 2004) population of Kurala is 2,956, and it is decreasing at an annual rate of 1.25%. 13.26% of th..
Kurali
Kurali is a city and a municipal council in Rupnagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Geography Kurali is located at [30.83° N 76.57° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kurali]. It has an average elevation of 281 metres (921 feet). Demographics As of ..
Kurama
Kurama (蔵馬), also known as Shuichi Minamino (南野秀一 Minamino Shūichi) is one of the main four characters of the popular anime and manga series YuYu Hakusho created by Yoshihiro Togashi. His Japanese seiyū are Megumi Ogata (Kurama), Shigeru Nakahara (Yoko Kurama) and his English Voice A..
Kuraman island
Kuraman island is a small tropical island located off the coast of Labuan, North Borneo. Is is sparsely populated and is popular with divers and those who travel between Labuan and Brunei. Kuraman island has two beaches and is noted for its fishing and pleasant atmosphere. In December 2004 a group o..
Kuramarotini
In Māori mythology, Kuramarotini was the daughter of Toto, a chief of Hawaiki. Toto made a gift to her of the canoe Matahourua, in which she went out fishing with her husband Hoturapa and their friend Kupe. Kupe tricked Hoturapa to dive into the water to free one of the lines. Once Hoturapa was ove..
Kurama (disambiguation)
Kurama is a character from the anime YuYu Hakusho. Kurama may also refer to: Mount Kurama, a mountain in Japan with links to martial artsPrincess Kurama, a character from the anime Urusei YatsuraKurama language a Niger-Congo languageKurrama language an Australian Aboriginal languageKurrama people a..
Kurama language
For the article on the Australian Aboriginal language, see Kurrama language The Kurama language is a language within the subgroupings of the Benue-Congo group of languages, which are in turn the largest branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The language is indigenous to Nigeria, with a little ..
Kuramon
Kuramon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Baby Level Digimon of unknown type, the Baby form of Diaboromon. Contents 1 Evolution2 Abilities2.1 Attacks3 Appearances3.1 Digimon Adventure3.1.1 Our War Game!3.2 Digimon Adventure 023.2.1 Rev..
Kuramoto model
The Kuramoto model, first proposed by Yoshiki Kuramoto (蔵本 由紀 Kuramoto Yoshiki), is a mathematical model for the behavior of a large set of coupled oscillators, and synchronization in general. Its formulation was motivated by the behavior of systems of chemical and biological oscillators, a..
Kurana
Kurana is a small town close to Katunayake in the island of Sri Lanka. It is on the Katunayake-Colombo road and a few miles from the Bandaranaike International Airport. Vernon Corea's father, Reverend Canon Ivan Corea was a curate at St. Phillips Church in Kurana, Katunayake at the time of his birt..
Kuranari Tadashi
Kuranari Tadashi (倉成 正 Kuranari Tadashi, August 31,1918 - July 3,1996) is a Japanese politician. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the late 1980s. In 1987, as Foreign Minister, he visited Sri Lanka and Fiji and other countries. See also:List of Japanese politicians, Politics of Japan, Jap..
Kuranda
Kuranda, as a noun, may refer to one of the following: Kuranda, Queensland, a town in North Queensland, Australia.Kuranda SkyrailLast names Ignaz KurandaRichard Kuranda, actor and theatrical director Koranda Koranda is a variant of Kuranda family: USAHS Ernestine Koranda (after Ernestine Koranda)..
Kuranda, Queensland
Kuranda (postcode 4881) is a town on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is located 330 metres above sea level at [16°49′S 145°36′E] and is 25 kilometres from Cairns. It is a town of 650 people and is surrounded by rainforest. right Contents 1 ..
Kuranda Butterfly Farm
Opened in 1987, the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, Kuranda is listed by the Guinness Book of Records as Australia’s largest butterfly farm. Kuranda is a bustling market town located on the edge of the tablelands in the mountains above Cairns in Far North Queensland, Australia. Conceived, desig..
Kuranda Skyrail
The Kuranda Skyrail is a scenic cableway running above the Barron Gorge National Park from Kuranda, Queensland to the northern outskirts of Cairns. The Skyrail was built in 1995. The development of the Skyrail was controversial as some local residents believed that damage may be done to World Herita..
Kuranes
Kuranes (also King Kuranes) is a fictional character in H. P. Lovecraft's Dream Cycle. He was introduced in the short story "Celephaïs" (1934) and also appeared in The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath (1926). Kuranes was a great dreamer and made frequent visits to the Dreamlands. In the waking world,..
Kuranty
The Kuranty (occasionally titled Vesti, Vedomosti, or Vestovye pisma) was the first Russian hand-written newspaper, published in the 17th century in Muscovy. The earliest extant issue is dated 1621. The Kuranty was issued by the Posolsky Prikaz for selected government officials in order to inform ..
Kuraokami class destroyer
Type destroyer Length 150 meters Armament dual rapid-fire gun 25mm anti-air Gatling gun x4 anti-air missile launcher x4 anti-ship missile launcher x6 Air units Heli VTOL fighter x1 This is a fictional ship class from the Cosmic Era universe, part of the Gundam anime metaseries. ..
Kuraoli
Kuraoli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mainpuri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kuraoli had a population of 20,680. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kuraoli has an average ..
Kurapaty
Kurapaty (Belarusian: Курапаты) is a wooded area on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus, where in 1941 a vast number of people were executed. At least 30,000 and possibly as many as 100,000 people are estimated to have perished there. There have been investigations by both the Soviet, and Belaru..
Kuraray
(TYO: [3405] ) is a Japanese manufacturer of chemicals, fibers and other materials based in Tokyo. Founded in Kurashiki-shi in 1926 to produce rayon, it is the world's leading producer of synthetic leather. External links [Kuraray Co., Ltd] ..
Kurara Hananokoji
Kurara Hananokoji Super Kurara Kurara Hananokoji (花小路 クララ) is a fictional character designed for the Power Instinct game series. Contents 1 Profile2 Heaven's Gate profile3 Kurara's special moves4 Super Kurara's special moves5 Music themes6 ..
Kurash
Kurash is the native ancient type of upright jacket wrestling practiced in Uzbekistan. "Kurash" is one of the oldest martial arts and is believed to be the ancestor of judo. Kurash is a member of Turkish wrestling arts. It is related to Turkish yağlı güreş and to Tatar Köräş. External link..
Kurashiki, Okayama
A canal in Kurashiki. 19th-century warehouses line this quay. Nowadays, many of them host merchants of artisanal local wares. Kurashiki (倉敷市; -shi) is an historic city located to the west of Okayama, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea. As of 20..
Kuratake, Kumamoto
Kuratake (倉岳町; -machi) was a town located in Amakusa District, Kumamoto, Japan. On March 27, 2006 the town merged with seven other towns from the district and the cities of Hondo and Ushibuka forming the new city of Amakusa and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the..
Kurata Yasuaki
Born March 20, 1946, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan Career: Japanese Martial Arts actor Won a 5th Dan in Karate, a 3rd Dan in Judo, a 2nd Dan in Aikido Yasuaki_kurata.jpg [link] www.kungfucinema.com ..
Kurate, Fukuoka
Kurate (鞍手町; -machi) is a town located in Kurate District, Fukuoka, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 18,641 and a density of 523.92 persons per km². The total area is 35.58 km². External links [Kurate official website] in Japanese ..
Kurate District, Fukuoka
Kurate (鞍手郡; -gun) is a district located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 59,006 and a density of 310.97 persons per km². The total area is 189.75 km². Towns and villages KotakeKurateMiyawaka Merger On February 11, 2006 the towns of Miya..
Kuratowski closure axioms
In topology and related branches of mathematics, the Kuratowski closure axioms are a set of axioms which can be used to define a topological structure on a set. They are equivalent to the more commonly used open set definition. They were first introduced by Kazimierz Kuratowski, in a slightly differ..
Kurauchi Station
Kurauchi Station Kurauchi Station (蔵内駅) is located on the JR Kesennuma Line in Motoyoshi, Miyagi. Contents 1 Line2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Line JR East Kesennuma Line Surrounding area Highway 45 History December 11, 1977: Station begins opera..
Kuraulyek
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Kurau Phantom Memory
|} The anime is a science fiction drama series from Japan. Set about the year 2100, it explores themes such as inter-familial relationships and ethics in science. Her father, Dr. Amami, is a tireless scientist working in the field of alternative energy who at the beginning of the series is on..
Kuravilangad
Kuravilangad (in Malayalam : കുരവിലങട) refers to a town located in the Kottayam district of Kerala, South India. The town is situated in the Meenachil Taluk, about 22km north of Kottayam, and is located near the town of Ettumanoor. The land is blessed by the esteemed presence of St...
Kurayoshi, Tottori
Kurayoshi (倉吉市; -shi) is a city located in the northern part of Tottori, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 49,041 and a density of 281.04 persons per km². The total area is 174.50 km². The ancient provincial government of Hoki province was located in this area, and..
Kura River
Mtkvari (Kura) River near Old Town, Tbilisi Kura (Georgian მტკვარი - Mtkvari, Azerbaijani Kür) is a river in the Caucasus Mountains. Starting in Eastern Turkey (formerly Georgian province of Tao), it flows through Turkey to Georgia, then to Azerbaijan, where it receives the Arak..
KURB
KURB-FM 98.5 is an Adult Contemporary radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is owned by Citadel Communications, which also owns Little Rock stations KARN (news), KIPR (urban), and KLAL (Top 40). KURB is one of America's highest rated Adult Contemporary stations. Notable personalities who curr..
Kurban
Kurban was a Turkish rock band. The band formed in 1999, and disbanded in 2005. The members were, Kerem Tüzün, Burak Gürpınar, Deniz Yılmaz and Özgür Kankaynar. The band has three full length studio albums called 'Kurban', 'Sert' and 'Insanlar' respectively. ..
Kurbash
Kurbash or Kourbash (from the Arabic qurbash, a whip; Turkish qirbachi; and French courbachze), a whip or strap about a yard in length, made of the hide of the hippopotamus or rhinoceros. It is an instrument of punishment and torture that was used in various Muslim countries, especially in the Turki..
Kurbin District
The District of Kurbin (Albanian: Rrethi i Kurbinit) is one of the thirty-six districts of Albania. It has a population of 54,000 (2004 estimate), and an area of 235 km². It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Laç. Districts of Albania Berat | Bulqizë | Delvinë | Devoll | Di..
Kurbits
Kurbits painting is the method of ppainting with two colors on one brush. It was developed in the 19th century, and it is still used today in traditional Swedish paintings. It originated in Vāstån, Sweden. ..
Kurchaloyevsky District, Chechen Republic
Kurchaloyevsky District (Russian: ), also known as Kurchaloi District, is a raion (district) of the Chechen Republic, Russia. Located in the eastern part of the Republic, it is also home to Aleroj Teip (associated with the village of Aleroy) and birthplace of both former Chechen president Aslan Mask..
Kurchatov
Kurchatov may refer to one of the following. Igor Kurchatov, the leader of the Soviet atomic bomb project.Cities named after Igor Kurchatov:*Kurchatov, Kazakhstan*Kurchatov, Russia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an re..
Kurchatov, Russia
Kurchatov (Russian: ) is a town in Kursk Oblast, Russia, located on the Seym River some 42 km west of Kursk. Population: 46,300 (2005 est.); 45,556 (2002 Census). Kurchatov was founded in 1968 due to the construction of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant and granted town status in 1983. It was nam..
Kurchatov (crater)
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Kurchatov Institute
The Kurchatov Institute (Russian: is Russia's leading research and development institution in the field of nuclear energy. In the Soviet Union it was known as Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Russian: and abbreviated as КИАЭ, (transliteration: KIAE). Originally known under a secret name..
Kurchatov Medal
The Kurchatov Medal, or the Gold Medal in honour of Igor Kurchatov is an award given for outstanding achievements in nuclear physics and in the field of nuclear energy. The USSR Academy of Sciences established this award on February 9 1960 in honour of Igor Kurchatov and in recognition of his lifeti..
Kurd-Dagh
Kurd-Dagh or Kurdish Mountain (Kurdish: Çiyayê Kurmênc, Arabic: Jabal al-Akrad ("Mountain of Kurds"), Turkish: Kürt Dağı) is a region of Kurdistan, located in Syria (Aleppo Governorate) and Turkey (Gaziantep Province). It is bordered with Afrin River (Tell 'Afrin, Afrin Çayı) to the east and..
Kurdamir
Kurdamir (Kürdəmir) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. Subdivisions of Azerbaijan Districts: Absheron | Agdam | Agdash | Agjabadi | Agstafa | Agsu | Astara | Babek* | Balakan | Barda | Beylagan | Bilasuvar | Dashkasan | Davachi | Fizuli | Gadabay | Goranboy | Goychay | Hajigabul | Imishli | Isma..
Kurdification
Kurdification is a term used to describe a cultural change in which something ethnically non-Kurdish is made to become Kurdish. The term is often used in relation to Turkmen, Assyrians and Arabs. ..
Kurdish
Kurdish may refer to: The Kurdish peopleThe Kurdish languageThe land of the Kurds KurdistanThe History of the KurdsKurdish literatureKurdish musicThe Kurdish Yazidi religionKurdish RugsKurdish cuisine This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the sa..
Kurdish-Hizbullah
Kurdish-Hizbullah or Turkish-Hizbullah is a Kurdish Islamic (Sunni) extremist organization that arose in the late 1980s in response to Kurdistan Workers Party atrocities against Muslims in southeastern Turkey, where Kurdish-Hizbullah seeks to establish an independent Islamic state. Contents 1&nb..
KurdishMedia.com
KurdishMedia.com is a pro-Kurdish news and commentary website dedicated to providing news and information about Kurds and Kurdistan since August 4 1998. KurdishMedia.com is an independent information provider, not affiliated to any political or non-political organisation. Today, KurdishMedia.com i..
Kurdish alphabet
Kurdish alphabet is a writing system for the Kurdish language. It was derived from Latin alphabet by Celadet Alî Bedirxan in 1932, thus also called the Bedirxan script. It is used by Kurds in Turkey and Syria for writing Kurmanji dialect of Kurdish. The Kurmanji Kurdish dialect (using Latin Kurman..
Kurdish blogs
Kurdish blogs have emerged in recent years as virtual fora where Kurdish-speaking Internet users can express themselves in their native Kurdish or in other languages. This is something they have not always been able to do via other media: until recently in Turkey, for example, broadcasting in Kurdis..
Kurdish calendar
Kurdish calendar is a Solar calendar used among the Kurdish people #redirect [[Template:Fact]]. The Kurdish year begins on March 21st, at the time of vernal equinox. Kurdish Months Jezhnan / Xakeléwe (March-April)Gullan (April-May)Zerdan / Jozerdan (May-June)Púshperr (June-July)Gelawézh (July-Au..
Kurdish celebration of Newroz
This article is on the Kurds celebrating the Iranian feast of Norouz. For the main article, please see Norouz. Newroz (in Kurdish: Newroz meaning: new day) is the festival of the spring and coincides with the spring equinox as celebrated by some Kurds. The new year day is 21th of March and the fe..
Kurdish Christians
Kurdish Christians are those Kurds who adhere to Christianity mostly inhabiting the region known as Kurdistan. They should not be confused with other groups of Christians in the same region, the Assyrians and Armenians. Some of those Kurdish Christians whose ancestors were Christian from ancient ti..
Kurdish Cities
Kurdish chief towns are Diyarbakir, Bitlis, and Van in Turkey, Mosul and Karkuk in Iraq, and Kermanshah in Iran. Kurdistan is generally considered to include eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Northwestern Iran as well as parts of northern Syria and Armenia so cities in these areas can be defined as ..
Kurdish clothing
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Kurdish traditional clothings (Kurdish: Cilî Kurdî) are variant. Kurdish women wear colorful clothes. Types KewapatolRenk u choxeKlashSoranePishten ..
Kurdish cuisine
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Kurdish cuisine includes a wide variety of foods ranging from Kutilk, Berbesel, kellane, kullerenaske, dokliw (a thick soup), biryani, Tobouli, kuki (meat and/or vegetable pies)..
Kurdish culture
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Kurdish culture is a group of distinctive cultural traits practiced by Kurdish people. The Kurdish culture is a legacy from the various ancient peoples who shaped modern Kurds a..
Kurdish dance
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Kurdish dance (Kurdish: Govend) is a group of traditional hand-holding dances similar to those from the Balkans, Lebanon, and to Iraq. It is a form of round dancing, with a sing..
Kurdish diaspora
Kurdish diaspora is the Kurdish populations found in regions outside their ancestral homeland Kurdistan. Iran: The largest Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north Khorasan, in north-eastern Iran. Over one million Kurds are living in this region. These Kurds are descendan..
Kurdish flag
The Kurdish flag (also flag of Kurdistan, Kurdish: Alay Kurdistan, Alay Rengín "The Colourful Flag", ) first appeared during the Kurdish struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire. It is said to have been created in the 1920s by the organisation of Xoybûn (Khoyboon) [link]. An ..
Kurdish Heritage Foundation of America
Kurdish Heritage Foundation of America, also known as Kurdish Library and Museum, is a cultural organization based in Brooklyn, New York. It collects items related to Kurdish culture, literature and history. Its library contains around 2,000 volumes on Kurdish-related subjects. The library and Museu..
Kurdish Human Rights Project
The Kurdish Human Rights Project is the only non-partisan human rights organisation consistently working in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria and elsewhere. It is a registered charity, founded and based in London in 1992, and its supporters include Kurds and non-Kurds. Its activitie..
Kurdish Institute of Istanbul
Kurdish Institute of Istanbul or Enstîtuya Kurdî Ya Stenbolê, founded in 1992, is an organization focusing on Kurdish literature, language and culture. Some of the well known Kurdish intellectuals such as Musa Anter and Dr. İsmail Beşikçi were among the founding members. The institute's main ..
Kurdish Institute of Paris
Kurdish Insititute of Paris or Institut Kurde de Paris, founded in 1985, is an organization focused on Kurdish language and culture. It is one of the main Kurdish academic centers in Europe. Its main publications include a linguistic journal titled Kurmancî in Kurdish, a monthly press review about ..
Kurdish Jews
Kurdish Jews (Hebrew: , "Jews of Kurdistan", Kurdish: Kurdên cû) are the ancient Jewish communities inhabiting the region today known as Kurdistan, roughly covering parts of Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria. Their garb and culture is similar to neighbouring Muslim Kurds. There is some evidence of..
Kurdish language
The Kurdish language is an Indo-Iranian language spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey.[Geographic distribution of Kurdish and other Iranic languages] Kurdish is an official language in Iraq while it is ban..
Kurdish literature
This article is part of the Kurdistan series Kurdish history HurriansGutiMitanniMannaeansCordueneAdiabeneShaddadidRawadidHasanwayhidAnnazidMarwanidAyyubidBadlisArdalanBadinanSoranBaban Kurdish people Kurds in SyriaKurds in TurkeyKurds in IraqKurds in Iran Geography Iranian KurdistanIraq..
Kurdish movies
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Kurdish films mainly evoke the poverty and the lack of rights of Kurdish people in the Middle East. Yilmaz Guney and Bahman Qubadi are among the best known Kurdish directors. ..
Kurdish music
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Traditionally, there are three types of Kurdish Classical performers - storytellers (çîrokbêj), minstrels (stranbêj) and bards (dengbêj). There was no specific music relate..
Kurdish mythology
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Kurdish mythology is the collective term for the beliefs and practices of the culturally, ethnically or linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Kurdist..
Kurdish PEN
Kurdish PEN or The Kurdish Centre of the International PEN (Navenda PEN a Kurd in Kurdish) is a branch of the International PEN. It was voted into existence during the International PEN's conference in Cambridge in 1988. Its headquarters is located in Cologne, Germany. The Kurdish PEN Center is acti..
Kurdish people
The Kurds are a people indigenous to the contiguous geocultural region which includes adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey that is often referred to as Kurdistan. Smaller communities can also be found in Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Kalbajar and Lachin, to the west of Nagorno Karabakh)..
Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah
The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah (Kurdish: Hizbullahi Kurdi Shorishger) is a splinter group of the Kurdish-Hizbullah and Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. The Kurdish Revolutionary Hezbollah established 1988 in Northern Iraq under the leadership of Adham Barzani, a cousin of Mas..
Kurdish rugs
The Kurdish culture Literature Folklore Cinema Cuisine Dance Music Carpets Painting Clothing Handicrafts Kurdish rugs (Kurdish: ''Tevnên Kurdî) are rugs wooven by the Kurdish people in the Middle East and the southernmost Caucasus. They are stout and solid in structure, usuall..
Kurdish Socialist Party
The Kurdish Socialist Party was founded By Kurdish leader Mahmoud Othman. ..
Kurdish Tribal Association
Kurdish Tribal Association Leading Kurdish tribal grouping (about 20 to 30 tribes), established 1991 in Kurdish Autonomous Region. Online [Iraqi Opposition] ..
Kurdish Wikipedia
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. The Kurdish Wikipedia is the Kurdish language version of Wikipedia. As of March 10, 2006, it has 2,680 articles...
Kurdish Women
Kurdish women played an important role throughout Kurdish history. Asenath Barzani was the first female Rabbi in history. Mestureh Ardalan (Mestûrey Erdelan) (1805 -1848) was a Kurdish poet and writer. She is known for her books two centuries ago. Leyla Zana, Leyla Qasim and thousands of other ..
Kurdistan
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Kurdistan Kurdish-inhabited area Location Parts of Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Syria, and Turkey Estimated Area ca. 74,000 sq mi (191,660 km²)-392,000 km² [link] Estimated Population About 25-30 Million Kurdistan (literally meaning "the..
Kurdistan (disambiguation)
Kurdistan may refer to a number of articles: Kurdistan is a geo-cultural region consisting of parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Armenia, Azerbaijan.Iraqi Kurdistan is an administrative federal region in northern Iraq.Iranian Kurdistan is a geocultural region in Iran.Turkish Kurdistan is a geocultu..
Kurdistan (newspaper)
::For other uses of Kurdistan see: Kurdistan (disambiguation). Kurdistan, the first Kurdish newspaper was published in 22nd April 1897 (Cairo-Egypt) by Miqdad Madhad Badir Khan in Arabic. ..
Kurdistan Autonomous Oblast
Kurdistan Autonomous Oblast (also known colloquially as Red Kurdistan from Kurdish Kurdistana Sor, Azerbaijani Qızıl Kürdistan) was a Soviet autonomous oblast that lasted for six years from 1923 to 1929. Its capital was Lachin (Laçîn in Kurdish). The area between Nagorno-Karabakh and Zangez..
Kurdistan Communist Party
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Kurdistan Democratic Party
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Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran
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Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq
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Kurdistan Province (Iran)
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Kurdistan Toilers’ Party
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Kurdistan Workers Party
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Kurds in Syria
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Kure
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Kure, Hiroshima
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Kurechi
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Kureddhoo
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Kureddhoo (Gaafu Alif Atoll)
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Kureekkad
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Kurei
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Kurekchay Treaty
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Kurenai (song)
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Kurendhoo (Lhaviyani Atoll)
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Kuressaare
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Kuressaare Airport
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Kurgan
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Kurgan (city)
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Kurgan (disambiguation)
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Kurgan hypothesis
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Kurgan Oblast
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Kurgunta
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Kurhaus
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Kuria
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Kuriachira
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Kuriakose Elias Chavara
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Kuribayashi (camera)
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Kurichi
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Kurichiya
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Kurichiyas
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Kurichy
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Kurier
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Kurier Wileński
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Kurigalzu
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Kurigram District
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Kurihama Station
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Kurihara Den'en Railway Line
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Kurihara Denen Railway
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Kurihara District, Miyagi
Kurihara District (栗原郡) was a district in Japan, belonging to Mutsu Province or the Miyagi Prefecture. Established 8th century and abolished in 2005. The territory is the same with Kurihara city of today. Korehari or Koreharu Distruct (伊治郡) was established in 8th century AD as a frontie..
Kurihara Tamachi Station
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Kurihashi, Saitama
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Kuriki
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Kurikka
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Kurikoma, Miyagi
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Kurikoma-Kōgen Station
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Kurikoma Station
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Kuril-Kamchatka Trench
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Kurilsk
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Kuril Islands
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Kuril Islands dispute
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Kurimoto, Chiba
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Kurinbi (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)
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Kurincippattu
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Kuringgai
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Kurinjipadi
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Kurino, Kagoshima
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Kurir
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Kuririn
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Kurisawa, Hokkaido
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Kurixalus
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Kuriyama, Hokkaido
Kuriyama (栗山町; -chou) is a town located in Yūbari District, Sorachi, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 14,214 and a density of 69.73 persons per km². The total area is 203.84 km². External link [Official website] in Japanese ..
Kuriyama, Tochigi
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Kuriza
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Kurjenmäki
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Kurjenrahka National Park
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Kurjey Lhakhang
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Kurj Skolia
Kurj Skolia, also known as Kurj, was a Jagernaut primary who later became Imperator of the Skolian empire by entering a Lock, in the Saga of the Skolian Empire books by Catherine Asaro. Kurj was the son of Roca Skolia and had a troubled past involving his mother and father. He and his mother were m..
Kurkh Monolith
The Kurkh Monolith is an Assyrian document that contains the Battle of Qarqar at the end. The Monolith stands some 2.2 metres tall and roughly covers years one through six of the reign of Assyrian King Shalmaneser III, although the fifth year is missing. Most scholars believe that the scribe who wro..
Kurki of Laukko
The Kurki family, also known as the family of Laukko, (some versions of name: Kurck, Korke, Kurk, Kurke) is a medievally-originated Finnish noble family that produced several historically prominent persons and was known fromthe late 14th century. It usually is divided to several lineages, because it..
Kurla
Kurla is a major suburb of Mumbai. It is also the name of one the busiest railway stations on the Mumbai suburban railway on the central and harbour railway lines of Mumbai. History In 1918, the Bombay city limits were expanded out to Kurla. A new railway line connecting Kurla to Chembur was constr..
Kurloff Cells
Cells found in the blood and organs of guinea pigs that contain large secretory granules but are of unknown function. ..
Kurma
A carving of the Kurma avatar on a pillar at the Vittala Temple, Hampi, India "Kurma" is also an alternative transliteration of korma. In Hinduism, Kurma was the second avatar of Vishnu. Like the Matsya Avatara also belongs to the Satya yuga. Vishnu took the form of a tortoise and sat on the..
Kurmanbek Bakiyev
Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev (Курманбек Салиевич Бакиев; born August 1, 1949, in Masadan, Jalal-Abad Oblasty in Kyrgyzstan), is the president of the Kyrgyz Republic. He was appointed acting President by the upper house of the Kyrgyz Parliament on March 24, 2005, following th..
Kurmangazy
Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev (1823-1896), was a Kazakh composer, instrumentalist, and folk artist. He is buried in the Astrakhan region of Lower Volga in today's Russian Federation. ..
Kurmanjan Datka
Kurmanjan Datka (Курманжан Датка in Kyrgyz, or Datka Kurmanjan Mamatbai kysy) (1811-1907), also known as the "The Tsarina of Alai" or "The Queen of the South", was a stateswoman in Kyrgyzstan, known for her initial resistance to the annexation of that region by Russia. Kurmanjan wa..
Kurmanji
Kurmanji (Kurdish: kurmancî, also called Bahdini) is the major Kurdish dialect spoken in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, the ex-Soviet states and by Kurds living in Central Asia. Almost all Kurds speak this dialect. A major sub-dialect of Kurmanji that is widely spoken in Iraqi and Iranian Kurd..
Kurma Purana
Hindu texts ..
Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from April 1, 1937 to July 14, 1937.[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu] References External links [Sir Kurma Raj Bahadur Venkata Reddi Naidu] ..
Kurmi
Kurmi, which is the name of one of the Jatis (castes) of the Hindus, is an ancient name for several castes and sub-castes of people who call themselves as Kurmi Kshatriya it is a kshatriya name similar to ancient Kurus. Contents 1 Kurmi - origins2 Kurmis in India and Nepal2.1 Commo..
Kurmuk
Kurmuk is a town in south-eastern Sudan near the border with Ethiopia. ..
Kurn
Mean anomaly (M) Physical characteristics Dimensions Surface area Volume Mass Density (ρ) Surface gravity Escape velocity Rotation period Rotation velocity Obliquity Right ascensionof north pole Declination Absolute magnitude Albedo..
Kurnai language
Kurnai (also spelt Ganai, Gaanay, Gunai, Gurnai, Kanai, Kunnai, Kurnay) is an extinct Australian Aboriginal language of Gippsland in south-east Victoria. Kurnai is not a name which was used by the speakers themselves. The language had no traditional name, but each of its dialects were referred to ..
Kurnatowski
The Kurnatowski family, were a noble family within Poland and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 14h century into the 20th. Part of the Lodzia clan, the Kurnatowski's were players in politics, the arts and military endeavours. As magnates and members of the szlachta, the Kurnatowski's had e..
Kurnell, New South Wales
Kurnell is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 22km south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. Contents 1 Location2 History3 Attractions4 Commercial Areas5 External links Location The Kurnel..
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (born July 13 1976 in Magelang, Central Java) is an Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as a striker and is currently the player with the most caps and goals for the Indonesian national team with 33 goals in 60 appearances. Often called by the press and people as kurus (..
Kurnik
Kurnik (Polish: Chickencoop) is a community-supported website of classic board and card games to play online against live opponents in real-time. It was created in 2001 by Marek Futrega, and was initially a Polish-only website. As of 2005 it supports over 30 board and card games and the site is av..
Kurnool
Map showing kurnool district Kurnool [pronunciation] ([Media helphelp]·[info]) is a city in Andhra Pradesh state of southern India - population 267,739 (agglomeration 320,619) (2001 census). It is the administrative seat of the district of the same name. Conten..
Kurnool district
Kurnool is a district in Andhra Pradesh. It had a population of 3,529,494 of which 23.16% were urban as of 2001. [link] redirect [[Template:Andhra Pradesh]] ..
Kurnool train crash
The Kurnool train crash was the derailment and crash of a passenger train in Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh on the 21 December 2002. The train was and express passenger service travelling between Hyderabad and Bangalore, entered Kurnool district at 1.00am, when it suddenly derailed, throwing th..
Kurnous
This article is about the fictional world of Warhammer Fantasy and should not be considered as actual historical fact. Lord of the Forest and Beasts and the husband of Isha, Kurnous is the hunter. Wherever he goes he is followed by his braying hounds, the wild hunt follows him whenever he blows hi..
Kurnugia
In Babylonian mythology, Kurnugia is the underworld. Living heroes like Gilgamesh would briefly visit Kurnugia to gain wisdom. ..
Kuro5hin
Kuro5hin (K5) (pronounced "corrosion") is a community discussion website (sometimes known as an example of Commons-based peer production) focused on technology and culture. The site runs on the Scoop collaborative system, originally developed for Kuro5hin and licensed under the GPL. Its motto is "..
Kurobane, Tochigi
Kurobane (黒羽町; -machi) is a town located in Nasu District, Tochigi, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 16,499 and a density of 87.93 persons per km². The total area is 187.64 km². External links [Kurobane official website] (Japanese) ..
Kurobe, Toyama
Kurobe (黒部市; -shi) is a city located in Toyama, Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 36,505 and the density of 420.76 persons per km². The total area is 86.76 km². The city was founded on April 1, 1954. External links [Official website] in Japanese[Off..
Kurobe dam
The or Kuroyon dam (黒四ダム) , Japan's largest dam [[Citing sources citation needed]], is on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on the island of Honshū. It generates electricity for the Kansai Electric Power Company. It stands 186 m high and holds 200,000,000 ..
Kurobe River
The Kurobe River (黒部川 Kurobegawa) is a river in Toyama Prefecture, Japan. It is 86km in length and has 689km2 drainage area. The river rises from Mount Washiba in the Hida Mountains and carves the deep valley known as the Kurobe gorge. It gets out of the mountains at Unazuki and forms an allu..
Kuroda
Kuroda (黒田) is a Japanese surname. People with the name include: Chris Kuroda, former lighting designer / operator for the band PhishEmily Kuroda, actressKuroda Fukumi (黒田福美) (born 1956), Japanese actressIou Kuroda (黒田硫黄) (born 1971), the pen name of a Japanese manga artistKuro..
Kurodasho, Hyogo
Kurodasho (黒田庄町; -cho) was a town located in Taka District, Hyogo, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,873 and a density of 222.78 persons per km². The total area was 35.34 km². Merger On October 1, 2005, Kurodasho Town merged into the city of Nishiwaki. ..
Kuroda clan
The were descendants of that of the Sasaki clan. However, the history of the Kuroda clan is not truly known. During the Sengoku Period, the Kuroda clan became retainers under that of the Odera of Harima Province. During the year of 1577, the Kuroda clan then went on to become retainers under Oda No..
Kuroda Fukumi
Kuroda Fukumi (Japanese: 黒田福美) (born July 21, 1956 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese actress. Filmography Lakeside Maadaakeisu (レイクサイド・マーダーケース) (2004)Dodge, Go Go! (ドッジＧｏＧｏ！) (2002)Karaoke (カラオケ) 1999Tsukisoibito no uta (1998) (TV)毎日が�..
Kuroda Kanbei
Kuroda Kanbei (1546-1604) was a man of great ambition and a famed strategist under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Kanbei gave considerable assistance to Hideyoshi in his rise to power, especially during the betrayal of Honnouji. His strategies led Hideyoshi to many victories during his later years. People fea..
Kuroda Kiyotaka
--> Portrait: Kiyotaka Kuroda Kiyotaka Kuroda (黒田 清隆 Kuroda Kiyotaka; October 16,1840–August 23,1900), also known as Kuroda Ryōsuke (黒田 了介), was a Japanese politician of the Meiji era, and the second Prime Minister of Japan from April 30, 1888 to October 25, 1889. Kuroda ..
Kuroda Nagamasa
(1568-1623) was a daimyo of Japan. He was the son of Kuroda Kanbei. When Nagamasa was merely a small child, his father was convicted as a spy by Oda Nobunaga, so his son Nagamasa was taken away and was nearly killed as a hostage. But by the help of Takenaka Hanbei, he intercepted it and bailed the..
Kuroda normal form
In computer science, a formal grammar is in Kuroda normal form iff all production rules are of the form: AB → CD or A → BC or A → B or A → α where A, B, C and D are nonterminal symbols and α is a terminal symbol. Every grammar in Kuroda normal form generates a contex..
Kuroda Seiki
Kuroda Seiki (1866-1924) was a Japanese painter and teacher, noted for bringing Western theories about art to a wide Japanese audience. He was among the leaders of the yoga (or Western-style) movement in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Japanese art. Contents 1 Early years2&n..
Kurodou Akabane
Kurodou Akabane (赤屍蔵人 Akabane Kurodō) is a fictional character in the manga / anime series Get Backers. In the original Japanese version, he's voiced by Nobuo Tobita. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Person Akabane works as a "Transporter" ("ha..
Kurogane
Kurogane is one of the companions of Syaoran in [[Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE]]. A ninja from feudal Japan (Nihon), he sports a black outfit (which is the reason why Fai D. Flourite calls him "The Black One") and he carries around a katana named Ginryuu (meaning Silver Dragon). In the anime ada..
Kurogane Communication
|} Kurogane Communication 鉄（くろがね）コミュニケイション, also known as Iron Communication) is an anime series by APPP. The story was written by Hideo Kato and Hosei Takuma. The series was directed by Kenji Kikuchi. Ikuto Yamashita, more known for his work in the Neon Genesis Eva..
Kurogasa
Kurogasa, otherwise known as Udoh Jinei (in Western order, Jinei Udoh), is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Rurouni Kenshin (appearing in episodes 6 and 7). Kurogasa's Japanese seiyu is Akio Ohtsuka, and his English voice actor is Dave Mallow. Kurogasa was a manslayer during th..
Kurogi, Fukuoka
Kurogi (黒木町; -machi) is a town located in Yame District, Fukuoka, Japan. As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 14,023 and a density of 103.50 persons per km². The total area is 135.49 km². External links [Kurogi official website] in Japanese ..
Kurohone, Gunma
Kurohone (黒保根村; -mura) was a village located in Seta District, Gunma, Japan on the southeast slope of Mount Akagi. The village split the highest peak of the mountain with Fujimi. As of June 13, 2005, the village has become a part of the expanded city of Kiryu. The most notable attraction ..
Kuroishi, Aomori
Kuroishi (黒石市; -shi lit. black stone) is a city located in Aomori in Tohoku region of Japan. As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 38,873 and the density of 179.17 persons per km². The total area is 216.96 km². The city was founded on July 1, 1954. External links [Kuroi..
Kuroishi Station
Kuroishi Station is the name of two train stations in Japan. Kuroishi Station (Aomori) - (黒石駅) in Kuroishi, Aomori PrefectureKuroishi Station (Kumamoto) - (黒石駅) in Kikuchi District, Kumamoto Prefecture This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associate..
Kuroishi Station (Aomori)
Kuroishi Station (黒石駅 -eki) is a station on the Kōnan Line in Kuroishi, Aomori. Contents 1 Lines2 Route bus3 Surrounding area4 History5 Adjacent stations Lines Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line Route bus Kōnan Bus*For.Aomori-Yadamae via Tobinai,Namioka,Sinjō a..
Kuroiso, Tochigi
Kuroiso (黒磯市; -shi) was a city located in Tochigi, Japan. On January 12005, the city was merged with the towns of Nishinasuno and Shiobara to form Nasushiobara city. In 2003, the city had an estimated population of 60,145 and the density of 175.29 persons per km². The total area was 343.12 ..
Kuroi Senji
Kuroi Senji, 黒井千次 (May 28, 1932-) is a Japanese author of fiction and essays. His real name is Osabe Shunjirô (長部瞬二郎). Kuroi is a member of the "Introspective Generation" of Japanese writers, whose work depicts the thoughts of ordinary Japanese. He lives in Tokyo's western suburb..
Kurokawa, Niigata
Kurokawa (黒川村; -mura) is a village located in Kitakanbara District, Niigata, Japan. As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 6,577 and a density of 36.42 persons per km². The total area is 180.60 km². ..
Kurokawa District, Miyagi
Kurokawa (黒川郡; -gun) is a district located in Miyagi, Japan. As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 80,214 and a density of 192.39 persons per km². The total area is 416.93 km². Towns and villages OhiraOsatoTaiwaTomiya Miyagi Prefecture Cities Higashimatsus..
Kurokawa Kisho
Entrance to the Nagoya City Art Museum The Nakagin Capsule Tower Kurokawa Kisho (in Japanese, family name first: 黒川紀章 Kurokawa Kishō; born April 8, 1934) is a famous Japanese architect and one of the founders of the Metabolism Movement. He was born in Nagoya, Aichi in 1934. He ..
Kuroki Tamemoto
thumb Kuroki Tamemoto (黒木為楨 Kuroki Tamemoto) (3 May 1844 – 3 February 1923) was a General in the Imperial Japanese Army, who served as commander of the Japanese First Army during the Russo-Japanese War. Born as the son of a samurai in the Satsuma domain in what is now Kagoshima pr..
Kuroko
Kuroko (黒子) is a fictional character in the Samurai Shodown series. Description In early Samurai Shodown games, Kuroko was used as an official who officiated the match. He is similarly dressed and dons a red flag and a white flag (used in martial arts competitions to denote when a player hi..
Kurokote
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Kuroko (Ninja-Boy)
Kuroko(黒子) is a character in the Power Instinct series of fighting games. He has appeared in almost all of the series to date. He is somewhat of a mascot to the series. Contents 1 Character Description2 Appearances3 Special Moves4 Trivia5 See also Character Descri..
Kuromatsunai, Hokkaido
Kuromatsunai (黒松内町; -chou) is a town located in Suttsu District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan. As of 2004, the town has an estimated population of 3,474 and a density of 10.06 persons per km². The total area is 345.47 km². External link [Official website] in Japanese ..
Kuromatsu Station
Kuromatsu Station is the name of two train stations in Japan. Kuromatsu Station (Miyagi) - (黒松駅) in Sendai, Miyagi PrefectureKuromatsu Station (Shimane) - (黒松駅) in Shimane Prefecture This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same tit..
Kuromatsu Station (Miyagi)
Kuromatsu Station (黒松駅) is a station on the Sendai City Subway Line in Izumi-ku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Contents 1 Lines2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Lines Sendai City Subway Line Surrounding area History July 151987: Station begins operation. Adj..
Kuromido
Kuromido is an alloy of 99% copper and 1% metallic arsenic. It is most commonly used as one of the metals associated with mokume-gane. ..
Kuroneko to Tsuki Kikyū o Meguru Bōken
is Yui Horie's second album. It contains an alternate version of the song Love Destiny from the show Sister Princess. The name of the album could be translated "The adventures of the Black Cat with the Moon Balloon." The name of the Black Cat League, Yui Horie fan club, probably originates itself ..
Kuroo
Kuroo is a Qt-based graphical front-end to the Gentoo Linux package management system known as Portage. It integrates well with KDE and offers all the features of the command-line 'emerge' tool. It supports editing of USE flags and other Gentoo flags (such as ACCEPT_KEYWORDS). It also provides an ..
Kuros
Kuros is the hero of the Wizards and Warriors series of games from Rare, published by Acclaim. The series included Wizards & Warriors, [[Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II]], [[Wizards & Warriors Chapter X: The Fortress of Fear]], and Wizards & Warriors III: Kuros: Visions of Power. He is typically d..
Kurosaki Station
Kurosaki Station (黒崎駅) is a station in Yahata Nishi-ku, Kitakyushu on the Kagoshima Main Line. It was first opened in 1891. Express trains, including the Sonic, stop here. ..
Kurosawa (disambiguation)
Kurosawa is a Japanese surname. See Japanese name. Kurosawa may be written several ways, including: [[Wiktionary:黒|黒]](black) [[Wiktionary:沢|沢]](swamp)[[Wiktionary:黒|黒]](black) [[Wiktionary:澤|澤]](swamp) People named Kurosawa include: Akira Kurosawa, highly acclaimed filmmakerKiyo..
Kurosawa Station
Kurosawa Station is the name of multiple train stations in Japan. Kurosawa Station (Akita, Yokote) - (黒沢駅) in Yokote, Akita PrefectureKurosawa Station (Akita, Yurihonjō) - (黒沢駅) in Yurihonjō, Akita Prefecture This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles ..
Kurosawa Station (Akita, Yokote)
Kurosawa Station (黒沢駅) is a railway station located in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Contents 1 Line2 Surrounding area3 History4 Adjacent stations Line JR East*Kitakami Line Surrounding area History November 27, 1921: Station is opened. Adjacent stations Stations..
Kurose, Hiroshima
Kurose (黒瀬町; -cho) was a town located in Kamo District, Hiroshima, Japan. On February 7, 2005 the town merged into the city of Higashihiroshima and no longer exists as an independent municipality. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 25,294 and a density of 396.21 persons per ..
Kuroshima Denji
Kuroshima Denji (黒島 伝治, December 12,1898 - October 17,1943) is a Japanese author. One of modern Japan's most dedicated antimilitarist intellectuals, Kuroshima Denji is best known for his Siberian stories of the late 1920s--vivid descriptions of agonies suffered by Japanese soldiers and Russi..
Kuroshio, Kochi
Kuroshio (黒潮町; -cho) is a town located in Hata District, Kochi, Japan. The town was formed on March 20, 2006 from the merger of the towns of Ogata and Saga. As of its formation but with 2003 population statistics, the town has an estimated population of 13,827 and a density of 73.4 persons p..
Kuroshio Current
The Kuroshio Current (Japanese 黒潮) is an ocean current found in the western Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Taiwan and flowing northeastward past Japan, where it merges with the easterly drift of the North Pacific Current. It is analogous to the Gulf Stream in the Atlantic Ocean, transportin..
Kurosh problem
In mathematics, the Kurosh problem is one general problem, and several more special questions, in ring theory. The general problem is known to have a negative solution, since one of the special cases has been shown to have counterexamples. These matters were brought up by Aleksandr Gennadievich Kuro..
Kurotaki, Nara
Kurotaki (黒滝村; -mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara, Japan. As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 1,114 and a density of 23.35 persons per km². The total area is 47.71 km². ..
Kuroth
Greyhawk Deity Kuroth Title(s) The Master Thief Homeplane Oerth Power Level Hero-deity Alignment Chaotic Neutral Portfolio Theft, Treasure-Finding Domains Chaos, Luck, Trickery ..
Kurotowa
Kurotowa is a fictional character in the manga and anime Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. He has come up from the ranks and achieved distinction in the armies of Torumekia by his own efforts, without family connections. He is placed by the Vai emperor as an aide to Princess Kushana, on whom he is..
Kurow
:For the place of similar name in Poland see: Kurów Location of Kurow Kurow is a town in the Waitaki Valley in the South Island of New Zealand. It is in the Otago region, 55 kilometres inland from Oamaru. Kurow lies close to several major hydroelectric projects. Examples of pre-European M..
Kurów
:For the place of similar name in New Zealand see: Kurow Kurów ([['kuruf]][Media help?]·[i]) is a village in South-Eastern Poland, located between Puławy and Lublin, on the Kurówka River. It is capital of a separate gmina, a municipality, within the Lubli..
Kurówka River
Kurówka is a river in South-East Poland, a right tributary of Vistula River. Its length is approximately 50 kilometres and its basin covers roughly 395,4 km². Its source is located near the village of Piotrowice Wielkie and it joins Vistula in Puławy. Among the notable towns located along the..
Kurowo (PKP station)
Kurowo Location City/Town Kurowo District Address Adjacent stations Preceding station(s) Przebędowo Lęb. Following station(s) Choczewko Info Water tower present Never existed Locomotives depot present No Platforms in use Never existed Station building present ..
Kurow Kirishima
is a character from the Rival Schools video game series, appearing in the game Project Justice. History Project Justice Though the Imawano family had cut ties to the ninja clan they once belonged to, the clan did not take their actions lightly. The clan, reorganized as the Darkside Society, knew t..
Kurów Wielki
Kurów Wielki (German Großkauer) is a small village in Poland, Dolnośląskie voivodship, Polkowice county, gmina Gaworzyce. It has population of 50 people. The oldest known mention of it is from the 13th century. Among the notable monuments in Kurów Wielki are gothic parochial church from the 14..
Kuroya Gang
The Kuroya Gang are an evil organization from [[Tenchu: Fatal Shadows]]. Members Jyuzou - He is the leader of the Kuroya, and is responsible for the destruction of his hometown, Hagakure village. He was actually next in line to become the next leader of the Hagakure, but refused to live by the rul..
Kuroyume
Kuroyume: Hitoki and Kiyoharu Kuroyume (黒夢) was a Japanese rock group that formed in Nagoya during May 1991 and lasted until 1998, initially consisting of lead singer and founding member Kiyoharu, guitarist Shin and bassist Hitoki. They began as a visual kei group, and carried these roots ..
Kurozumikyo
Kurozumikyō (黒住教), literally "the Teachings of Kurozumi," is a Japanese New Religion largely derived from Shinto roots and founded in 1846. The founder, a Shinto priest by the name of Kurozumi, claimed to have had in 1814 a divine union with Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and chief goddess in ..
Kurpania
Kurpania is a census town in Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kurpania had a population of 7440. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kurpania has an average literacy rate of 67%..
Kurrajong
For the Australian village, see Kurrajong, New South Wales. Kurrajong is a common name for several species of Australian trees in the genus Brachychiton. It is Aboriginal for "fibre-yielding-plant", the bark fibres being used to make fishing nets, ropes and baskets. ..
Kurrajong, New South Wales
Kurrajong ([33°33′S 150°40′E]) is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, located 8 km northwest of Richmond in Sydney's northwest, to the west of the Hawkesbury River on the lower slopes of the Blue Mountains. It is in the City of Hawkesbury Local Government Area. It is located..
Kurralta Park, South Australia
Kurralta Park is a suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens. Suburbs of the City of West Torrens Adelaide Airport | Ashford | Brooklyn Park | Camden Park | Cowandilla | Fulham | Glandore | Glenelg North |Hilton | Keswick | Keswick Terminal | Kurralta Park | Lockleys | Marleston | Mile ..
Kurram
Kurram can refer to either: Kurram River - a river on the border between Afghanistan and PakistanKurram Agency - FATA area of Pakistan 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 chang..
Kurrama
Kurrama may refer to: Kurrama peopleKurrama languageredirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Kurrama language
Kurrama is an Australian Aboriginal language. It is one of the Ngayarda languages of the large South-West branch of the Pama-Nyungan family. The language name has also previously been written as: Kurama, Gurrama, Gurama (amongst others). While there is no official orthography for Kurrama the Wang..
Kurrama people
The Kurrama people are an indigenous Australian people from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Their traditional lands encompass much of the higher plateaus of the Hamersley Range. The indigenous Australian language associated with the people is the Kurrama language, from the Southwest branch ..
Kurram Agency
Kurram (Urdu: کرم ) tribal agency is located in FATA area of Pakistan. The Kurram District is part of the Peshāwar Division of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Kurram River drains the southern flanks of the Safed Koh (Range), and enters the Indus plains north of Bannu. It crosse..
Kurram Valley
The Kurrum River (Urdu: دریائے کرم) flows through the Kurrum Valley across the Afghan-Pakistani border west to east (crossing from the Paktia Province of Afghanistan into the Kohat border region of Pakistan) at [33°49′N 69°58′E], about 80 km southwest of Jalalabad. The Kurr..
Kurrat
Kurrat or Egyptian Leek (Allium ampeloprasum var. kurrat) is grown in the Middle East for its leaves. It is closely related to Elephant Garlic and Leeks and is generally regarded as being in the same species, though it is also commonly listed as Allium kurrat. ..
Kurregion Elbe-Heideland
Kurregion Elbe-Heideland is a Verwaltungsgemeinschaft ("administrative community") in the district of Wittenberg, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Elbe, southeast of Wittenberg. The seat of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft is Bad Schmiedeberg. The Verwaltungsgemeinschaft..
Kurrent
Kurrent is an old form of German handwriting based on blackletter, specifically the Fraktur typeface. It is known in full as Kurrentschrift, or as Alte Deutsche Schrift. In American English, its name has been seen shortened to Schrift. A well-known, although very late form of it is Sütterlin. ..
Kurrimine Beach National Park
Kurrimine Beach is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1295 km northwest of Brisbane. Fact sheet Area: 9.10 km²Coordinates: [17°43′56″S, 146°05′44″E]Date of establishment: 1977Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife ServiceIUCN category: II See also Protected..
Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Kurri Kurri ([32°49′S 151°29′E]) is a town in Cessnock City, in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia. Together with nearby Weston and Pelaw Main, it had a population of 12,326 in 2001. Kurri Kurri's name is Aboriginal and in the local Minjungbal language it meant ..
Kurs
Kurs or KURS could refer to: one of the extinct Baltic tribes that later formed the Latvian nation. See, Curonians.KURS, a radio station broadcasting at 1040 kHz on the AM band, licensed to San Diego, California in the United States.automatic docking navigation system Kurs of a Soyuz-TM spacecraftT..
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Kursaal Palace
The Kursaal Palace is located in San Sebastián, Spain. It was designed by Spanish architect, Rafael Moneo. It consists of several spaces, includsing the 1,800-seat Concert Hall, the Palacio de Congresos-Auditorio Kursaal, and is the home of the biggest film festival in Spain, the San Sebastian..
Kursath
Kursath is a town and a nagar panchayat in Hardoi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kursath had a population of 5654. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kursath has an average lite..
Kurse
Kurse is fictional character appearing in the Marvel Comics universe who has battled Thor - the god of thunder - and other superheroes. He was originally the most powerful of the Dark Elves, and was known as Algrim the Strong. He first encountered Thor while assisting Malekith the Accursed, the rul..
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Kursendas Mulji
Kursendas Mulji (1832-1875), Indian journalist and social reformer, was born on the 25th July 1832, of a family belonging to the Bhatia or trading caste of western India. Being repudiated by his family on account of his views on widow remarriage, he became a vernacular schoolmaster, and started a we..
Kurseong
Kurseong is a hill station (and sub-divisional town) situated in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Located at an altitude of 1458 metres (4864 ft), Kurseong is just 30 km from Darjeeling. It has a pleasant climate througout the year and the winters are not as severe as Darje..
Kurshunlu
-->Kurshunlu (In Turkish Kurşunlu) is a coastline within the border of Gemlik county in Bursa . Latitude: 40° 21' 32 N, Longitude: 29° 1' 21 E . it is one of the ancient sub-districts of the Bursa . it is placed between hills about 1000 ft. and The Marmara Sea . In Kurshunlu , There is a villag..
Kursi
Kursi can be: an Arabic word for throne, as in the Tunisian title Bey al-Kursianother name for the Curonians (people in present Courland)a village in Estonia, see: Kursi, Estonia This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an refe..
Kursk
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Coat of Arms Kursk (Russian: ; pronunciation: koorsk) is a city in Central Russia, the administrative center of Kursk Oblast. Its geographical location is [51°44′N 36°11′E]. The population of the city was 412,442 in 2002 (according t..
Kurskaya-Koltsevaya
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Kursky District
Kursky District is the name of several places: Kursky District, a district in Kursk Oblast, Russia. Kursky District, a district in Stavropol Krai, Russia. This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might sha..
Kursk (disambiguation)
Kursk may mean: Kursk, a city in RussiaKursk Oblast, a subdivision of RussiaBattle of KurskOur Lady of Kursk, an Eastern Orthodox iconRussian submarine Kursk This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page..
Kursk crater
Kursk is a meteor crater in Russia. It is 6 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 250 ± 80 million years old (Permian). The crater is not exposed to the surface. External links [Earth Impact Database] ..
Kursk Magnetic Anomaly
Kursk Magnetic Anomaly (Russian: Курская магнитная аномалия) is a territory rich in iron ores located within Kursk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, and Oryol Oblast, and constitutes a significant part of the Central Chernozyom Region. It was the largest iron ore basin in the Soviet U..
Kursk Oblast
Kursk Oblast (Russian: , Kurskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kursk. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Time zone1.2 Rivers1.3 Lakes1.4 Natural resources1.5 Climate1.6 Flora and fauna2 Administrative..
Kurso de Esperanto
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Kuršumlija
Kuršumlija (Куршумлија, Kurshumlia) is a town and municipality located in the south of Serbia, nearby the rivers Toplica, Kosanica and Banjska, on the southeast of mountain Kopaonik, and northwest of Radan Mountain. Contents 1 Geography2 Population3 History and ..
Kurşunlu
Kurşunlu is a district of Çankırı Province, Turkey. Çankırı | Atkaracalar | Bayramören | Çerkeş | Eldivan | Ilgaz | Kızılırmak | Korgun | Kurşunlu | Orta | Şabanözü | Yapraklı | ..
KURS (AM)
KURS or The Soul of San Diego is the only Urban Gospel music radio station in Southern California. History Previously, it was a Spanish AC music station and was the former Spanish language home of the San Diego Padres until 2004. KURS shares its antenna with KSON. Their personalities are predomin..
Kurt-Schumacher-Platz (Berlin U-Bahn)
Kurt-Schumacher-Platz is a station on the U6 line of the Berlin U-Bahn. There is a bus link outside the station connecting Berlin's Tegel International Airport to the U-Bahn network. The station was named after famous German politician Kurt Schumacher.  Stations on the Berlin U-Bahn..
Kurt-Wabbel Stadion
Kurt-Wabbel Stadion is a multi-use stadium in Halle, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium has a capacity of 23,860 people and was built in 1923. ..
Kurta
A kurta (or sometimes kurti, for women) is a traditional piece of clothing worn in northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It is a loose shirt falling either just above or somewhere below the knees of the wearer, and is worn by both men and women. It can be worn with either a paijaamaa (men), sal..
Kurtalan
Kurtalan is a district of Siirt city of Turkey. Siirt | Aydınlar | Baykan | Eruh | Kurtalan | Pervari | Şirvan ..
Kurthi Jafarpur
Kurthi Jafarpur is a census town in Mau district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kurthi Jafarpur had a population of 11,943. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kurthi Jafarpur has an aver..
Kurtis
Kurtis can refer to: Frank Kurtis, a car-builder and founder of Kurtis KraftKurtis Trent from the [[Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness]] gameBill Kurtis, a television journalist This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an refer..
Kurtistown, Hawai'i
Kurtistown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States. The population was 1,157 at the 2000 census. Geography Kurtistown is located at [19°35′26″N, 155°4′13″W] (19.590584, -155.070142)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the Unit..
Kurtis Blow
Curtis "Kurtis Blow" Walker, (born on August 9, 1959, in Harlem, New York) is one of the pioneer rappers in the recording industry, and hip hop's first mainstream star. "The Breaks" (1980) is one of hip hop's undisputed classics, with its catchy disco tune and rapping style. Blow was influenced by ..
Kurtis Blow (album)
The album Kurtis Blow was rapper Kurtis Blow's self-titled debut, released in 1980. Rappin' Blow, Pt. 2BreaksWay Out WestThroughout Your YearsHard TimesAll I Want in This World (Is to Find That Girl)Takin' Care of BusinessChristmas Rappin'Breaks [Instrumental] ..
Kurtis Foster
Kurtis Foster (born November 24, 1981, in Carp, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is 6'5" tall, weighs 225 pounds, shoots left and plays defense. Contents 1 Playing career2 Awards3 Career statistics4 External links Playing career Kurtis Foster was sele..
Kurtis Froedtert
Kurtis R. Froedtert (1888?-1951) was a United States industrialist and benefactor. Froedtert was the head of the Froedtert Grain and Malting Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1915 to his death. His company processed germinated barley into malt, primarily for the use of the brewing industry. In i..
Kurtis Khaleel
Kurtis el-Khaleel (born 4 September, 1965, Jamaica), better known as Kurtis Mantronik, is an American hip-hop artist who is part of the group Mantronix. Apart from his work with Mantronix, he has worked with other artists such as T La Rock and Just-Ice before going back into the musical underground..
Kurtis Kraft
Kurtis Kraft was a Formula One constructor from 1950 through 1960 in the Indianapolis 500, winning the race five times. The company was founded by Frank Kurtis. (Note: Race winners in bold.) Year Team Driver # of GPs 1950 Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser Cecil Green 1 1950 Kurtis Kraft-Offenh..
Kurtis Stryker
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Kurtis Trent
Kurtis Trent is a fictional character from the [[Tomb Raider#Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness|Tomb Raider: The Angel Of Darkness]] video game. Kurtis Trent, ex-Legionnaire and adventurer, was born on June 26 1972 in Utah Salt Flats, USA. When he was only three years old, Kurtis was trained by his..
Kurti & Doyle
British writing team comprising Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle. Their work in independent British cinema led to a two year writing contract with US studio Miramax. Following this they moved into television writing, starting with a three part adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel Kidnapped, f..
Kurtka
A kurtka is the generic word for a jacket in a number of European languages, most notably in Polish and Russian. The word itself is a Slavic diminutive of the original Hungarian word kurta, which in turn was derived of the Romanian word scurtă, that comes from the ancient Roman scortum, meaning..
Kurtlar vadisi
Kurtlar Vadisi is a popular Turkish television drama produced by Sinegraf which is run by Osman Sinav and broadcasted by Show TV and the last couple of episodes by Kanal D in Turkey. The series aired from 2003 to 2005, and became the most watched show in the Turkish Television history. After the s..
Kurtosis
The far red light has no effect on the average speed of the gravitropic reaction in wheat coleoptiles, but it changes curtosis from platycurtic to leptocurtic (-0,194 → 0,055) In probability theory and statistics, kurtosis is a measure of the "peakedness" of the probability distribution of a..
Kurtulmak
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Kurtuluş
Kurtuluş, formerly known as Tatavla, which means "horse stable" in Greek, is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood of Şişli whose population consists of Turks, Albanians, Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians, Kurds and Jews. It was originally built as a residential area reserved for Ottoman citizens of Greek desc..
Kurtwood Smith
Kurtwood Larson Smith (born July 3, 1943) is an American television and film character actor. He was born in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, but was raised in California. Kurtwood is his birth name. His mother was a fan of a country singer named Kurt (or Curt) but thought that "Kurt Smith" sounded too sho..
Kurtz
Kurtz is the name of several people: Bob Kurtz, director, producer, artist, and designer who primarily works in films and TV commercials.Efrem Kurtz, conductorGary Kurtz, a producer on Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.Howard Kurtz, American journalist, author and media critic.Johann..
Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge
Kurtz's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Location*Lancaster County ParkHistory*Built in 1876 by W. W. Upp, the bridge crossed the Conestoga River before it was swept away in Hurricane Agnes and moved to its present location.Truss Type*Wooden BurrStr..
Kurtz (Heart of Darkness)
This article is about the character of Mr. Kurtz, from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. For Colonel Kurtz in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, see that article. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Georges-Antoine Kurtz is a fictional character in Joseph Co..
Kurtz Elementary
Kurtz Elementary is an elementary school, part of the Huron Valley School District, and located in Milford, MI in Oakland County, MI. ..
Kurtz Township, Minnesota
Kurtz Township is a township in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 288 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 84.0 km² (32.5 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 288 people,..
Kurt & Courtney
Kurt and Courtney is a 1998 documentary film about Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, made by Nick Broomfield. Contents 1 About the film1.1 Music2 Synopsis3 External links About the film The film begins as an investigation of the circumstances surrounding Cobain's death and th..
Kurt A. Körber
Kurt A. Körber (September 7, 1909, Berlin;-August 10, 1992, Hamburg) was a Hamburg businessman, who founded the Körber Foundation and was initiator of the Bergedorf Round Table. External links [Bergedorfer Round Table][Körber Foundation][Körber AG][Kurt A. Kö..
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Kurt Ainsworth
Kurt Harold Ainsworth (born September 9, 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. He previously played for the San Francisco Giants and went to Louisiana State University. High school career Kurt Ainsworth attended Catholic High School ..
Kurt Akeley
Kurt Akeley is a computer graphics engineer. Contents 1 Biography2 Awards3 Publications4 External links Biography Kurt Akeley received a B.E.E. from the University of Delaware in 1980, and an M.S.E.E. from Stanford in 1982. That year he joined with Jim Clark in the founding t..
Kurt Alberts
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Kurt Albert Gerlach
Kurt Albert Gerlach (1886 - October 19, 1922) was a German sociologist. Gerlach was the son of a German factory owner. He had studied at the university of Kiel and received his doctorate in 1911 with a work on the role of Denmark in global economy. He then studied at the University of Leipzig unde..
Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder (10 July, 1902 – 20 June, 1958) was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Otto Paul Hermann Diels in 1950. Alder was born in the industrial area of Königshütte in Upper Silesia, where he received his early schooling. Forced to leave the area for polit..
Kurt Allmendinger
Kurt Allmendinger (1891-1965), was a German general of Infantry, serving during World War II. In the Army's reserve since 1944, he was arrested by U.S. forces in 1945 but released in 1946. ..
Kurt Andersen
--> Kurt Andersen (born 1954- in Omaha, Nebraska), co-founded Spy magazine with E. Graydon Carter. A Harvard graduate, Andersen writes extensively on culture and politics. He currently writes for New York Magazine ("The Imperial City"). Previous columns include "The Culture Industry" in The New..
Kurt Angle
Kurt Steven Angle (born December 9 1968 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American 1996 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling and a professional wrestler. He is currently performing for the Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) brand of World Wrestling Entertainme..
Kurt Asle Arvesen
Kurt Asle Arvesen (born February 9, 1975) is a professional road bicycle racer from Eresfjord, Norway. He is currently part of the Danish Team CSC, where he has been since 2004. After winning the gold medal at the 1997 Under-23 World Championship as an amateur, Arvesen turned pro with Italian tea..
Kurt Atterberg
Kurt Magnus Atterberg (December 12 1887 – February 15 1974) was a Swedish composer. He is best known for his symphonies, operas and ballets. Atterberg was born in Gothenburg. He studied cello and would later on in life occasionally play the cello in orchestras. He published his first work, a ..
Kurt Austin
Kurt Austin is the the newest hero of the NUMA Files series of books written by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos. Austin is described as having a big build with light blond hair and blue eyes. When not on adventures with his buddy, Joe Zavala, he is usually at his home in Fairfax County, Virginia ..
Kurt Baier
Kurt Baier (born 1917) is a well-known moral philosopher. He did his graduate work at Oxford University and taught for many years at the University of Pittsburgh. His wife is the philosopher Annette Baier. Writings The Moral Point of View', (1994)The Rational and the Moral Order: The Social Root..
Kurt Ballou
Kurt Ballou is currently the guitarist in the band Converge. Aside from his status in Converge, he is also the recording engineer at, and owner of Godcity Studio. ..
Kurt Barthel
Kurt Barthel could be called the father of the American Nudist Club. He began the American League for Physical Culture in 1929 with an ad in the newspaper requesting like-minded folks to join him. Some people say this organization was the evolutionary beginning of the American nudist movement in gen..
Kurt Baschwitz
Siegfried Kurt Baschwitz, or Kurt Baschwitz (February 2, 1886 - January 6, 1968) was a German journalist, and researcher for Newspapers. He actived as journalist since 1908 to 1933. He moved to Netherlands, and worked as a professor for press, propaganda and public opinion research at Amsterdam Un..
Kurt Becher
Kurt Andreas Ernst Becher (September 12, 1909 – August, 1995) was an SS Untersturmführer (lieutenant) and later a Standartenführer (colonel) who was active in Hungary during the German occupation in 1944. He is best known for having traded Jewish lives for money during the Holocaust. Cont..
Kurt Beck
Kurt Beck, 2004 Kurt Beck (born February 5, 1949 in Bad Bergzabern) is a German politician and since 1994 the prime minister of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz). He was officially elected as chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) on May 14 2006 &..
Kurt Bernard
Kurt Bernard (born August 81977) is a professional Costa Rican football (soccer) player. He plays his club football for Puntarenas and has been selected in the squad for Costa Rica in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He will look to add to his 2 international caps and capitalise on his affluent 2005-06 sea..
Kurt Bestor
Kurt Bestor is an American composer, arranger, and performer. For more than a two decades, Kurt Bestor’s film scores, television themes, compositions and carols have provided an indelible soundtrack for American life. Indeed, much of Bestor’s own life has been dedicated to creating musical paral..
Kurt Bevacqua
Kurt Bevacqua (born January 23, 1947) was a third baseman in Major League Baseball. He started in the big leagues in 1971, starting with the Cleveland Indians. His final year was in 1985 when he was with the San Diego Padres. He is arguably best known for hitting what proved to be the game-winning..
Kurt Beyer
Kurt Beyer (b. September 23, 1960, in Buffalo, New York) is the son of The Destroyer[link], professional wrestling legend who was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame [link] in 2005, Kurt was raised in Tokyo, Japan, where his father enjoyed huge popularity. Upon..
Kurt Beyer Films
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Kurt Biedenkopf
Prof. Dr. Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (born January 28, 1930 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German politician. He was Ministerpräsident of Saxony (one of Germany's federal states) from 1990 until 2002. Biedenkopf studied law, economics, and political science. He is a Master of Laws and holds a Dr. jur. (..
Kurt Birkins
Kurt Birkins (born August 11, 1980 in West Hills, California) is a relief pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. ..
Kurt Blome
Kurt Blome was a high-ranking Nazi scientist before and during the Second World War. He was a deputy of the Reich Health Leader (Reichsgesundheitsführer) and Plenipotentiary for Cancer Research in the Reich Research Council. Blome captured the spirit of his medical identity in an autobiographical b..
Kurt Bodewig
Kurt Bodewig (born April 26, 1955 in Rheinberg) is a German politician and member of the SPD. External link [Official Website] () ..
Kurt Böhme
Kurt Böhme (May 5, 1908 – December 20, 1989) was a German bass. He was born in Dresden, Germany, where he studied with Adolf Kluge at the Dresden Conservatory. He made his debut in 1930 at the Dresden State Opera, where he was a regular soloist from 1956 to 1970. He was known for his inter..
Kurt Bollacker
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. Dr. Kurt Bollacker is a computer scientist with a research background in the areas of machine learning, digital..
Kurt Bozwell
Kurt Bozwell is the evil character from Good Burger movie who owns a fast-food restaurant called Mondo Burger and he is the manager. Bozwell is using illegal food addictives to make the beef patties to become big, and preventing from the customers to know it. He also has two top employees Troy and ..
Kurt Browning
Browning skates during the 2000 Stars on Ice tour Kurt Browning (born June 18, 1966) is a prominent Canadian figure skater who was extremely popular during the late 1980s and 1990s. He was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta and raised in Caroline, Alberta. Browning married Sonia Rodriguez, ..
Kurt Brugger
Kurt Brugger (born March 17, 1969) is an Italian luger. Together with Wilfried Huber he won the Men's Doubles event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway. ..
Kurt Busch
Kurt Thomas Busch Born: August 4, 1978 Birthplace: Las Vegas, Nevada Awards: 2004 NEXTEL Cup Champion 2003 IROC champion NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics Car #, Team 2 - Penske Racing 2006 NEXTEL Cup Position: 13th Best Cup Position: 1st - 2004 (NEXTEL Cup) First Race: 2000..
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek (born September 16, 1960) is a comic book writer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Career He has worked on a number of different titles in his career, starting in 1982 with a Green Lantern #162 backup story. These include Arrowsmith, The Avengers, Icon, Ninjak, Iron Man, Red Torn..
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (26 October 1684 in Löwitz, Pomerania - 6 May 1757 near Prague) was a Prussian generalfeldmarschall, one of the leading commanders under Frederick the Great. Contents 1 Biography2 Commemorations3 Notes4 References Biography He was born in Po..
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. April 5, 1994) was the lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist of the Seattle rock band Nirvana. He served not only as the band's frontman and principal songwriter, but also as its "leader and spiritual center".Garofalo, Reebee. Rockin' Out: Popular Mus..
Kurt Dahle
Kurt Dahle is a Canadian musician best known for his work as a drummer for The New Pornographers. Born in Saskatchewan, Dahle first made himself known in Canadian music circles as a member of the band Age of Electric, with his brother Ryan Dahle and another set of brothers, Todd and John Kerns. W..
Kurt Daluege
Kurt Daluege. Kurt Daluege (September 15, 1897 – October 24, 1946) was a Nazi officer who served in the SS from the early 1920s until 1945. Kurt Daluege was born son of a Prussian official in Upper Silesian small town Kreuzburg (now Kluczbork) on September 15, 1897. He joined the Germa..
Kurt Dempsey
Kurt Dempsey is the fifth episode of the American television drama Nip/Tuck. It aired on August 19, 2003. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. This episode examines the sociocultural context of love and the concept of xenophobia. We are introduced to Kur..
Kurt Diebner
Kurt Diebner (13 May, 1905 – 13 July, 1964) was a German physicist who, during World War II was a member of the German nuclear energy project in Nazi Germany which may have been trying to develop a nuclear weapon from enriched uranium. Diebner was born 13 May 1905 at Obernessa am Naumburg. ..
Kurt Diemberger
Kurt Diemberger Kurt Diemberger (born 1932 in Austria), is the only remaining person alive that has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres. In 1957, he made the first ascent of Broad Peak and in 1960, the first ascent of Dhaulagiri. Diemberger was also the last person to see ..
Kurt Dopfer
Kurt Dopfer is the Professor at the Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and also the co-director of the Institute for National Economics. Dopfer is best known for several contributions in evolutionary economics, such as the axiomatization of evolutionary economic approac..
Kurt Dörry
Kurt Dörry was a German athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Dörry placed fifth in his preliminary heat of the 100 metres and did not advance to the final. He also competed in the 400 metres. The records are unclear as to whether Dörry or Alphonse Grisel finished third o..
Kurt Edward Fishback
Kurt Edward Fishback is an American photographer noted for his portraits of other artists and photographers. Son of photographer Glen Fishback and godson of photographer Edward Weston, Fishback was exposed to art photography at an early age as his father's friends included Ansel Adams, Edna Bullo..
Kurt Eichenwald
Kurt Eichenwald (born June 28, 1961) is a writer and investigative reporter at The New York Times newspaper. He has been employed by the Times since 1986, and primarily covers Wall Street and corporate topics such as insider trading, accounting scandals, and takeovers. He graduated from St. Mark's ..
Kurt Eichhorn
Kurt Peter Eichhorn (August 4, 1908 – June 29, 1994) was a German conductor. Eichhorn was born in Munich and studied music in Würzburg. From 1945, he directed the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian People's Opera, and the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, and taught conducting at the ..
Kurt Eisner
Monument to Kurt Eisner on the sidewalk where he fell when he was assassinated in Munich. Kurt Eisner (May 14, 1867–February 21, 1919) was a German and Bavarian politician. He is used as an example of charismatic authority by Max Weber. Life Early activism Born in Berlin, he studied at Frie..
Kurt Elling
Kurt Elling Kurt Elling (born November 2, 1967) is an American jazz vocalist. Elling graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1989. He then enrolled in The University of Chicago's Divinity School and remained a student there until January 1992, when he left school..
Kurt Emmerich
Kurt Emmerich (January 31, 1930 - February 3, 2006) was a German radio reporter. After the 1982 Soccer World Cup in Spain he was elected the best reporter of the event. ..
Kurt Fearnley
Kurt Fearnley is a wheelchair racer, who competes at the Olympic level. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he finished 1st in the demonstration sport of Men's 1500m wheelchair. ..
Kurt Feltz
Kurt Feltz was a highly prolific German poet and song writer who was born in Krefeld, Germany on April 14, 1910, and passed away on August 3, 1982 in Majorca, Spain. External links [GEMA] — Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (Associ..
Kurt Frederick Ludwig
Kurt Frederick Ludwig (1903-?) was a German spy and the head of the "Joe K" spy ring in the United States in 1940-41. The ring was known as Joe K because it was the signature used in letters sent to Berlin addresses giving information on Allied shipping in New York Harbor. Ludwig also used the c..
Kurt Freund
Kurt Freund (17 January, 1914 - 23 October, 1996) was a sexologist who began studies of male sexual orientation using penile plethysmography (PPG) in the early 1950s. Freund was born in Chrudim, Czechoslovakia. He received his M.D. at Charles University of Prague, and later a D.Sc. degree there in..
Kurt Fuller
Kurt Fuller (born September 16, 1953, in San Francisco, California) is a prolific character actor. Fuller has appeared in a number of television, film, and stage projects. He usually plays despicable individuals such as an amoral television executive in No Holds Barred, an unlikable political worker..
Kurt Furgler
Kurt Furgler (born June 24, 1924) is a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972-1986). He was elected to the Federal Council of Switzerland on December 8, 1971 and handed over office on December 31, 1986. He is affiliated to the Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerla..
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
redirect [[Template:Infobox President]]Kurt Georg Kiesinger (April 6, 1904–March 9, 1988) was a conservative German politician and Chancellor of West Germany from 1 December, 1966 until 21 October, 1969. Contents 1 Early life2 Political career3 Chancellorship4 Kiesinger'..
Kurt Gerron
Kurt Gerron Kurt Gerron (May 11, 1897 – November 15, 1944) was a Jewish actor and film director during the Nazi period. Born Kurt Gerson to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany, Gerron initially studied medicine but became a stage actor in 1920. He appeared in such films as The Blue Angel ..
Kurt Gerstein
Kurt Gerstein (August 11 1905 in Münster, Westfalia - July 25 1945, Paris), was a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS and aided in mass murders in the Nazi extermination camps Belzec and Treblinka. He contacted a Swedish diplomat as well as members of the Catholic Church with conta..
Kurt Gidley
Kurt Gidley is a five-eighth/halfback who plays for the Newcastle Knights. He had a productive 2004 season, (being 18th man for the NSW Blues) but missed most of season 2005 due to injury. Representative Hounours: Prime Ministers XIII 2005, Country Origin 2006 ..
Kurt Gödel
Kurt Gödel (IPA: [kurt gøːdl]) (April 28, 1906 Brno, then Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic – January 14, 1978 Princeton, New Jersey) was a logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics. One of the most significant logicians of all time, Gödel's work has ha..
Kurt Gödel Society
The Kurt Gödel Society was founded in Vienna, Austria in 1987 as an international organization aimed at promoting research primarily on logic, philosophy, history of mathematics all obviously with special attention to connections with Kurt Gödel, in whose honour it was named. The group also organ..
Kurt Goldstein
Kurt Goldstein (1878 - 1965) was a German neurologist. He created a holistic theory of the organism based on Gestalt theory which deeply influenced the development of Gestalt therapy. His most important book in German "Der Aufbau des Organismus" (1934) has been published again in English: "The Organ..
Kurt Grelling
Kurt Grelling (March 2, 1886 – September, 1942) was a logician, philosopher and member of the Berlin Circle. Contents 1 Life and work2 Selected publications3 References4 External links Life and work Shortly after his arrival in 1905 at University of Göttingen, Grelling..
Kurt Gruber
Kurt Gruber (born 21 October 1904 in Syrau, Vogtland; died 24 December 1943 in Dresden) was a Nazi politician and from 1926 to 1931 the first chairman of the Hitler Youth (Hitler-Jugend or HJ). Career After the failed Beerhall Putsch in 1923, many groups from the NSDAP Youth League continued to be ..
Kurt Hahn
Kurt Hahn (1886 - 1974) was a German educator who founded such projects such as the Schule Schloss Salem in Germany, Gordonstoun in Scotland, Atlantic College in Wales, the United World Colleges movement, and the Outward Bound schools. Gordonstoun was the founding school of an international consort..
Kurt Halsey
Kurt Halsey Frederiksen is a 27-year old artist that creates in various mediums, namely pencil, painting and sculpture. Halsey graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2000, where he shifted from drawing comic strips to painting and drawing. His art focuses heavily on the sensitive..
Kurt Hamrin
Kurt Hamrin (born November 19, 1934 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish footballer. He is currently the sixth highest goalscorer of all-time in Italy's Serie A. Kurt first played for AIK in Sweden, whom he joined in the 1952-53 season. He then joined Juventus in 1956 and played 23 games in his only..
Kurt Harland
Kurt Harland Larson (born January 25, 1963) was a member of the band Information Society. The band eventually split, member by member, leaving him alone to release the last album Don't Be Afraid in 1997. In early shows and albums, Harland was credited under the pseudonym "Kurt Valaquen." After the ..
Kurt Härtel
Dr Kurt Härtel (died March 2000) was a German patent lawyer and is considered by many as the founding father of the European patent system. He is also a former President of German Patent Office. See also François SavignonRomuald SingerDieter StauderJohannes Bob van Benthem ..
Kurt Heegner
Kurt Heegner (1893–1965) was a German high school teacher and radio engineer from Berlin now famous for his mathematical discoveries. In 1952 Heegner published what he claimed was the solution of a classic problem proposed by the great mathematician Gauss, the class number 1 problem, a significan..
Kurt Heinecke
Kurt Heinecke is a composer who works for Big Idea Productions, and who has created or co-created much of the popular music associated with VeggieTales. His credits are on most (if not all) of the VeggieTales productions, including 3-2-1 Penguins!, and [[Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie]]. External link..
Kurt Heinrich Sethe
Kurt Heinrich Sethe (1869-1934), a student of Adolf Erman, was a German Egyptologist and philologist. Sethe collected many texts from Egypt during his visit in 1904-1905, and composed the Urkunden des Ægyptischen Altertums. References [[http://2terres.hautesavoie.net/segypte/texte/sethe000.html]] ..
Kurt Held
Kurt Kläber (November 41897 - December 9, 1959) was a Jewish writer displaced from Germany during the Second World War. He has also been published under the pseudonym Kurt Held. He married writer Lisa Tetzner. Books Die Rote ZoraDie Schwarze BrüdernGiuseppe und Maria ..
Kurt Hensel
Kurt Wilhelm Sebastian Hensel (1861–1941) was a German mathematician, a follower of Leopold Kronecker. He is well known for his introduction of p-adic numbers, which became increasingly important in number theory and other fields during the twentieth century. See also: Hensel's lemma, Hensel Ext..
Kurt Herbert Adler
Kurt Herbert Adler (2 April 1905 - 9 February 1988 in Marin County, California) was an American conductor born in Austria. Born to a Jewish family, he was an assistant to Arturo Toscanini at the Salzburg Festival in 1936. He also worked in Italy. Following the Nazi occupation of Austria in 1938, as..
Kurt Hiller
Kurt Hiller (also known as Keith Lurr and Klirr (Thule)), born 17 August 1885 in Berlin, died 1 October 1975 in Hamburg, was a German writer and pacifist journalist from a Jewish family. Known for his powerful prose and his philosophical and literary judgement, he was a militant and an outsider. He ..
Kurt Hirsch
Kurt August Hirsch (1906-1986) was a leading mathematician. ..
Kurt Huang
Kurt Huang is co-founder, president, and chief product officer of BitPass. He has a Computer Science degree from Harvard and an MD from Stanford. Named to the 2004 list of the world's 100 Top Young Innovators by MIT's Technology Review magazine. External Link [Interview with Kurt Huang, Fo..
Kurt Huber
Kurt Huber (October 24, 1893–July 13, 1943) was a member of the White Rose group, which carried out resistance against Nazi Germany. Huber was born in Chur, Switzerland, to German parents. He grew up in Stuttgart and, later (after his father's death), in Munich. He showed an aptitude for such..
Kurt Jackson
Kurt Jackson is a leading British painter whose large canvases reflect a concern with natural history, ecology and environmental issues. Born in 1961 in Blandford, Dorset, he developed an early interest in natural history and landscape. He studied zoology at St. Peter's College, Oxford, but spent mo..
Kurt Jahn
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Kurt Jara
Kurt Jara (born October 14, 1950 in Innsbruck) is a retired Austrian footballer. In the season 2005/2006 he was the manager of Red Bull Salzburg. He participated in the World Cups in 1978 and 1982. Contents 1 Career1.1 Playing career1.1.1 FC Wacker Tirol1.1.2 Valencia CF1.1.3..
Kurt Joachim Lauk
Kurt Joachim Lauk (b. May 19, 1946, Stuttgart is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Baden-Württemberg. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. ..
Kurt Jooss
Kurt Jooss (1901-1979) was a German dancer and choreographer. A student of Rudolf Laban, he is most famous for his 1932 ballet The Green Table. He left Germany as Adolf Hitler rose to power and moved to England. Later, Joss toured Europe and the United States, eventually returning to Germany after..
Kurt Kasznar
Kurt Kasznar (13 August 1913 - 6 August 1979) was a film and television actor. Kasznar was born on 13 August 1913 in Vienna, Austria and died on 6 August 1979 in Santa Monica, California of cancer. He immigrated to the United States in the mid-1930s for "The Eternal Road" in which he played at leas..
Kurt Kittner
[] at NFL.com Kurt Kittner (born January 23, 1980 in Schaumburg, Illinois) is an American football player who most recently played quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Prior to playing professional football, he was a record-setting quarterback for the Univers..
Kurt Klang
Alain Ongena alias Kurt Klang is from Brussels, Belgium. He was born on 21 July 1956. He accidentally started playing the bass guitar as a fill-in for the bassist of X-Pulsion for the very first gig of that band at the Circus in Brussels, where X-Pulsion was supporting act for Ultravox. After th..
Kurt Koffka
Kurt Koffka (Berlin, March 18, 1886 - 1941) was a Gestalt psychologist. In 1909 he received his PhD from the University of Berlin. Together with Wolfgang Köhler he became assistant at the University of Frankfurt, where he worked with Max Wertheimer. From 1911 to 1927 he taught at the University of..
Kurt Krenn
Bishop Kurt Krenn Bishop Kurt Krenn (born June 28, 1936, in Rannariedl, Upper Austria) is a Catholic bishop from Austria, who has been controversial for his ultraconservative views. For example, he once called homosexuality a disease. He also created a stir among Austrians about what he called "t..
Kurt Kreuzinger
Kurt Kreuzinger (d. 1990) was a German botanist, best known for his work with Cacti. According to IPNI (http://www.ipni.org/), he died in 1989 (birth date 1905). ..
Kurt Kuhnke
Kurt Kuhnke (April 30, 1910, Stettin—February 8, 1969, Braunschweig) was a racing driver from Germany, although his career was mainly connected with motorcycle racing. His single Formula One entry was at the 1963 German Grand Prix where he failed to qualify his Borgward-engined BKL Lotus by..
Kurt Kusenberg
Kurt Kusenberg (June 24, 1904 - October 3, 1983) was a German author of short stories. Kusenberg was born in Göteborg, Sweden. His father was an engineer who worked in various countries, so Kusenberg grew up in Lisboa, Portugal and also lived with his parents in North Africa for some time. He s..
Kurt Lechner
Kurt Lechner (b. October 26, 1942, Kaiserslautern) is a German politician and Member of the European Parliament for Rhineland-Palatinate. He is a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union, part of the European People's Party. ..
Kurt Lehovec
Kurt Lehovec is one of the pioneers of the integrated circuit, 1959. He innovated the concept of p-n junction isolation used in every circuit element with a guard ring: a p-n junction surrounding the planar periphery of that element. This patent was assigned to Sprague Electric. Kurt Lehovec, US pat..
Kurt Lewin
Kurt Zadek Lewin (September 9,1890 – February 12,1947) was a German psychologist and one of the pioneers of social psychology. Often called the father of social psychology, he was one of the first researchers to study group dynamics and organizational development, and was a proponent of Gesta..
Kurt Loder
Promotional photo of Kurt Loder Kurt Loder (born May 5, 1945 in New Jersey) is an American journalist, writer, and author. He is probably best known for serving as editor at Rolling Stone magazine (to this day, he continues to serve as a contributing editor). Prior to Rolling Stone, Loder wor..
Kurt Lotz
Kurt Lotz was the second postwar CEO of the Volkswagen automobile company in Germany. He succeeded the legendary Heinrich Nordhoff after Nordhoff died in 1968. Lotz, thought of as a wunderkind of German industry, made it VW's priority to wean itself off production of its exceedingly popular Beetle..
Kurt Maetzig
Kurt Maetzig, (born 25 January, 1911) is a East German film director. ..
Kurt Mahler
Kurt Mahler (26 July 1903, Krefeld, Germany - 25 February 1988, Canberra, Australia) was a mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society. He was a student at the universities in Frankfurt and Göttingen. He left Germany with the rise of Hitler and accepted an invitation by Louis Mordell to go to M..
Kurt Martti Wallenius
Kurt Martti Wallenius (June 25 1893 in Kuopio - May 3 1984 in Helsinki) was a Finnish Major General. Wallenius was a member of the Finnish Jäger troops trained in Germany prior to Finnish independence. In 1915 Wallenius travelled to Germany where he enrolled in the Royal Prussian 27th Jäger Batt..
Kurt Masur
Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927) is a conductor. Masur was born in Brieg in Silesia and studied piano, composition and conducting in Leipzig. He held a number of conducting posts in East Germany, conducting the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra from 1955 to 1958 and again from 1967 to 1972. In 1970 he ..
Kurt McKinney
Kurt McKinney (born February 15, 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American actor. A black belt in Karate, he starred in a 1980's action movie. He also starred as Matt Reardon on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light from 1994 to 2000, and as the first Ned Ashton on General Hospital from 1988 to 1991. ..
Kurt Mendelssohn
Kurt Mendelssohn (7 January 1906-18 September 1980) was a German-born British medical physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He worked at the University of Oxford from 1933. He was Reader in Physics there, 1955-1973, Emeritus Reader, 1973; Emeritus Professorial Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxf..
Kurt Meyer
Kurt Meyer is the name of: Kurt Heinrich Meyer (1883-1952), chemistKurt Meyer-Eberhardt (1895-1977), artistKurt Meyer (Panzermeyer) (1910-1961), officer of Waffen-SSKurt Meyer (football player) (born 1921), German soccer playerKurt Meyer (Bern) (born 1932), former member of the Swiss National Counc..
Kurt Meyer (football player)
Kurt Meyer, nicknamed Meyer 15 or respectfully Fußballopa (Soccer Grandpa), (b. February 4, 1921) is a German amateur soccer player for Blau-Weiß Post Recklinghausen. He achieved nation-wide fame when he scored the German ARD Goal of the Month and later the ARD Goal of the Year in 2001 at age 80. ..
Kurt Meyer (High Commissioner)
Kurt Meyer was the New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands July 2001 - August 2005. He is the temporary representative in Niue since September 2005. ..
Kurt Meyer (Lucerne)
Kurt Meyer (born 1944) is a Swiss politician and former member of the cantonal government of Lucerne heading the Finance department (1995-2005). He is a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP). ..
Kurt Meyer (Panzermeyer)
Kurt Panzermeyer Meyer in 1942 after being awarded the Oakleaves to the Knight's Cross Kurt "Panzermeyer" Meyer (December 23,1910-December 23,1961) served as an officer in the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. He saw action in many major battles, including the Invasion of France, Operati..
Kurt Moll
Kurt Moll (born April 11, 1938) is a German operatic bass. Moll was born in Buir, near Cologne, Germany. As a child, he played the cello and hoped to become a great cellist. He also sang in the school choir, and the conductor encouraged him to concentrate on singing. He studied voice at the Köln ..
Kurt Mollekens
Kurt Mollekens is a successful race car driver and team owner born in Bonheiden, Belgium on March 8, 1973. Mollekens debuted as a driver in top-level karting during 1990, staying there until 1992 when he moved up to Formula Ford. His debut Formula Ford year was successful, Mollekens winning all thre..
Kurt Neubauer
Kurt Neubauer (March 27, 1899 - November 9, 1923) was an early member of the Nazi Party and one of the first Nazis who was killed in Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch. He worked as a valet. Adolf Hitler dedicated Mein Kampf to him and 15 others. ..
Kurt Nielsen
Kurt Nielsen (born 19 November 1930) is a retired Danish tennis player. He is the only Danish tennis player to have ever played in a final in a Grand Slam tournament. He reached the singles finals of Wimbledon in 1953 (lost to Vic Seixas after having defeated Ken Rosewall in the quarterfinales) and ..
Kurt Nilsen
Cover of CD "A Part Of Me" Kurt Erik Nilsen ( September 29, 1978 in Bergen, Norway), won the Norwegian version of the television show Pop Idol, aired on TV 2 in May 2003. He won with 53 % of the votes against Gaute Ormåsen. His subsequent single, "She's So High", written by Tal Bachman, went s..
Kurt O. Friedrichs
Kurt O. Friedrichs (1901–1982) was a noted mathematician. He was the co-founder of the Courant Institute at New York University and recipient of the National Medal of Science. There is a student prize named after Friedrichs at NYU. See also Friedrichs lemma A SUMMARY OF THE MATHEMATICAL WORK AND..
Kurt Osburn
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Kurt Overhoff
Kurt Overhoff (20 October 1902 Vienna, † 16 November 1986 Salzburg) was a Austrian conductor and composer. He started as the assistant of Wilhelm Furtwängler and then became the musical director in Heidelberg (1932-40). He was heavily involved with the Richard Wagner family and so founded the B..
Kurt Raab
Kurt Raab (July 20, 1941-June 28, 1988), was a West German actor best known for his work with cult German film director, Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Biography Raab was born in Bergreichenstein, Sudetenland, what is now Kasperské Hory, Czech Republic. He made his cinema debut in Fassbinder's Liebe..
Kurt Ralske
Kurt Ralske was the key member of late 80's New York indie poppers Ultra Vivid Scene, and has gone on to work with a number of different artists including Rasputina and Boo Trundle. External links [Kurt Ralske's Site] ..
Kurt Rambis
Kurt Rambis as a player of Los Angeles Lakers Darrell Kurt Rambis (born February 25, 1958 in Cupertino, California) is a former pro basketball player and current assistant coach for the Los Angeles Lakers. He graduated from Santa Clara University. His number is retired in Cupertino High School..
Kurt Reidemeister
Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister (October 13, 1893 - July 8, 1971) was a mathematician born in Brunswick, Germany. He received his doctorate in 1921 with a thesis in algebraic number theory at the University of Hamburg under the supervision of Erich Hecke. In 1923 he was appointed assistant profes..
Kurt Reinhard
Kurt Reinhard (August 27, 1914 – July 18, 1979) was a German musicologist and ethnomusicologist. Specialist in Turkish music. Born in Giessen, Germany, he studied musicology and composition at the University of Cologne from 1933-1935, and ethnology at the Universities of Leipzig and Munich from 1..
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Kurt Rosenwinkel (born October 28, 1970) is a jazz guitarist who came to prominence in the 1990s. His improvising style was initially influenced by guitarists such as Pat Metheny and John Scofield, but has emerged as an individual stylist whose lines are lengthy and linear, recalling the styles of..
Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17 1951) is an American actor. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Early life1.2 Career1.3 Personal life2 Trivia3 Filmography4 External links Biography Early life Russell was born in Springfield, Massachuset..
Kurt Sanderling
Kurt Sanderling (born September 19, 1912) was a German conductor (he announced his retirement in 2002). He was born in Arys in East Prussia, and after early work at the Berlin Städtische Oper, left for Russia in 1936, where he worked with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra. From 1942 to 1960 he w..
Kurt Sauer
Kurt Sauer (b. January 16 1981, St. Cloud, Minnesota) is a professional ice hockey Defenseman in the NHL, playing for the Colorado Avalanche. Sauer has played his last two seasons with Colorado, and has also played for the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. He made it to the Stanley Cup Finals with Anaheim in ..
Kurt Schaffenberger
Kurt Schaffenberger (December 15 1920-January 24 2002) was an American comic book artist. Schaffenberger was best known for his work on Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family (during both the Golden Age and Silver Age of comics), as well as his work on the title Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane durin..
Kurt Scharf
Kurt Scharf (October 21, 1902 - March 28, 1990) was a German clergyman and bishop of the Evangelical Church in Germany. Life Kurt Scharf was born in Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia (now Gorzów Wielkopolski in Poland),. After completing his Abitur he studied protestant theology in Berlin and was ..
Kurt Schindler
Kurt Schindler (February 17, 1882 - November 16, 1935) was a German-born composer, conductor. External links [] ..
Kurt Schlosser
Kurt Schlosser (born 18 October 1900; died 16 August 1944 in Dresden) was an active Communist. During his training in cabinet making, he lost an arm. He nevertheless built up a climbing group with some young, working-class sportsmen and was a member of the woodworkers' association and the "Naturfre..
Kurt Schmitt
Kurt Paul Schmitt (born 7 October 1886 in Heidelberg; died 2 November 1950 in Heidelberg) was a German economic leader and the Reich Economy Minister. The jurist Kurt Schmitt graduated in 1911 in Munich with the thesis "The Ongoing Information File, in Particular the Information Convention". and th..
Kurt Schmoke
Kurt L. Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is a Democratic politician and a former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Yale University (1971), studying as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and graduating from Harvard Law School (1976), Kurt Schmoke joined the Baltimore law firm of..
Kurt Schneider
This article is on Kurt Schneider, a German psychiatrist; for information on the midget actor, also known as Harry Earles, see 'The Doll Family'. Kurt Schneider (1887-1967) was a German psychiatrist known largely for his writing on the diagnosis and understanding of schizophrenia. Contents 1&nb..
Kurt Schneider (WWI Ace)
Lietenant Kurt Schneider (October 4 1888-July 14 1917) was a WWI flying ace with 15 kills. He was born in , Germany. In 1915 he joined the German Air Service and was a founding member of Jasta 5 (Jagdstaffel, fighter squadron), which he joined as its Commanding Officer on May 20, 1917. He flew ..
Kurt Schork
Kurt Schork (1947 – May 24, 2000) was an American reporter and war correspondent. He was killed in an ambush while on assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone together with cameraman Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora of Spain, who worked for Associated Press Television. Two other Reuters journalists, ..
Kurt Schottenheimer
Kurt Schottenheimer is a former defensive coordinator for the NFL's Detroit Lions. He is currently the defensive backs coach for the Green Bay Packers. His older brother, Marty Schottenheimer, is the head coach for the San Diego Chargers, and his nephew, Brian Schottenheimer, is the offensive coordi..
Kurt Schreckling
Kurt Schreckling (born 1939) is a German who pioneered home constructed turbojet engines for model aircraft. His design was constructed using hand tools, and has a wooden compressor and a bent metal gas turbine. It was fitted into a radio-controlled aircraft which flew beautifully. Jet engines fol..
Kurt Schumacher
Dr. Kurt Schumacher (13 October 1895 - 20 August 1952), was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany from 1945 to 1952. Contents 0.1 Early career0.2 Under the Nazis0.3 Postwar politics0.4 Schumacher versus Adenauer1 External links Early career Kurt Schumache..
Kurt Schuschnigg
thumb Kurt Schuschnigg (14 December 1897 – 18 November, 1977), known as Kurt von SchuschniggThe use of the preposition "von" denoted nobility: nobility was abolished in Austria in 1919. until 1919, was an Austrian politician who in 1934 succeeded the assassinated Engelbert Dollfuss as d..
Kurt Schwertsik
Kurt Schwertsik (born June 25, 1935) is an Austrian contemporary composer. He is famous for creating the “Third Viennese School” and spreading contemporary classical music. A pupil of Karlheinz Stockhausen, he founded in 1958 the ensemble "Die Reihe" with Friedrich Cerha (famous for finishing t..
Kurt Schwitters
Kurt Schwitters (June 20, 1887 - January 8, 1948) was a German painter who was born in Hannover, Germany. Schwitters worked in several genres and mediums, including Dada, Constructivism, Surrealism, poetry, sound, painting, collage, sculpture, typography and what came to be known as installations. ..
Kurt Seibt
Kurt Seibt (13 February 1908 in Berlin - 21 June 2002) was chairman of the Central Revision Commission of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands; SED) and East Germany's Minister for Direction and Control of Regional and District Councils. Seibt completed t..
Kurt Shotko
Kurt Shotko, (born on May 25, 1967 in Allentown, Pennsylvania), is a member of the U.S. Green Party. Shotko was the only ballot-qualified challanger to Don Sherwood, the Republican incumbent for the 10th District, U.S. House of Representatives in 2002. Biographical information Shotko is the son ..
Kurt Singer
See also Kurt Singer (neurologist) (1885 - 1944) ([link]), a neurologist. Kurt Singer (May 12, 1886 - February 14, 1962) was a German philosopher. Born in Magdeburg, he was a professor at Hamburg University (1924-1933). He taught at Tokyo Imperial University since 1931. Singer died at ..
Kurt Smith
Kurt Smith Position Placekicker Team San Diego Chargers Height 6'0" Weight 181 lbs Born 9 January 1983 College University of Virginia Drafted 6th Round, 19th Pick (2006) Hometown Memphis, TN Kurt Smith is an American football placekicker who currently plays for the Natio..
Kurt Sprengel
There is another botanist from this time, Carl Sprengel. Kurt Sprengel (August 3, 1766 - March 15, 1833) was a German botanist and physician. Biography Sprengel was born at Bodelkow in Pomerania. His uncle, Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750-1816), is remembered for his studies in the fertilization o..
Kurt Squire
Dr. Kurt D. Squire is an assistant professor at University of Wisconsin, Madison, and co-chair of the Games, Learning & Society conference, best known for his research into game design for education. He writes a regular column for Computer Games magazine, and has been interviewed for many periodica..
Kurt Sternberg
Kurt Sternberg (June 19, 1885 - September 1942, KZ Auschwitz) was a German philosopher. Literary works Versuch einer Entwicklungsgeschichte des kantischen Denkens bis zur Grundlegung des Kritizismus, 1909Neukantische Aufgaben, 1931 External links http://www.berlin.de/ba-charlottenburg-wilmersdorf/b..
Kurt Stillwell
Kurt Andrew Stillwell (born June 4, 1965 Glendale, California - ) was an infielder with a 9-year career from 1986-1993, 1996. He played for the Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres both of the National League and the Kansas City Royals, California Angels and Texas Rangers all of the American League..
Kurt Student
Kurt Student. Kurt Student (May 12, 1890-July 1, 1978) was a German Luftwaffe General who fought as a pilot on the Eastern Front during the First World War and as the commander of the German parachute troops during the Second World War. Biography Student was born at Birkholz, in current Saxon..
Kurt Swinghammer
Kurt Swinghammer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and visual artist. A graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, Swinghammer joined the band Vital Sines in the 1980s before launching his solo career. His own artwork is sometimes included as a visual element in his performances. In addition..
Kurt Tank
Kurt Waldemar Tank, 1944. Kurt Waldemar Tank (February 24 1898 - June 5 1983) was a resourceful German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, heading the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931-45. He designed several important aircraft of World War II, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighte..
Kurt Thomas
Kurt Thomas may refer to: Kurt Thomas - a current NBA playerKurt Thomas - an American gymnastKurt Thomas - a German choral director and composer ..
Kurt Thomas (basketball)
Kurt Vincent Thomas (born 4 October 1972 in Dallas, Texas) is a professional basketball player with the NBA's Phoenix Suns. Thomas is a 6'9", 235 lb. forward/center known for his hard-nosed playing style and tough defense. He graduated from Texas Christian University. A natural power forward, he spe..
Kurt Thomas (gymnast)
Kurt Thomas, born March 29, 1956, is an American Olympic gymnast. While attending Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana, Thomas became a member of the US Olympic team at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1978, Thomas was the first American male gymnast to win a gold medal in floor exercise in..
Kurt Tibbetts
Kurt Tibbetts is the Leader of Government Business in the Cayman Islands. He was elected in the People's Progressive Movement victory in the 2005 elections, of which he is a founding member. He has represented the district of George Town in the Legislative Assembly of the Cayman Islands since 1992. ..
Kurt Tucholsky
Kurt Tucholsky Kurt Tucholsky (January 9, 1890 – December 21, 1935) was a German journalist, satirist and writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Kaspar Hauser, Peter Panter, Theobald Tiger and Ignaz Wrobel. Born in Berlin-Moabit, he moved in 1924 to Paris and in 1930 to Sweden. Tu..
Kurt Uchima
Kurt Uchima (April 17, 1918—May 23, 1996) was an actor who appeared as the groundskeeper in the films Major League and Major League II. In both films his character was memorable for his negative remarks towards the team during their practices. He was survived by son Keith Uchima. External links ..
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (born November 11, 1922) is an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. Contents 1 Biography1.1 Current status2 Writing career3 Family4 Politics5 Design career6 Vonnegut in pop culture7 Trivia8&nb..
Kurt von Finck
John Kurt von Finck II, (born June 3, 1965 in Princeton, NJ, USA), is a longtime proponent of Unix, Unix derivatives, and open source software. von Finck began using computers in the late 1970s at the Doane Stuart School and Northfield Mount Hermon where he began programming rudimentary code for D..
Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
Kurt Freiherr von Hammerstein-Equord (September 26, 1878-April 25, 1943) was a German General, who served for a period as Chief of Staff for the German Army. Contents 1 Biography2 Decorations & Awards3 References4 Links Biography Born to an aristocratic family in Hinrichshag..
Kurt von Ruffin
Kurt von Ruffin (born 1901, Munich, Germany, died 17 November 1996, Berlin, Germany) was a German actor and opera singer who was imprisoned by the Nazis for the crime of homosexuality. Von Ruffin began his career as a singer. Starting in 1927 he sang with the operas of Magdeburg, Mainz, and Nurembe..
Kurt von Schleicher
redirect [[Template:Infobox President]]Kurt von Schleicher (4 April 1882 – 30 June 1934) was a German general and the last Chancellor of Germany during the era of the Weimar Republic. Biography He was born in Brandenburg, the son of a Prussian officer and a shipowner's daughter. He entered the..
Kurt von Trojan
Kurt von Trojan (born Vienna, Austria, 1937-March 22, 2006) is an Australian journalist and science fiction author. He has also been employed as a psychiatric nurse and a cinema projectionist. He studied at the London Film School and the South Australian School of Art. On 25 January 2006 he was d..
Kurt Waldeland
--> Kurt M. Waldeland (21 July 1924 in Egersund, Norway - 3 May 1945 in Berlin, Germany) Norwegian Scientist and Untersturmführer in Waffen-SS. Famous in his homeland for several discoveries. He is well known for his research on corrosion. In 1942, at the age of 18, he released a book on the subj..
Kurt Waldheim
Kurt Waldheim (born December 21, 1918) is an Austrian diplomat and conservative politician. He was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. He is the oldest former Austrian President. Born near Vienna, Waldheim served as a German milita..
Kurt Wallander
Kurt Wallander is a fictional Swedish police inspector created by author Henning Mankell. The protagonist of many of Mankell's novels, he lives and works in the town of Ystad, outside the town of Malmö in the southern province of Skåne in Sweden. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot..
Kurt Warner
[] at NFL.com Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971 in Burlington, Iowa) is an American football quarterback, currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. Warner is best known for his stint with the St. Louis Rams between the 1999 and 2001 NFL seasons, culminating in two MV..
Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed
Kurt Warner's Arena Football Unleashed is a Sony PlayStation video game made by Midway Games. The focus is on fast, pick-up play with six-on-six lineups, big hits, and no penalties. The game is licensed and features all 17 real-life teams and arenas of the Arena Football League. Up to four players ..
Kurt Wegner
Kurt Wegner (27 August 1908 - 16 September 1985) was a German artist born in Köln, Germany. He moved to Sweden in 1938, and died in Järna. More Information in Swedish and German External link [Föreningen Kurt Wegners Konst] (Swedish) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [S..
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a German and later German-American composer of Jewish origin active from the 1920s until his death. He was a leading composer for the stage, as well as writing a number of concert works..
Kurt Weitzmann
Kurt Weitzmann (born May 7, 1904) was German-born American art historian. Works Greek mythology in Byzantine art, 1951Geistige Grundlagen und Wesen der makedonischen Renaissance, 1963Illustration roll and codex, 1947, 21970"Studies in manuscript illumination" seriesThe Joshua roll, 1948Ancient boo..
Kurt Wenner
Kurt Wenner born in Ann Arbor, Michigan is an artist best known for his street painting and chalk murals using a projection called anamorphism. These 3D chalk drawings on pavement have been featured in many newspapers and on several television shows. Contents 1 Career1.1 Not just ch..
Kurt Westerfeld
Kurt Westerfeld is a software developer who lives in Virginia. He is best known for his work on IBM OS/2 software such as Object Desktop for Stardock and the KWQ/2 News reader client for OS/2. In 1997 the OS/2 market began to decline and Westerfeld left Stardock to work at Managed Objects where as..
Kurt Westergaard
Kurt Westergaard (born July 13, 1935) is a Danish cartoonist who created the controversial cartoon of the Muslim prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb as a turban. This cartoon was the most contentious of the 12 Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons and offended many Muslims. [link] See also Jyllan..
Kurt Wimmer
Kurt Wimmer is an American screenwriter and film director. Wimmer attended the University of South Florida and graduated with a BFA degree in Art History. He then moved to Los Angeles where he worked for 12 years as a screenwriter before making his 2002 film, Equilibrium. Although he is credited a..
Kurt Winter
Kurt Winter (April 2, 1946 - December 14, 1997) was a Canadian guitarist. Starting his career with the Winnipeg bands the Fifth, Gettysbyrg Address and Brother, Winter joined the Guess Who in May, 1970, along with co-guitarist Greg Leskiw to fill the gigantic shoes of the recently-departed Randy ..
Kurt Wise
Kurt Patrick Wise is an American young earth creationist with a background in paleontology. Noted for being a young-earth Creationist, he obtained his degree from Harvard University under the advisement of the famous evolutionist Stephen Jay Gould. Wise teaches at Bryan College, named after Will..
Kurt Wolf
Kurt Wolf is a punk guitarist from New York City. He has played in Pussy Galore, Boss Hog, and Foetus. ..
Kurt Wöss
Kurt Wöss (born Linz, Austria May 2, 1914, died Dresden December 4 1987) was an Austrian conductor and musicologist. He was Principal Conductor of the NHK Symphony Orchestra from 1951 to 1954. He was later Chief Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. External links [Biography] ..
Kurt Wrigley
Kurt Wrigley (born in Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian rugby league player for the Cronulla Sharks, St. George Dragons and the Adelaide Rams in the National Rugby League competition. After his retirement towards the end of the 90's Wrigley went on to become a qualified coach, serving as a..
Kurt Wüthrich
Kurt Wüthrich lecturing at the 2005 European Forum held in Alpbach, Austria. Kurt Wüthrich (born October 4, 1938) is a Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate. Born in Aarberg, Switzerland, Wüthrich was educated in chemistry, physics, and mathematics at the University of Berne before pursuing his..
Kurt Zeitzler
Kurt Zeitzler (June 9, 1895 - September 25, 1963) was a General in the German Wehrmacht during World War II, he is most famous for being the Chief of Army General Staff from 1942 to 1944. He served as an infantry officer in World War I. In World War II he served as a corps chief of staff in the Pol..
Kuru
Kuru or Kurus may be: Kuru (disease), neurological, and associated with New Guinea, the Fore, and cannibalismKuru (archaeology), Indian ethnic group and their kingdomKuru (Hinduism), imputed ancestral kingKuru, Finland, municipalityKuruş, Turkish currencyKuru, Turkish dried-bean dish kurufasulyeK..
Kuru, Finland
Kuru is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,782 and covers an area of 820.48 km² of which 103.53 km² is water. The population density is 3.4 inhabitants per km². The municipality ..
Kuruabaru River
The Kuruabaru River is an east bank tributary of the Demerara River in northern Guyana. It enters the Demerara River 140 miles from its mouth. ..
Kuruba
Kurubas or Kurumas are Hindus concentrated mainly in the southeren states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Unofficial population estimate in these two states is about 15 million. They are also known as Yadavas, Gollas in Andhra Pradesh and Dhangars in Maharashtra. Kuruba Classification: Caste/D..
Kurubarapet
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Kuruba Movies
Krishnadeva Raya - Kannada movie starring Dr Rajkumar, the movie is about the greatest Kuruba ruler of Vijayanagara Empire.Vijayanagarada Veeraputra - Kannada movie about the founders of the Vijayanagara Empire.Mahakavi Kalidasa - Black and white Kannada Movie about the life of the greatest Indian p..
Kuruba Representatives
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Kuruc
The kuruc (Hungarian: kuruczok/kurucok [sg. kuruc(z)], Slovak: kuruci [sg. kuruc]) was a term used to denote the armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary between 1671 and 1711. The kuruc army were mostly composed of Magyars, Slovaks, Ruthenians and some Romanians, the leading n..
Kurucaşile
Kurucaşile is a district of Bartın Province, Turkey. Bartın | Amasra | Kurucaşile | Ulus, Bartın ..
Kurucesme Arena
Adres: Kuruçeşme Arena Muallim Naci Cad. No. 60 Kuruçeşme, İstanbul Getting there: By Land: The Arena is located on the Bosphorus shore road between Ortaköy and Arnavutköy next to Macro Center. By Sea: Dentur Ferry Docks: Kadıköy,Üsküdar, Beşiktaş, Rumeli Hisarı Also all buse..
Kurud
Kurud is a town and a nagar panchayat in Dhamtari district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Geography Kurud is located at [20.83° N 81.72° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kurud]. It has an average elevation of 298 metres (977 feet). Demographics As of..
Kurudampalayam
Kurudampalayam is a census town in Coimbatore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kurudampalayam had a population of 13,129. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kurudampalayam has an ave..
Kurudumale
Kurudumale, a place in the Kolar district of Karnataka state, India, is famous for the Ganesha temple built by a Vijayanagara kings. This place was believed to be the place where Devas would descend from the heavens for recreation on earth. The ganesha temple is considered to be very powerful..
Kurukh language
Kurukh belongs to the Dravidian family, and is most closely related to Brahui and Malto (Paharia). It is spoken by the Oraon, a tribal (Adivasi) people of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, India. It is also the only Dravidian language indigenous to Bangladesh. External links &..
Kurukshetra
"Kurukshetra" may refer to: The ancient site of pilgrimage in India, which later became famous for the Kurukshetra war as described in the epic story, Mahabharata.The town and district of Kurukshetra in the Indian state of HaryanaA Hindi movie released in year 2000, Kurukshetra starring Sanjay Dutt..
Kurukshetra (album)
Kurukshetra is the third album of Rudra released in 2003. Track listing 01. Justified Aggression 02. Apostasy 03. God Of Delusion 04. Absolute One 05. Negate 06. Mithya 07. In The Vision Of The Blind 08. Temple Of Nothingness 09. Highlands Of Tranquility 10. Ye Immortal..
Kurukshetra District
Kurukshetra is the name of a district in the present-day Indian state of Haryana. The name literally means "Land of the Kurus" after the famous Kuru vansha (clan), but is also sometimes referred to as Dharam Kshetra meaning the "Land of Righteousness". It purports to be the site of the Kurukshet..
Kurukshetra University
The Kurukshetra University was established in 1956 as a unitary residential university and its foundation stone was laid by late Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. Located in the holy city of Kurukshetra (Haryana), land of the historical battle of Mahabharata and the great message ..
Kurukshetra war
The Kurukshetra war forms an essential component of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. According to Mahabharata, a dynastic struggle between sibling clans of Kauravas and the Pandavas for the throne of Hastinapura resulted in a battle in which a number of ancient kingdoms participated as allies of the riv..
Kurukshetra war - day 1
The Kurukshetra war detailed in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was between the ancient Hindu clans of Kaurava and Pandava and lasted eighteen days. On day one, Kaurava army stood facing west and the Pandava army stood facing east. On day one wind blew from east to west, against the Kauravas. In the mor..
Kurukshetra war - day 2
The Kurukshetra war detailed in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was between the ancient Hindu clans of Kaurava and Pandava and lasted eighteen days. The Pandavas won the second day of the Kurukshetra war. Contents 1 Military formation of the Kaurava Army2 Military formation of the Pandava A..
Kurukshetra war - day 3
The Kurukshetra war detailed in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was between the ancient Hindu clans of Kaurava and Pandava and lasted eighteen days. The Pandavas won the third day's battle. Contents 1 Military formation of the Kaurava Army2 Military formation of the Pandava Army3 The h..
Kurukshetra war - day 4
The Kurukshetra war detailed in the Hindu epic Mahabharata was between the ancient Hindu clans of Kaurava and Pandava and lasted eighteen days. The Pandavas won the fourth day's battle. Contents 0.0.1 Military formation of the Kaurava Army0.0.2 Military formation of the Pandava Army0...
Kurukshetra War and the Kambojas
Among the Kshatriya tribes who had participated in the Kurukshetra war, the Kambojas occupy a very prominent place. They were the allies of Duryodhana and by their bravery, and especially the prowess of their king Sudakshina, they had rendered great service to Kuru side in the long drawn battle ..
Kurukula
Kurukula Could mean Karave caste of the Sri Lankan Sinhalese Karaiyar caste of the Sri Lankan Tamils redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Kurultai
Kurultai (Tatar: Qorıltay, Azerbaijani: Qurultay; Kurulmak meaning "to assemble" in Turkish, also Khural meaning "meeting" in Mongolian) is a political and military council of ancient Mongol chiefs and khans. All Great Khans of the Mongol Empire, for example Genghis Khan and Ogedei Khan, were f..
Kuruman
Kuruman is a town in Northern Cape Province, South Africa, famous for its scenic beauty and the Eye, a geographic phenomenon bringing water from deep underground to the surface in the Kalahari Desert. ..
Kurumathi
Kurumathi is a resort island in the Rasdhoo atoll of the Maldives. ..
Kurumbalur
Kurumbalur is a panchayat town in Perambalur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kurumbalur had a population of 11,124. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kurumbalur has an average lite..
Kurumbapet
Kurumbapet is a town and a gram panchayat in Pondicherry district in the Indian state of Pondicherry. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kurumbapet had a population of 7412. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kurumbapet has an a..
Kurumbar
Kurumbar or Kurumans or Kurubar caste are shepherds of South India. They are indigenous people of India. Even though they are called in different names like Kurumans, Kurubar and Kurumba, these names are synonyms and one and the same. They speak Kuruman tribal Kannada language. Their God is Veerabad..
Kurume, Fukuoka
Kurume (久留米市; -shi) is a city located in Fukuoka, Japan. On February 5, 2005 the following four towns merged into Kurume: Kitano (from Mii District), Jojima and Mizuma (from Mizuma District), and Tanushimaru (from Ukiha District). Following this merger (using January 1, 2005 statistics),..
Kurume Station
Kurume station Kurume station (久留米駅) is a railway station on the Kagoshima Main Line and Kyudai Main Line. ..
Kurume University
(category) Kurume University (Japanese: 久留米大学 Kurume Daigaku, abbreviated to 久大) is a private university. Located in Kurume (Chikugo district), Fukuoka prefecture (on the island of Kyushu), Japan. One of the famous universities with a long history in Japan. There are also many ..
Kurumin Linux
Kurumin Linux is a LiveCD Linux distribution based on Debian via Knoppix and Kanotix. Its main features are the advanced hardware auto-detection (inherited from Knoppix), Brazilian Portuguese language and content and ease of use. The first releases of Kurumin were small enough to fit on a mini-CD,..
Kurundvad
Kurundvad is a city and a municipal council in Kolhapur district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kurundvad had a population of 21,325. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kurundvad has an av..
Kurunegala
Kurunegala is the capital of the North Western Province, Sri Lanka and the Kurunegala District. A transport hub, it has a railway station, and several main roads linking important parts of the country. It is situated about 116Km from Colombo, the Capital of Sri Lanka and 42Km from Kandy. Kurunega..
Kurunegala District
Kurunegala is a district of Sri Lanka. ..
Kurunegala train crash
The Kurunegala train crash was an accident on a Sri Lankan rail line near the town of Kurunegala on the 19 August 2001. The Udarata Menike express passenger service from Kurunegala to Alawwa in Sri Lanka was a regular train route which ran on to Columbo. On the day of the accident, the train was gr..
Kurung Kumey
Kurung Kumey is the newly created fifteenth district of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, with its district headquarters in Laying-Yangte. External Links [50 pc voters exercise franchise][Kurung Kumey 14th district in Arunachal][PHED profile][Health workers ..
Kurunjang, Victoria
Kurunjang is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Melton. Melbourne suburbs near Kurunjang(Shire of Melton) Melton West Toolern Vale Toolern Vale Melton West Kurunjang Melton Melton West Melton Melton Suburbs of the Shire of Melton ..
Kurunta
Kurunta was an Anatolian tutelary deity in the Late Bronze Age frequently associated with stags. The Hittites typically wrote the name using the Sumerogram "dLAMMA". It was frequently used as an element in names, such as Kupanta-Kurunta and Manapa-Kurunta. It was also used as a name by itself, most..
Kuruntokai
Topics in Tamil literature Sangam literature Agattiyam Tolkappiyam Pathinenmaelkanakku Ettuthokai Ainkurnuru Akananuru Purananuru Kaliththokai Kuruntokai Natrinai Paripaatal Pathirruppaththu Pattupattu Tirumurugarruppatai Kurincippattu Malaipatukatam Mathuraikk..
Kuruntwad
Kurundwad (sometimes spelled Kurandvad or Kurantwad) is a small town on the banks of the Panchganga river in Kolhapur District; it lies in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. During the British Raj, Kuruntwad was a native state of India, falling under the Deccan division of Bombay..
Kurup
The Kurups are a part of the Nayar community in Kerala, South India. They are equal to the Panickers and were commanders and generals in battles. They used to be the teachers of the Kalaris or the martial arts training centres. They were highly respected and were in the past extremely powerful. Sou..
Kurupi
Kurupi is the name of one of the important figures in Guaraní mythology. He is one of the seven monstrous children of Tau and Kerana, and as such is one of the central legendary figures in the region of Guaraní speaking cultures. He is also one of the few figures still prominent in the modern cu..
Kurupt
Kurupt the Kingpin aka Young Gotti (born Ricardo Brown on November 23, 1972) is a gangsta rapper. Contents 1 Early life & career2 Mid '90s–present3 The Riflemen & The HRSMN4 Discography4.1 Solo albums4.2 Collaborative albums4.3 Appears on5 Filmogra..
Kuruption!
Kuruption! is the debut solo album by Kurupt.It is a double album. Kurupt was released on Antra records, after Kurupt left Death Row. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 on october 24, 1998. It went plantinum. Tracklist Disc One This One's For UMake some Noize''Put that on SomethingPlay my card..
Kurupung
Kurupung is a mining community in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region of Guyana, near the Pakaraima Mountains, located at [6°28′0″N, 59°10′0″W]. Kurupung has an airport (Airport code KPG), a primary school, a police station, a health unit, and a sub-office of the Elections Commission. ..
Kururin Paradise
Kururin Paradise is the sequel to Kuru Kuru Kururin on the Game Boy Advance. It was released only in Japan. "Paradise" is a faster, more frantic game, requiring twitch-reflexes, whereas the original requires more thought, strategy, and fine calculation. This is due to Paradise's inclusion of a ne..
Kururugi
Kururugi is the name of Rumiko Takahashi's pair of characters she has created especially for the PlayStation 2 video game [[InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask]], based in the InuYasha anime universe. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. There are two ..
Kuruş
The new kuruş coin Kuruş was a Turkish currency subunit. One Turkish lira was equal to 100 kuruş. The kuruş (or Piastre) was also the standard unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire. Originally a large silver coin, in the mid 1800s its value had depreciated to the point where it circulated..
Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge
The , which connects Oshima and Mashima islands in Japan, is the world's longest suspension bridge structure [link]. The bridge is part of the bigger Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Project connecting Honshu and Shikoku islands. Construction The Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge consists of three successive..
Kurushima Michifusa
Kurushima Michifusa,also known as Madasi (1562-1597) was a Japanese admiral during the reign of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He was killed at the Battle of Myeongnyang by Yi Sun Shin. ..
Kuruthipunal
Kuruthipunal (1996) is a Tamil drama/action film directed by veteran cinematographer P.C. Sriram. The film marks Sriram's debut in film direction. Upon release, the film met with a strong critical reception, and is recognised by some to have set high benchmarks for other action films in that perio..
Kuruva
Kuruva' is a small place in Kannur District of Kerala state, south India. It is located between Kannur City and Thottada.Kuruva one of the tourist destination in Kannur district is situated between Thayyil and Thottada.Kuruva is famous for its Beedi Manufacturing..Also famous for its Toddy taste and..
Kuruvadweep
Kuruvadweep is a unique and fragile 950 acre protected river delta system on the Kabini River.The island is uninhabited. Rare species of birds, orchids and herbs are the sovereigns of this supernal kingdom. It is located in the Wayanad district of Kerala state in south India. The nearest town is M..
Kuruvai
Kuruvai also known as "short-term" in Tamil is a term used to define the crops grown in cauvery Delta of Tamil Nadu state in India. The crops that are grown in this delta are mostly paddy and the health of these crops and the eventual livelihood of these farmers are extremely dependant on abundant f..
Kuru (disease)
Kuru (also known as laughing sickness due to the outbursts of laughter that mark its second phase) was first noted in New Guinea in the early 1900s. By the 1950s, anthropologists and Australian government officials reported that kuru ("trembling" in the language of the Fore) was rampant among the S..
Kuru (Hinduism)
This is about the ancestral king described by Hindu scriptures. For the Indian tribe & kingdom of the early Iron Age, see Kuru (archaeology). In the Mahabharata, Kuru is a legendary king, the progenitor of the Kuru clan, to which both the Kauravas and the Pandavas, the principal characters of the ..
Kuru (kingdom)
The position of the Kuru kingdom in Iron Age Vedic India. History of the Indian Subcontinent Stone Age 70,000–7000 BC Mehrgarh Culture 7000–3300 BC Indus Valley Civilization 3300–1700 BC Late Harappan Culture 1700–1300 BC Vedic Civilization 1500..
Kuru Kingdom
This article is about the kingdom of Kuru in Indian epic literature. For the historical kingdom, see Kuru (kingdom). The Kuru kingdom was ruled by the Kuru clan of kings. The Pandavas and Kauravas were Kurus. Other than these Kurus of India, there was another kingdom called Uttara Kurus to the nort..
Kuru Kuru
Kuru Kuru is the first and largest village on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway in Guyana. Mainly an agricultural village, the approximately 5,000 residents provide a convenient labour force for the saw mills and chicken farms in the surrounding areas. ..
Kuru Kuru Kururin
Kuru Kuru Kururin is a video game for the Game Boy Advance hand held console. The player controls a slowly spinning stick and must get it through a series of mazes without touching the walls. The player controls the direction and speed of movement (it is a 3-speed stick), but the task is made diffi..
Kurvi-Tasch
Kurvi-Tasch is a military dictator of fictional regime of Borduria in the popular comic series Tintin. His most distinctive feature is his mustache, which is found on the architecture of many buildings in his country, in his military, as a diacritical mark over random vowels, and in various other..
Kurwai
Kurwai is a town in Vidisha District of the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. Kurwai was formerly a Muslim princely state of British India. The state was 368 sq km in area and in 1892 boasted a population of 24,631. The state, which came under British sovereignty in the early nineteenth ce..
Kurya
Kurya was the name of a Pecheneg khan who allied with Svyatoslav I of Kiev in his campaigns in the Balkans. Later, after Svyatoslav's defeat by the Byzantine Empire, Kurya ambushed and killed the Kievan knyaz. According to the Chronicle of Bygone Years, Kurya had Svyatoslav's skull made into a gobl..
Kurz
Heinrich Kurz von GoldsteinHermann KurzIsolde Kurz, the daughter of Hermann KurzRobert Kurz, see [German article]Walther PP KurzEmily Kurz 2011 Ms. America 9 mm KurzK band, from "Kurz band" See also Kurtz, KurtsCurz, Curtz This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list o..
Kurzman
Charles KurzmanDan KurzmanKeith Kurzman Kurtzman Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Kurtzman AwardLemon v. Kurtzman Kurzmann Christof Kurzmann 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 ..
Kurzweil (disambiguation)
Raymond Kurzweil is an inventor, author, futurist, and pioneer in the fields of voice recognition, character recognition, and digital music synthesis. He is also the founder of Kurzweil Music Systems. Kurzweil Music Systems is a brand of electronic musical instruments, primarily keyboards. Jaros..
Kurzweil Music Systems
Kurzweil Music Systems is a company that produces electronic musical instruments for professionals and home users. Founded by Raymond Kurzweil, a developer of reading machines for the blind, the company made use of many of the technologies originally designed for reading machines and adapted them to..
Kurz Weber
Kurz Weber is a fictional character from the light novel, manga, and anime series Full Metal Panic!. In the Japanese version, he was portrayed by Shinichirou Miki in the original anime and by Vic Mignogna in the English dub Overview [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending ..

 

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