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K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk
K. Waterschei S.V. Thor Genk was a Belgian football club from the city of Genk, Limburg, province of Belgium. It was created in 1919 as Waterschei's Sport Vereeniging Thor with Thor being the acronym of Tot Herstel Onzer Rechten ("To recover our rights"). It regitered to the FA only in 1925 and ..

Kwabotwe
Kwabotwe is just one of the numerous awe-inspiring hills in Ghana, but it the only hill that attracts scholars and not tourists. By the early nineteenth century, Europeans had settled the coastal regions of Ghana, particularly Cape Coast, where they could build their castles to serve as a home base...

Kwabre District
Kwabre District Region Ashanti Region District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Alhaji Kwasi Yeboah Capital Mamponteng Area 356 km² Population (2002) 164,668 ISO 3166 GH-AH-KB The Kwabre District is a district of Ghana in the Ashanti Region. Sources [Districts of Ghana&..

Kwacha
The kwacha is the name of the monetary unit of Zambia (since 1968) and of Malawi (since 1971). The Zambian kwacha (ISO 4217: ZMK) is divided into 100 ngwee; the Malawian kwacha (ISO 4217: MWK) into 100 tambala. The name derives from the Bemba word for "dawn", alluding to the Zambian nationalist slo..

Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park
Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ..

Kwadendamme
The town centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Kwadendamme in the municipality of Borsele. Kwadendamme ([51°26′N 3°53′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 20 km east of Middelburg..

Kwadijk
The town centre (darkgreen) and the statistical district (lightgreen) of Kwadijk in the municipality of Zeevang. Kwadijk ([52°32′N 4°59′E]) is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Zeevang, and lies about 3 km north of Purmerend. In..

Kwadi language
Kwadi is an extinct Khoisan language of Angola. Three speakers were fluent in Kwadi in 1971, but as of 1981 it was thought to be extinct. Because Kwadi was poorly recorded, there is not much evidence with which to classify it. It is generally thought to be part of the Khoe family, and perhaps the m..

Kwadjokrom
Kwadjokrom is a city in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. It is in the east of the region, and is situated by Lake Volta. Ejura is connected by a ferry to the town of Kete Krachi, and by road to Ejura and Yeji. ..

KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal
KwaDukuza, previously called Stanger, is a historic capital of the Zulus. Located on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal a province of South Africa ([29°27′S 31°14′E]). It is famous for being the place of Shaka's assassination. It was founded around 1820 by King Shaka as kwaDukuza (Zul..

KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel
KwaDukuza eGoli Hotel (isiZulu: Gathering Place in the City of Gold) is a skyscraper in the Central Business District of Johannesburg, South Africa. The complex, built in 1985 originally as "The Tollman Towers" (owned by the prominent South African family), was two separate towers, one 40 stories a..

Kwadwo Ani
Kwadwo Ani is one of Ghana's premier contemporary artists. Ani was born in Accra, Ghana in 1966. He studied at the Ghanatta College of Art and the Ankle College of Art. He has participated in many group and solo exhibitions throughout Ghana and internationally. His work is held in collections a..

Kwadwo Poku
Kwadwo Poku (born May 5, 1985) is a Ghanaian football player who, as of 2004 was playing for FC Midtjylland. He was part of the Ghanaian 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, having finished in third place in group B. ..

Kwaebibirem District
Kwaebibirem District Region Eastern Region District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Yaw Yiadom Boakye Capital Kade Area 1,147 km² Population (2002) 179,161 ISO 3166 GH-EP-KB The Kwaebibirem District is a district of Ghana in the Eastern Region. Sources [Districts of Gh..

Kwahoon
Throughout the TV show Caddilacs and Dinosaurs's one and only season, "Kwahoon" was used as the main character's (Jack Tenrec) signature line. It's an invented exclamation, in the style of Red Dwarf's "smeg" or Porridge's "naff". ..

Kwahu
Kwahu is a region in south-central Ghana, on the west shore of Lake Volta. There are two common spellings, Kwawu and Kwahu. The "w" spelling is the official spelling from the African Studies Centre, University of Ghana, and more resembles the pronunciation. The "h" was put in by Swiss missionaries..

Kwahu Plateau
The Kwahu Plateau is a 260km (160 miles) long plateau in Ghana. It forms the country's watershed, separating the two main river networks in the country. ..

Kwahu South District
Kwahu South District Region Eastern Region District type Ordinary District Chief Executive Kofi Onwona-Asante Capital Mpraeso Area 1,866 km² Population (2002) 216,307 ISO 3166 GH-EP-KS The Kwahu South District is a district of Ghana in the Eastern Region. Sources [Districts o..

Kwai
The Kwai are an insect-like humanoid fictional species in the DC Comics universe, created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning and Oliver Coipel. Allies of the Legion of Super-Heroes], they were a nomadic, matriarchical people who mostly displayed a pacifistic approach to life. The few exceptions to the las..

Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Part of the series onJapanese Mythology ..

Kwaidan (film)
Kwaidan (怪談, Kaidan, 1965) is an anthology film directed by Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi and is based on Lafcadio Hearn's collections of Japanese folk tales. The film is split into four separate, discontinuous stories: "The Black Hair," "The Woman of the Snow (Yuki-onna)," "Hoichi, the E..

Kwaito
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Johannesburg, South Africa in the early 1990s. It is based on house music beats, but typically at a slower tempo and containing melodic and percussive African samples which are looped, deep basslines and often vocals, generally male, shouted or chanted rathe..

Kwaito cheese
Kwaito is a South African cheese. See also List of cheeses External links [2005 South African Cheese Festival website] ..

Kwai Chang Caine
Fictional television character, played by David Carradine as an adult and Rad Pera as the young Caine, in the western television series Kung Fu. Caine is a Shaolin monk of henan province China. He is forced to immigrate to the United States when he kills the emperor's nephew. The nephew murdered ..

Kwai Chi
Kwai Chi, (born August 23, 1981) is a British Chinese actor who was born Kwai-Hing Sum in Bath, England. He grew up in Canterbury for many years before going to study Astrophysics in Hertfordshire University. He left Herfordshire to pursue a career in Investment Banking after his first year of univ..

Kwai Chung
Kwai Chung (Chinese: 葵涌; Cantonese IPA: [kʰwɐɪ11 tsʰʊŋ55], Jyutping: kwai4 cung1; Mandarin Pinyin: kuí chōng) is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong. Kwai Chung is the site of the containe..

Kwai Chung Hospital
Kwai Chung Hospital (葵涌醫院) is a psychiatric hospital in Ha Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Located near Princess Margaret Hospital, it provides 1372 psychiatric beds and serves the population of Kowloon, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan, Tung Chung and outlying islands. Apart from in-patient psych..

Kwai Chung Incineration Plant
Kwai Chung Incineration Plant (葵涌焚化爐) was one of three incineration plants in Hong Kong. It was on the reclaimed land of Gin Drinkers Bay, Kwai Chung, near Tsing Chau and Rambler Channel. The plant was open in 1978 for handling solid wastes of Hong Kong. Cease of operation In 1989, t..

Kwai Chung Plaza
Kwai Chung Plaza (葵涌廣場) is a private housing estate and shopping centre in Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. The shopping centre is full of small shops selling varieties of goods. It is adjacent to Kwai Fong Estate, Metroplaza and Kwai Fong Station. ..

Kwai Chung Road
Kwai Chung Road (葵涌道) is a main road in Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong. It starts from the junction with Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok Road and Butterfly Valley Road in Cheung Sha Wan, via Mei Foo, Lai Chi Kok Bridge, Chung Kwai Chung, to the junction with Castle Peak Road and Cheu..

Kwai Chung Sports Ground
Kwai Chung Sports Ground (葵涌運動場) is one of the major sports grounds in the Kwai Tsing District, located in Kwai Fong, Hong Kong. It provides space for track and field and football. It is the first such ground constructed with Tartan track in the district. It is alongside Hing Fong Road, op..

Kwai Fong
Kwai Fong (}) is an area of Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. The mainly residential area extends to Kwai Hing in the north, Lai King in the south, Tsing Yi Bridge to the west, and Tai Lin Pai Industrial Area to the east. It is part of the reclamation of Gin Drinkers Bay in 1960s. The local district council i..

Kwai Fong (MTR)
Kwai Fong (葵芳, Jyutping: kwai4 fong1, Pinyin: Kuífāng) station is an elevated railway station on of Hong Kong MTR, opened in 1982. It is located between Lai King and Kwai Hing stations. Named after Kwai Fong Estate, a large public housing estate to its northeast, the station has successful..

Kwai Fong Estate
Kwai Fong Estate (葵芳邨) is a public housing estate in Kwai Chung, Hong Kong. Its neighbouring area is also called Kwai Fong because the estate was the focus in the area. As of 2004, there are 5 blocks of 38-storey public housing and a few 20-storey buildings. ..

Kwai Hing (MTR)
Kwai Hing (葵興, Jyutping: kwai4 hing1, Pinyin: Kuíxīng) station is an elevated railway station on the Tsuen Wan Line of Hong Kong MTR system. It is named after the nearest public housing estate, and is between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau Stations. Opened in 1982, it forced most direct bus servi..

Kwai Nyu Rugby Club
--> The Kwai Nyu Rugby Club Founded in 1956, the Kwai Nyu Ruggers--then known simply as "The Rebels"--started out under the direction of Fr.Timothy Horner, O.S.B. Having come over to America to found a preparatory school, the British monk-teachers were utterly unfamiliar with Yank sports, and so..

Kwai Shing
Kwai Shing (葵盛) is an area on the hill between Kwai Fong and Tai Wo Hau in Kwai Chung of Hong Kong. The area is named after the two major public housing estates on the hill, Kwai Shing East Estate and Kwai Shing West Estate, accommodating the influx of immigrants after World War II. The area..

Kwai ting kong
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Kwai Tsing Container Terminals
Kwai Tsing Container Terminals is the main port facilities in the reclamation along Rambler Channel between Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong. It evolves from 4 berths of Kwai Chung Container Port (葵涌貨櫃碼頭) completed in 1970s. It later expanded with two berths in 1980s. Two addi..

Kwai Tsing District
Kwai Tsing (Traditional Chinese: }, Jyutping: kwai4 cing1 keoi1, pinyin: kuí qīng qū) is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It consists of two parts - Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi Island. Kwai Tsing is part of the New Territories. Population (2000): 474,600. Kwai Tsing did not exist as a stand..

Kwai Tsing Interchange
Kwai Tsing Interchange (葵青交匯處) is a road interchange on Kwai Fong in Hong Kong, between the southern industrial area in Kwai Fong and Kwai Chung Park. Kwai Tsing Road and Tsuen Wan Road are crossing at the interchange: Kwai Tsing Road, a road linking Tsing Yi Island and Kwai Chung.Tsing Y..

Kwai Tsing Theatre
Kwai Tsing Theatre (葵青劇院) is a major performance venue in Kwai Tsing District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It locates in Kwai Fong, near Kwai Fong Station of Mass Transit Railway. It was built by Regional Council and opened in November 1999 and provide medium-size theatre for performanc..

Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll - NASA NLT Landsat 7 (Visible Color) Satellite Image Kwajalein Atoll (Marshallese: Kuwajleen) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). It lies in the Ralik Chain, 2,100 nautical miles (3900 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii at [8°43′N 167°44′E]. Kwa..

Kwak
A Kwak beer served in its traditional glass Kwak (pronounced /kwɑk/) is the name of a Belgian beer, named after its original brewer Pauwel Kwak who first made it in 1791. It is now made in the family-owned Brewery Bosteels in Buggenhout, Belgium. The most famous aspect of Kwak is the eye-ca..

Kwakiutl
Until the 1980s the termKwakiutl was usually applied to all of the various First Nations peoples of northern Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Strait and the Johnstone Strait whose traditional Wakashan language was Kwak'wala. Increasingly through that time, those First nations began to resurrect and..

Kwakiutl language
Kwakiutl (also Kwagiutl) or Kwak'wala is the Wakashan language spoken by the Kwakwaka'wakw and Laich-kwil-tach (Euclataws or Southern Kwakiutl) people of northern Vancouver Island, Canada. These peoples collectively are known as the Kwakiutl and are among the most numerous of the British Columbia ..

Kwakiutl music
Native American/First Nation music: Topics Chicken scratch Ghost Dance Hip hop Native American flute Peyote song Powwow Tribal sounds Arapaho Blackfoot Dene Innu Inuit Iroquois Kiowa Navajo Omaha Kwakiutl Pueblo (Hopi, Zuni) Seminole Sioux (Lakota, Dakota) Yuman Related topics Music of..

Kwakta
Kwakta is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bishnupur district in the Indian state of Manipur. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Kwakta had a population of 7958. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kwakta has an average literacy r..

Kwaku Dua I Panyin
HRH Kwaku Dua I Panyin (c. 1797 - 1867) was the Asantehene (King of the Ashanti) from August 25, 1834 to April 27, 1867. In 1834, Kwaku Dua I Panyin succeeded Osei Yaw Akoto as Asantehene. His wives included Nana Takyiau and Nana Konadu Somprema (sister of Nana Takyiau). He died in 1867 and was ..

Kwakwaka'wakw
publisher=Royal British Columbia Museum}} House built by Mungo Martin and David Martin with carpenter Robert J. Wallace. Based on Chief Nakap'ankam's house in Tsaxis (Fort Rupert). The house "bears on its house-posts the hereditary crests of Martin's family." It continues to be used for ceremonie..

Kwakwaka'wakw mythology
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Kwakwaka'wakw house pole represening a female Dzunukwa, 19th century The Kwakwaka'wakw are 18 First Nations who speak the Kwakwala language that live on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada. Dzunukwa (Tsonokwa) is a type of cannibal giant called sa..

Kwakwani
Kwakwani is a town on the Berbice River in the Upper Demerara-Berbice Region of Guyana, located at [5°16′60″N, 58°2′60″W], altitude 44 Metres (147 feet). Kwakwani is approximately 40 km south of Linden. Bauxite mining is the main industry. ..

Kwak Jae-yong
Kwak Jae-Yong born May 22, 1959 is a South Korean director and screenwriter. He studied physics at the Kyunghee University. He knew a good success with his debut film Watercolor Painting in a Rainy Day in 1989, but the failure of two next movies led him to eight years of unemployment before the c..

Kwak Ji-min
Kwak Ji-min (b. 13 February 1985) is a South Korean actress. Filmography [[Whispering Corridors 3: Wishing Stairs]] (2003)Samaritan Girl (2004)Redeye (2005) External links [Han Cinema] ..

Kwale
Kwale is a small town in Coast Province, Kenya. It is located at around [4°10′60″S, 39°27′0″E]; 30 km southwest of Mombasa and 15 km inland. It is capital of the Kwale District. The town has an urban population of 4200 (1999 census)[link]. It is next to the Shimba Hills..

Kwality Wall's
Kwality Wall's is a major producer and distributor of ice cream and other dessert products in India. It is a company of Hindustan Lever Limited, the arm of Unilever in India, and is an extension of the Wall's ice cream brand of Great Britain. Kwality, the original Indian company, was founded in 19..

Kwalluk
Kwalluk (known as Kanroku in Japan) (?~?) was a Korean Buddhist monk. Lived during the time of King Wideok of Baekje. In 602 He went over to Japan to solidify Baekje's diplomacy with Wae. Known for helping spread Buddhism to Japan and is mentioned several times in Japanese Buddhist records. ..

Kwama
The kwama are a group of insect-like creatures in the game [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]. Contents 1 Kwama Mines2 Impacts on Economy3 Hierarchy3.1 Scrib3.2 Kwama forager3.3 Kwama worker3.4 Kwama warrior3.5 Kwama queen Kwama Mines Kwama work in a u..

Kwame
Kwame is a given name originating in Ghana. Osei Kwame Panyin - 18th century leader of the Ashanti Confederacy, located in what is today southern and central GhanaKwame Nkrumah - a Ghanaian politician and for a time Life President (originally Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma) and one of the most influent..

Kwamena Ahwoi
Kwamena Ahwoi (born 1951) is a politician in Ghana who served as Minister for Local Government and Rural Development from 1990–2001 in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, during the reign of Jerry Rawlings. He also briefly served as Minister of foreign affairs in 1997, and was a..

Kwame Anthony Appiah
Kwame Anthony Appiah (1954-) is a philosopher whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. He was born in London, raised in Kumasi, Ghana, and educated at Bryanston School and Clare College, Cambridge, where he earned a Ph..

Kwame Brown
Kwame Brown Kwame James Brown (born March 10 1982 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a NBA player who plays power forward for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was the first overall pick of the 2001 NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards, and was the first #1 draft pick to be drafted straight out of high..

Kwame Cavil
Kwame Cavil (born March 5, 1979 in Waco, Texas) is a Canadian Football League wide receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Kavil was a wide receiver for the NFL Buffalo Bills in 2000. College career Cavil played college football for the University of Texas Longhorns from 1997 to 1999. He was the ..

Kwame Dawes
Kwame Dawes is a poet, actor, editor, critic, musician and professor of English at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Kwame Dawes was born in Ghana in 1962 and grew up in Jamaica where he attended Jamaica College and the University of the West Indies at Mona. He studied and taught in New..

Kwame Gyekye
Kwame Gyekye is a Ghanaian philosopher, and an important figure in the development of modern African philosophy. Gyekye studied first at the University of Ghana, then at Harvard University, where he obtained his Ph.D. with a thesis on Græco–Arabic philosophy. He has been a Fellow of the Smi..

Kwame Harris
[] at NFL.com Kwame Harris (born on March 15, 1982 in Newark, Jamaica) is a player in the NFL. He plays the offensive tackle position. He currently plays for the San Francisco 49ers. He went to Stanford University. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 1st round (26th overall) in the 2003 NF..

Kwame Jackson
Kwame Jackson. Kwame Jackson of New York, New York, was one of the two final candidates on Donald Trump's American television reality series The Apprentice. His second place finish was due to his failure to competently deal with Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, a fellow contestant selected by Ja..

Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick Kwame M. Kilpatrick (born June 8, 1970) is the Mayor of Detroit, Michigan. Elected at age 31, he is the youngest mayor in the history of Detroit, as well as the youngest current mayor of any major U.S. city. Kilpatrick briefly addressed the 2004 Democratic National Convention..

Kwame Kwei-Armah
Kwame Kwei-Armah (born 1967) is a black British actor, singer and playwright. Born Ian Roberts in Hillingdon, London, he changed his name after tracing his family history, through the slave trade back to his African roots. His parents were born in Grenada He first achieved fame playing the parame..

Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah (September 21, 1909 – April 27, 1972) was an African anti-colonial leader, founder and first president of the modern Ghanaian state and one of the most influential Pan-Africanists of the 20th century. Contents 1 Early life and education2 Return to Africa3 Independen..

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is a technical university located in Kumasi, Ghana. It is considered one of the top universities in Ghana. External link [The Official Web Site of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology] ..

Kwame Pianim
redirect [[Template:Importance]] Kwame Pianim is a renowned Ghanaian business economist and investment consultant. Political career His attempts to contest for the 1996 presidential elections in Ghana on the ticket of the centre-right New Patriotic Party were scuttled when the Supreme Court ruled ..

Kwame Quansah
Kwame Quansah (born November 24, 1982 in Terna) is a Ghanaian football striker. He has played for his current team Heracles Almelo since the summer of 2004. Previously he played for Young Kotoko, Ajax, Germinal Beerschot and AIK. External links () [Club bio] ..

Kwame R. Brown
Kwame R. Brown is a politician from Washington, DC, the capital of the United States. He is currently a Democratic member of the Council of the District of Columbia, where he serves as an elected at-large council member. ..

Kwame Raoul
Kwame Raoul is the Illinois State Senator for the 13th district, which he has served since 2004. Contents 1 Early Life2 Public Service3 Senate Career4 Personal Life Early Life Raoul was born in Chicago to Haitian immigrants, Janin and Marie Raoul. Raoul earned his bachelor�..

KwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga, South Africa and is the spiritual home of the amaNdebele tribe that settled here in the early 1700s. ..

Kwan-Ichi Asakawa
Kwan-Ichi Asakawa (1873- ) was an American university professor and author of works on Japan. He was born at Nihonmatsu, Japan, and educated at the Fukushima Middle School, Waseda University Tokyo, Japan, Dartmouth College, and Yale University. He lectured at Dartmouth College in 1902; w..

Kwan-Wook Park
Kwan-Wook Park is a contemporary Korean artist who's largest show to date was at the Gallery Hyundai in 1995. His iconography includes various pop culture elements such as Mickey Mouse as well as abstract styles and organic materials such as rocks and semi-precious gemstones. ..

Kwanbuk
Kwanbuk is a region in North Hamgyong and South Hamgyong Provinces of North Korea. The region may once have been occupied by the Okjeo people. It was later controlled by Goguryeo and then Balhae, and subsequently contested by Goryeo and the Jurchen nation. The term Kwanbuk is no longer widely us..

Kwanchow-Wan Occupation
Please [Glossary#Wwikify] (format) this article or section as suggested in the [Guide to layoutGuide to layout] and the [Manual of StyleManual of Style]. Remove this template after wikifying. This article has been tagged since July 2006. The Kwanchow-wan Occupation..

Kwanda Rosman
Kwanda Rosman is a character in Konami's role playing game Genso Suikoden. He was one of the original members of the Six Great Generals. Due to his devotion to protect his emperor, Barbarossa Rugner, during the Succession War, he earned the alias "Iron Wall Rosman." During the Gate Rune Wars, he rut..

KwaNdebele
Flag of KwaNdebele bantustan KwaNdebele was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Matabele people. The homeland was created when the South African government purchased nineteen white-owned farms and installed a government. Th..

Kwang-chih Chang
Kwang-chih Chang (張光直) (1931-2001), also known as K.C. Chang, was a Chinese/Taiwanese archaeologist and sinologist. He was a professor of archaeology at Harvard University, a Vice-President of the Academia Sinica and a curator at the Peabody Museum. He helped to bring modern, western methods o..

Kwang-Chou-Wan
Kwang-Chou-Wan (廣州灣), or Kwangchowan, was a small enclave on the south coast of China conceded by China to France as a leased territory. Situated in Guangdong Province in a bay on the east side of the Leizhou Peninsula, north of Hainan, Kwang-Chou-Wan consisted of a 780 km² (300 sq. miles)..

Kwanga language
Kwanga is a Sepik-Ramu language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Classification The 14th (2000) edition of Ethnologue classified Apos, Bongos, Wasambu and Yubanakor as distinct languages, and gave them the SIL codes APO, BXY, WSM and YUO, respectively. In the 15th (2005) edition, they are all classifi..

Kwangmyŏngsŏng
An image released on North Korean television of what was purported to be Kwangmyŏngsŏng Kwangmyŏngsŏng ("Bright Light Star") was an artificial satellite reportedly launched by North Korea. It was announced on September 1, 1998 that the satellite had been launched at 3:07 UTC on August 31 ..

Kwangwoon University
Kwangwoon University Korean Name Revised Romanization Kwangwoon Daehakgyo McCune-Reischauer Kwangwoon Taehakkyo Hangul 광운대학교 Hanja 光云大學校 Kwangwoon University is a university located in Seoul, South Korea. It has received high marks as being one of the best coll..

Kwang Jo Choi
Kwang Jo Choi was a Korean national champion in Taekwondo. Choi is the founder of Choi Kwang Do. He currently operates a martial arts school in Atlanta, Georgia. Kwang Jo Choi was born on March 2, 1942, in Tae Gu City, Korea, which was under Japanese control at the time. He started training in the..

Kwani?
Kwani? is a journal founded by some of Kenya's most exciting new writers, including Binyavanga Wainaina and published by Kwani Trust. The Kwani? web journal has been in existence for close to three years now. Kwani? has published 3 editions of the book to date. External links [Kwani? website&#..

Kwanlin Dün First Nation
The Kwanlin Dün First Nation is located in and around Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is the largest First Nation in the Yukon. The original population were Tagish people from Marsh Lake, but migration form other parts of the north swelled its population. The Kwanlin Dün First Nati..

Kwannam
Kwannam is the southern region of the Hamgyong provinces, North Hamgyong and South Hamgyong, North Korea. The term is not now in common use. See also List of Korea-related topicsEight Provinces of KoreaGeography of North Korea ..

Kwans
Kwan (관 hanja: 館) in Korean literally means building, but when used in martial arts it can also refer to a clan of martial artist who all follow the same style and/or leader. This article is about the different taekwondo kwans. The 5 original kwans Chung Do Kwan - founded in 1944 by Won Kyuk..

Kwansei Gakuin Institute of Business and Accounting
Kwansei Gakuin Institute of Business and Accounting (KG IBA) is one of the professional schools of Kwansei Gakuin University, and is one of the Japan's leading management schools. The Institute was founded in 2005 with an initial class of 162 students. It is located in Nishinomiya, Hyogo and Umeda ..

Kwansei Gakuin University
, colloquially abbreviated to , is a private non-sectarian and coeducational university located in Nishinomiya, Sanda, and Osaka City, Japan. Chartered in 1932, it is the 13th institution with university status in Kansai Region, the 23rd-oldest outside the Greater Tokyo, and the 46th-oldest in the ..

Kwantlen
Kwantlen generally refers to one of the following: Kwantlen First Nation, a First Nation in British ColumbiaKwantlen University College, a college named after the Kwantlen people redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..

Kwantlen First Nation
The Kwantlen First Nation are a [[Stó:lō]] people living in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada. They traditionally speak the Upriver dialect of Halkomelem, one of the Salishan family of languages of the Coast Salish peoples. The nation is made up of 6 reserves, including four Langley..

Kwantlen University College
Not to be confused with Kwantlen First Nation. Kwantlen University College (usually abbreviated to Kwantlen) is a degree-granting undergraduate university college with four campuses located in the South Fraser region of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. It is primarily a technical/trade school...

Kwantung
For the Southern province Kwangtung, see Guangdong. Kwantung (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuan-tung) is a coastal area of northeastern China which is remembered most for its connection to Japan's Kwantung Army. See also: Kwantung Leased Territory ..

Kwantung Leased Territory
Map of Manchukuo, with inset of the Kwantung territory at lower left The Kwantung Leased Territory (Chinese: 關東州, 关东州, Guāndōngzhōu; Japanese: 関東州, Kantōshu) was a territory in the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula in northeastern China that existed from 1898 to 194..

Kwanyama
Kwanyama is a Bantu language mainly spoken in Angola and some parts of Namibia (together with Ndonga). The language is spoken by about 421,000 people in Angola and 713,919 in Namibia. The language is also known by other names like Ochikwanyama, Kuanyama, Kwanjama, Kwancama, Cuanhama, Ovambo and Hum..

Kwanzaa
Not to be confused with the Kwanza River in Angola, or the Angolan currency, "Kwanza". A model Kwanzaa ceremony is described as a ceremony which includes drumming and musical selections, libations, a reading of the "African Pledge" and the Principles of Blackness, reflection on the Pan-African co..

Kwanza Unit
Kwanza Unit (KU) was an early Tanzanian hip hop group. Its name means "First Unit" and it was formed in 1993 by a merger of several groups and solo artists. They started rapping in English, but later used Swahili as well. Kwanza Unit's self-titled debut album was released in 1994 and second tape,..

Kwan (band)
Kwan are a hip-hop music group from Finland. Related links [Official Website] ..

Kwan siew-wah
Kwan, Siew-Wah 關秀華 Mandarin pinyin: Guan1 Siu4 Hua2 Born in Nanhai, Guangzhou, China at the turn of the 20th century into a gentry family, Kwan Siew-Wah was a unique pioneer feminist who advocated for the end of female foot-binding, a thousand-year tradition of the Chinese feudalist high ari..

Kwan Tak Hing
Kwan Tak Hing (born 1905 in Guandong, China, died 28 June 1996 in Hong Kong) was an actor who played the role of martial artist Wong Fei Hong in over 70 films between the 1940s and the 1980s. Nobody in cinema history has portrayed the same person so many times. In total he made over 130 films. He wa..

Kwan Tei River
Kwan Tei River (軍地河) is a river in northeastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Its source is Lau Shui Heung Reservoir. The river flows through Lau Shui Heung Village, San Tong Po, and underneath Sha Tau Kok Road before joining into Ng Tung River near Kwan Tei Pei Village. See also List of rivers..

Kwan Um School of Zen
The Kwan Um School of Zen is an umbrella organization for the various Zen centers and groups founded by the Korean Zen master Seung Sahn. While it uses the liturgy and forms of the Korean Buddhist Chogye Order, the Kwan Um School has adapted to fit the needs of its Western students. Unlike the mainl..

Kwan Yun Hang
Antony Kwan Yun Hang 關潤衡 (February 29 1972-March 1 2005) was an active member of the April Fifth Action. He was arrested for burning the national flag of China in Hong Kong. He had a close friendship with Long Hair. Died with lung cancer. ..

Kwara
Kwara can mean: Qwara in EthiopiaKwara State in Nigeria This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..

Kwara State
Kwara StateState nickname: State of Harmony Location Statistics Governor (List) Bukola Saraki (PDP) Date Created 27 May 1967 Capital Illorin Area 36,825 km²Ranked 9th Population 1991 Census 2005 estimate Ranked 31st 1,566,469 2,591,555 ISO 3166-2 NG-KW Contents 1 History2&n..

Kwari River
Kwari River ( also spelled as Kuwari or Kunwari River ) is river flowing in Morena, Bhind districts of Madhya Pradesh in central India. It is tributary of Sindh River, which joins Yamuna. ..

Kwashiorkor
A child with kwashiorkor in Nigeria Kwashiorkor is a type of childhood malnutrition with controversial causes, but commonly believed to be caused by insufficient protein intake. British pediatrician Cicely D. Williams introduced the name into international scientific circles in her 1935 Lan..

Kwasizabantu
Kwasizabantu (also Kwa Sizabantu) is the name of a Christian fundamentalist sect originating in South Africa, but also active in Germany and Switzerland. Offhsoots of the sects are the missions Christians for Truth and the Domino Servite schools. Founded by Erlo Stegen (born 1935 near Durban) in 19..

Kwasi Wiredu
Kwasi Wiredu (b. 1931) is one of the foremost African philosophers working today. Wiredu was born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1931, and began his education at the Adisadel Secondary School from 1948 to 1952. It was during this period that he discovered philosophy, through Plato (which weaned him from hi..

Kwassa kwassa
Kwassa Kwassa (or kwasa kwasa) refers to a dance rhythm from Congo (DRC), where the hips move back and forth while the hands move to follow the hips – that was very popular in Africa in the late 1980s. The words "kwassa kwassa" may have come from the French quoi ça? (what's that?). The dance ..

Kwassi Klutse
Kwassi Klutse (born July 29, 1945) was the prime minister of Togo from August 20, 1996 to May 21, 1999 when he resigned. Klutse was a member of the Rally of the Togolese People, the party of then ruling President Gnassingbé Eyadéma and was the planning minister before becoming prime minister. |-..

Kwassui College
was founded in 1879 in Nagasaki, Japan by Elizabeth Russell. External link [Official site] ..

KwaThema, Gauteng
KwaThema is a township south-west of Springs on the east Rand, Gauteng, South Africa. It was established in 1951 when africans were resettled from Payneville because it was considered by the apartheid government to be too close to a white town. A black local authority with municipal status was estab..

Kwavi language
Kwavi is the dialect of Maasai spoken by the Kwavi or Parakuyo (aka Baraguyu) sub-tribe of the Maasai in Tanzania. It was formerly listed as "unclassified" by the Ethnologue, which corrected this mistake in the 15th edition by incorporating it in Maasai. According to Hurskainen (1994), "The Paraku..

Kwayhquitlum Middle School
Kwayhquitlum Middle School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, is a Canadian middle school. It is located at 3280 Flint Street. As of 2006, the current school principal is Fred Schaefer, and the vice-principal is Tamara Banks. External links [Official school site] ..

KwaZulu
Flag of KwaZulu bantustan KwaZulu was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Zulu people. The capital, formerly at Nongoma, was moved in 1980 to Ulundi. It was led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of the Zulu tribe and head of t..

KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
The Kwazulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic is a subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of South Africa. It covers an area of 17,800 square kilometers (6,900 square miles) in South Africa's Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal provinces. The Kwazulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic occupies the humid coastal ..

KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal Area 92,100 km² Population (2001) 9,426,019 Languages Zulu (80.6%)English (13.6%)Xhosa (2.3%)Afrikaans (1.5%) Races Black (85.3%)Asian (8.5%)White (4.7%)Coloured (1.5%) Capital Pietermaritzburg Largest city Durban Premier (List) ANC) KwaZulu-Natal, often referred..

KwaZulu-Natal Midlands
The KwaZulu-Natal Midlands is an inland area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that lies outside of Pietermaritzburg but before the Drakensberg mountain range. There are several small towns located in the Midlands, including: Howick, Hilton, Balgowan, Nottingham Road and Mooiriver. The Midlands Meand..

Kwa Geok Choo
Kwa Geok Choo (}; }) was one of the partners in law firm, Lee & Lee. She is also the wife of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore and a former pupil of Singapore's Methodist Girls' School and Cambridge University. In Lee's biography, he stated that he first met Kwa in 1944 at a party, ..

Kwa languages
The Kwa languages are spoken in the south-eastern part of Côte d'Ivoire, in Ghana, Togo and Benin, and the south-Western corner of Nigeria. The term was introduced 1885 by Krause and used by Westermann (1952) and Greenberg (1963). It is derived form the word for 'people' in many of these language..

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