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KHAIRPUR, or KHYRPOOR

KHAKI (from Urdu khak, dust)

KHALIL IBN AHMAD [ABU `ABDURRAH*,2AN UL-KHALIL IBN AHMAD IBN `AMR IBN TAMIM] (718-791)

KHAMSIN (Arabic for " fifty ")

KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

KHANSA (Tumadir hint `Amr, known as al-Khansa) (d. c. 645)

KHARGA (WAI1 EL-KHARGA, the outer oasis)

KHASI AND JAINTIA HILLS

KHASKOY (also Chaskoi, Haskoi, Khaskioi, Chaskovo, Haskovo, and in Bulgarian Khaskovo)

KHAZARS (known also as Chozars, as 'Aal r?'rpor or X6 apor in Byzantine writers, as Khazirs in Armenian and Khwalisses in Russian chronicles, and Ugri Bielii in Nestor)

LUDWIG ANDREAS KHEVENHULLER (1683-1744)

FERNAND EDMOND JEAN MARIE KHNOPFF (1858– )

KHOJENT, or KHOJEND

KHOLM (Polish Chelm)

KHONDS, or KANDHS

KHORASAN, or KHORASSAN (i.e. " land of the sun ")

KHOTAN (locally ILcm)

KHOTIN, or KHOTEEN (variously written Khochim, Choczim, and Chocim)

KICKAPOO (" he moves about ")

JOHN KIDD (1775-1851)

THOMAS KIDD (1770-185o)

KIDNAPPING (from kid, a slang term for a child, and nap or nab, to steal)

KIDWELLY (Cydweli)

HEINRICH KIEPERT (1818-1899)

SOREN AABY KIERKEGAARD (1813-1855)

KIEV, KIEFF, or KIYEFF

ALEXANDER KILHAM (1762-1798)

KILIAN (CHILIAN, KILLIAN), ST

STATUTE OF KILKENNY

KILLALA (pron. Killklla)

SIR HENRY KILLIGREW (d. 1603)

THOMAS KILLIGREW (1612-1683)

CHARLES EDWARD KILMAINE (1751-1799)

KILN (0. E. cylene, from the Lat. culina, a kitchen, cooking-stove)

KILPATRICK, NEW, or EAST

ROBERT KILWARDBY (d. 1279)

1ST EARL OF JOHN WODEHOUSE KIMBERLEY (1826-1902)

KIN (0. E. cyn, a word represented in nearly all Teutonic languages, cf. Du. kunne, Dan. and Swed. kon, Goth kuni, tribe; the Teutonic base is kunya; the equivalent Aryan root gan- to beget, produce, is seen in Gr. 'yEvos, Lat. genus, cf. "kind")

KINCARDINESHIRE, or THE MEARNS

KINCHINJUNGA, or KANCHANJANGA

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

KINEMATICS (from Gr. rciVI La, a motion)

KINETICS (from Gr. taveiv, to move)

KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)

KING OF SARDINIA

1ST BARON PETER KING KING [OF OCKHAM] (1669-1734)

CHARLES WILLIAM KING (1818-1888)

CLARENCE KING (1842–1901)

EDWARD KING (1612–1637)

EDWARD KING (1829–1910)

HENRY KING (1591-1669)

RUFUS KING (1755–1827)

THOMAS KING (1730–1805)

WILLIAM KING (1650-1729)

WILLIAM KING (1663–1712)

KINGFISHER (Ger.' Konigsfischer; Walloon Roi-peheux= pecheur)

ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE (1809-1891)

KINGS OF UNITED

FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS

BARON THOMAS PEMBERTON LEIGH KINGSDOWN (1793-1867)

WILLIAM KINGSFORD (1819-1898)

CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875)

HENRY KINGSLEY (183o-1876)

MARY HENRIETTA KINGSLEY (1862-1900)

DUCHESS OF ELIZABETH KINGSTON (1720-1788)

WILLIAM HENRY GILES KINGSTON (1814-188o)

KINKAJOU (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus or Palos flavus)

JOHANN GOTTFRIED KINKEL (1815-1882)

KINNOR (Gr. tctvitpa)

RUDYARD KIPLING (1865— )

ANDREW KIPPIS (1725–1795)

WILLIAM KIRBY (1759–1850)

ATHANASIUS KIRCHER (r6oi-168o)

GUSTAV ROBERT KIRCHHOFF (1824-1887)

JOHANN WILHELM ADOLF KIRCHHOFF (1826-1908)

SIR JOHN KIRK (1832- )

JOHN KIRKBY (d. 1290)

KIRKCALDY (locally pronounced Kerkawdi)

SIR WILLIAM KIRKCALDY OF GRANGE (c. 1520-1573)1

KIRKCUDBRIGHT (pron. Ker-k4-bri)

KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE (also known as the STEWARTRY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT and EAST GALLOWAY)

PERCY KIRKE (c. 1646-1691)

KIRKEE (or KIRKI)

KIRKWALL (Norse, Kirkjuvagr, " church bay ")

KIRSCH (or KIRSCHENWASSER)

RICHARD KIRWAN (1733-1812)

KAROLY KISFALUDY

KISH, or KAIS (the first form is Persian and the second Arabic)

KISHINEV (Kishlanow of the Moldavians)

KISHM (also Arab. Jazirat ut-tawilah, Pers. Jazarih i daraz, i.e. Long Island)

KISSAR, or GYTARAH BARBARYEH

KISTNA (or KRISHNA)

KISTNA, or KRISHNA

KIT (1) (probably an adaptation of the Middle Dutch kitie, a wooden tub, usually with a lid and handles; in modern Dutch kit means a tankard)

SHIBASABURO KITAZATO (1856- )

KITCHEN (O.E. cycene; this and other cognate forms, such as Dutch keuken, Ger. Kiuche, Dan. kokken, Fr. cuisine, are formed from the Low Lat. cucina, Lat. coquina, coquere, to cook)

VISCOUNT HORATIO HERBERT KITCHENER KITCHENER (1850- )

JOHN KITTO (1804–1854)

KIZILBASHES (Turkish, " Red-Heads ")

KIZLYAR (KIZLIAR, or K1zLAR)

HALFDAN KJERULF (1815-1868)

THEODOR KJERULF (1825-1888)

KATHARINA KLAFSKY

KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec)

KLAJ (latinized CLAJUS), JOHANN (1616-1656)

GEORG KLAPKA (1820-1892)

HEINRICH JULIUS KLAPROTH (1783-1835)

MARTIN HEINRICH KLAPROTH (1743-1817)

JULIUS LEOPOLD KLEIN (1810–1876)

BERND HEINRICH WILHELM VON KLEIST (1777-1811)

EWALD CHRISTIAN VON KLEIST (1715–1759)

KLESL (or KLEESL), MELCHIOR (1552–1630)

FRIEDRICH MAXIMILIAN VON KLINGER (1752–1831)

MAX KLINGER (1857– )

ONNO KLOPP (1822–1903)

GOTTLIEB FRIEDRICH KLOPSTOCK (1724–1803)

REINHOLD KLOTZ (1807-1870)

KMBA, KAABA, or KAABEH

KNAVE (O.E. cnafa, cognate with Ger. Knabe, boy)

KARL LUDWIG VON KNEBEL (1744-1834)

KNEE (O. E. cneow, a word common to Indo-European languages, cf. Ger. Knie, Fr. genou, Span. hinojo, Lat. genu, Gr. ybvv, Sansk. janu)

SIR GODFREY KNELLER (1648-1723)

HARMEN JANSEN KNICKERBOCKER (c. 1650-c. 1720)

KNIFE (0. E. cuff, a word appearing in different forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Du. knijf, Ger. Kneif, a shoe-maker's knife, Swed. knif; the ultimate origin is unknown; Skeat finds the origin in the root of " nip," formerly " knip "; Fr. canif is a

FREIHERR VON ADOLF FRANZ FRIEDRICH KNIGGE (1752-1796)

CHARLES KNIGHT (1791-1873)

DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT (1845– )

JOHN BUXTON KNIGHT (1843–1908)

KNIGHTHOOD AND CHIVALRY

KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE

KNIPPERDOLLINCK (or KNIPPERDOLLING), BERNT (BEREND or BERNHARDT) (c. 1490-1536)

KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

KNOBKERRIE (from the Taal or South African Dutch, knopkirie, derived from Du. knop, a knob or button, and kerrie, a Bushman or Hottentot word for stick)

KNOLLES (or KNOLLES), SIR ROBERT (c. 1325-1407)

RICHARD KNOLLES (c. 1545-1610)

KNOT (O.E. cnotta, from a Teutonic stem knutt; cf. " knit," and Ger. knoten)

KNOUT (from the French transliteration of a Russian word of Scandinavian origin; cf. A.-S. cnotta, Eng. knot)

KNOW NOTHING (or AMERICAN) PARTY

JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES (1784-1862)

SIR JAMES KNOWLES (1831-1908)

HENRY KNOX (1750-1806)

JOHN KNOX (c. 1505–1572)

PHILANDER CHASE KNOX (1853– )

KNUCKLE (apparently the diminutive of a word for " bone," found in Ger. Knochen)

KNUCKLEBONES (HUCKLEBONES, DIGS, JACKSTONES, CHUCK-STONES, FIVE-STONES)

KOALA (Phascolarctus cinereus)

BARON VON WOLFGANG XAVER FRANZ KOBELL (1803-1882)

ROBERT KOCH (1843–1910)

CHARLES PAUL DE KOCK (1793-1871)

COUNT GENTARO KODAMA (1852-1907)

KODUNGALUR (or CRANGANUR)

NIKOLAI IVANOVICH VON KOKSHAROV (1818–1893)

KOLABA (or COLABA)

ADOLPHE WILHELM HERMANN KOLBE (1818–1884)

KOLBERG (or COLBERG)

FERENCZ KOLCSEY (1740-1838)

RUDOLPH ALBERT VON KOLLIKER (1817-1905)

HUGO KOLLONTAJ (1750–1812)

KOLOMEA (Polish, Kolomyja)

KOLOZSVAR (Ger. Klausenburg; Rum. Cluj)

KOMAROM (Ger., Komorn)

KOMOTAU (Czech, Chomiitov)

COUNT JUTARO KOMURA (1855- )

STANISLAUS KONIECPOLSKI (1591-1646)

KARL RUDOLPH KONIG (1832-1901)

KONIGGRATZ (Czech, Hradec Kralove)

KONIGINHOF (Dvur Kralove in Czech)

KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

COUNTESS OF MARIA AURORA KONIGSMARK (1662–1728)

COUNT OF PHILIPP CHRISTOPH KONIGSMARK (1665-1694)

LAURENT GUILLAUME DE KONINCK (1809-1887)

van Koening] de Koningh PHILIP DE [de Ceninck KONINCK (1619-1688)

KONKAN, or CONCAN

KOORINGA [BURRA]

KOPENICK (CoPENICK)

AUGUST KOPISCH (1799-1853)

HERMANN FRANZ MORITZ KOPP (1817-1892)

KOREA, or COREA (CH'AO HSIEN, DAI HAN)

KORESHAN ECCLESIA, THE, or CHURCH

OGATA KORIN (c. 1657-1716)

KORMOCZBANYA (German, Kremnitz)

KORTCHA (Slavonic, Goritza or Koritza)

CHUKCHIS KORYAKS

TADEUSZ ANDRZEJ BONAWENTURA KOSCIUSZKO (1746-1817)

KOSHER, or KASHER (Hebrew clean, right, or fit)

KOSLIN, or COSLIN

FERENCZ LAJOS AKOS KOSSUTH (1841– )

LAJOS [Louis] KOSSUTH (1802-1894)

KOSTER (or COSTER), LAURENS (c. 1370–1440)

KOSZEG (Ger. Guns)

KOTAS (Kotar, Koter, Kohatur, Gauhatar)

AUGUST FRIEDRICH FERDINAND VON KOTZEBUE (1761–1819)

OTTO VON KOTZEBUE (1787–1846)

ALEXANDROS KOUMOUNDOUROS (1814–1883)

KOUSSO (Kosso or Cusso)

SOPHIE KOVALEVSKY (1850–1891)

KOVNO (in Lithuanian Kauna)

KRAFFT (or KRAFT), ADAM (c. 1455-1507)

KRAGUYEVATS (also written KRAGUIEVATZ and KRAGUJEVAC)

KRAKATOA (KRAKATAO, KRAKATAU)

KRALYEVO (sometimes written KRALJEVO or KRALIEVO)

KRANTZ (or CRANTZ), ALBERT (c. 1450-1517)

JOSEPH IGNATIUS KRASZEWSKI (1812—1887)

KARL CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH KRAUSE (1781—1832)

FREIHERR PAUL KRAY VON KRAJOVA (1735–1804)

KREMENETS (Polish, Krzemieniec)

KREMSIER (Czech, Kromeriz)

KONRADIN KREUTZER (1780–184.9)

RUDOLPH KREUTZER (1766-1831)

KREUZNACH (CREUZNACH)

KRIEGSPIEL (KRIEGSSPIEL)

KRIEMHILD (GRIMHILD)

KRILOFF (or KRuILov), IVAN ANDREEVICH (1768-1844)

KRISHNA (the Dark One)

KRISTIANSTAD (CHRISTIANSTAD)