Biography Category
(k läs´) (KEY) , peak, c.22,280 ft (6,790 m) high, SW Tibet region of China, highest point of the Kailas Range, in the Himalayas. It is near the sou...
(kär´ män´´mär sh) (KEY) , formerly Mara (märäsh´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 229,066), S Turkey. The city lies on a fertile plain at the foot ...
(k ly ´´ny n-grät´) (KEY) , formerly Königsberg, city (1989 pop. 401,000), capital of Kaliningrad region, an exclave of W European Russia; on the...
( z dôr´ k ´l sh, kä´–) (KEY) , 1816–86, Jewish rabbi and author, b. Prussia. Forced to leave Germany because of his liberal political views,...
or Kaisong (both: k ´s ng´) (KEY) , Jap. Kaijo, city (1993 pop. 334,433), S North Korea. A long-time commercial center, it is important for its expo...
(käm ´häm ´hä) (KEY) , dynasty of Hawaiian monarchs. Kamehameha I (Kamehameha the Great), c.1738–1819, was king of the island of Hawaii after 1...