Biography Category
(kär m´ khän) (KEY) , d. 1779, ruler of Persia (1750–79), founder of the Zand dynasty. He emerged victorious from a contest for power and ruled u...
(käl ´m ) (KEY) , formerly Albertville (älb rv l´) (KEY) , city (1984 pop. 73,528), Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa), on Lake Tanganyika at t...
(käh ´ lä´v , –w , käh ´lä´–) (KEY) , uninhabited island, 45 sq mi (117 sq km), central Hawaii; separated from Maui island to the NE by Al...
(käg ´r ) (KEY) , river, c.250 mi (400 km) long, formed on the Rwanda-Tanzania border, E central Africa, by the confluence of the Nyabarongo and Ruv...
1820–57, American physician and arctic explorer, b. Philadelphia. Seeking adventure after medical school, Kane entered naval service and before he w...
(k t r´) (KEY) , waterfall, 741 ft (226 m) high, in the Potaro River, W Guyana. It plunges over an escarpment of the Guyana Highlands. One of the mo...