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(käl mä´t , k l–) (KEY) or Kalámai (kälä´m ) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 44,052), capital of Messinia prefecture, S Greece, in the Peloponnesus;...
110 mi (177 km) long, part of the channel between NW Greenland and E Ellesmere Island. The Humboldt Glacier flows into the basin. It is named for the ...
Kutch, or Cutch (all: k ch) (KEY) , district (1991 pop. 1,252,507), 17,000 sq mi (44,030 sq km), Gujarat state, W India, bounded on the N by Pakistan...
(Justinian Rhinotmetus), 669–711, Byzantine emperor (685–95, 705–11), son and successor of Constantine IV. He successfully invaded Arab territor...
1882–1967, American industrialist, b. Sprout Brook, N.Y. He organized his first construction company in 1913, soon entered the road-paving business,...
(kär´l ) (KEY) , village, Maharashtra state, W India. Nearby are Buddhist caves that may have been excavated as early as the 2d cent. B.C. The most ...