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(l ´ n d v tal´ yav ch k ntor´ v ch) (KEY) , 1912–86, Soviet economist and mathematician, b. St. Petersburg, Russia. A professor at Leningrad Sta...
(kä´l ) (KEY) [Hindi,=the Black One], important goddess in popular Hinduism and Tantra. Known also as Durga [the Inaccessible] and as Chandi [the F...
(kämpä´lä) (KEY) , city (1991 pop. 774,241), capital of Uganda, on Lake Victoria. It is Uganda’s largest city and its administrative, communicat...
(h ´nä k h ´ kälän´´ än ´l ) (KEY) , 1871–1922, delegate to U.S. Congress from the Territory of Hawaii. He was educated in Hawaii, the Uni...
(kä´´r -k l) (KEY) , mountain lake, c.140 sq mi (360 sq km), Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir, near the Chinese border. It is c.12,840 ft (3,...
(k näng´g ) (KEY) , formerly Luluabourg (l lwäb r´) (KEY) , city (1984 pop. 298,693), capital of Kasai-Occidental prov., S central Congo (Kinshasa...