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1860–1934, American primitive painter, b. Scotland. He came to Pittsburgh at the age of 19 and worked for years as a day laborer, painting in his sp...
(känä´r s) (KEY) , 1790–1877, Greek patriot, admiral, and politician. He distinguished himself in the Greek War of Independence, notably at Tened...
(kärl) (KEY) , 1918–, American physicist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, 1943. He worked on the Manhattan Project before beginning a ca...
or Qandahar (both: k n´´d här´) (KEY) , city (1989 est. pop. 203,000), capital of Kandahar prov., S Afghanistan. The country’s second largest ci...
(kä´gä) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 69,196), Ishikawa prefecture, W Honshu, Japan. It is an agricultural market, hot spring resort, and industrial cent...
(k shkä´-d ryä´) (KEY) , river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, Uzbekistan. It is the basis of a wide network of irrigation canals near the towns of Kitab...