- Kaolin, porcelain clay.
- Kapurthala, state, India.
- Karachi (Kurrachee, q.v.), district & town, India.
- Kara-Hissar, three towns, Asiatic Turkey.
- Karaites, Jewish sect.
- Karakorum, town, Central Asia.
- Karamzin, Nikolai Mikhailovich, Russian writer.
- Karasu-Bazar, town, Russia.
- Karatcheff, town, Russia.
- Karategin, country, Central Asia.
- Karauli, state & town, India.
- Karczag, or Kardszag, town, Hungary.
- Karikal, town, India.
- Karmathians, or Karmathites, Mohammedan people, Arabia (See Arabia and Mohammedanism).
- Karnac, Egypt, Temple of (See Architecture and Egypt).
- Karnal, district & town, India.
- Karnul, district and town, Madras, India.
- Kars, town, Transcaucasia, Russia.
- Karshi, town, Central Asia.
- Karwar, town, India.
- Kasan, or Kazan (q.v.), Russia.
- Kasanlik, town, Roumelia, Turkey.
- Kaschau, town, Hungary.
- Kashgar, town, Turkestan.
- Kashi, glazed ornamentation of Oriental buildings.
- Kashin, town, Russia.
- Kashkar, state, Hindu Kush.
- Kashmir, or Cashmere, Central Asia, valley and state.
- Kasimbazar, town, India.
- Kasimoff, town, Russia.
- Kassa (Kaschau, q.v.), town, Hungary.
- Kastamuni, town, Asia Minor.
- Kastoria, town, European Turkey.
- Kater, Henry, English physicist.
- Kathiawar, district, India.
- Katif, town, Arabia.
- Katsena, town, Central Africa.
- Kattowitz, town, Prussia.
- Katwa, town, Bengal, India.
- Kaufbeuren, town, Bavaria.
- Kauffman, Angelica, Swiss artist.
- Kaulbach, Wilhelm von, German painter.
- Kaunitz, Wenzel Anton, Austrian statesman.
- Kava, intoxicating drink, of South Sea Islands.
- Kavala, town, European Turkey.
- Kavanagh, Julia, Irish novelist.
- Kaveri, or Cauvery, river, India.
- Kay, John, Scottish caricaturist.
- Kaye, Sir John William, historian of India.
- Kazala, town, Central Asia.
- Kazan, government & town, Russia.
- Kazinczy, Ferencz, Hungarian writer.
- Kean, Charles John, English actor.
- Kean, Edmund, English actor.
- Keats, John, English poet.
- Keble, John, English poet.
- Kecskemet, town, Hungary.
- Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean.
- Keff, or Kef, town, Tunis.
- Keighley, town, England.
- Kei Islands, Indian Archipelago.
- Keim, Theodor, German theologian.
- Keith, Scottish family, earls marischal of Scotland.
- Keith, Francis Edward James, Prussian marshal.
- Kej, town, Baluchistan.
- Kelat (Khelat, q.v.), town, Baluchistan.
- Kellermann, François Christophe, French marshal.
- Kellgren, Johan Henrik, Swedish poet and critic.
- Kells, town, Ireland.
- Kelp, source of iodine.
- Kelso, town, Scotland.
- Kemble, Charles, English actor.
- Kemble, John Mitchell, English scholar and historian.
- Kemble, John Philip, English actor.
- Kempis, Thomas a, mediæval writer.
- Kempten, town, Bavaria.
- Ken, Thomas, English non-juring bishop.
- Kennicott, Benjamin, English Hebraist.
- Kenosha, town, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
- Kensington, part of London.
- Kent, county, England.
- Kent, James, American jurist.
- Kent, William, English artist and landscape gardener.
- Kentigern, St, Celtic missionary.
- Kentucky, State, U.S.A.
- Kenyon, Lord, English chief-justice.
- Keokuk, town, Iowa, U.S.A.
- Kepler, Johann, German astronomer.
- Kerak, town, Syria.
- Kerbela, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Kerguelen’s Land, island, Southern Ocean.
- Kerkuk, or Kerkook, town, Asiatic Turkey.
- Kerman (Kirman, q.v.), province, Persia.
- Kermanshah (Kirmanshahan, q.v.), town and district, Persia.
- Kermes, insect and crimson dye from it.
- Kerner, Justinus Andreas, German writer.
- Kerry, county, Ireland.
- Kertch, town, Russia.
- Kesmark, town, Hungary.
- Kestrel, bird.
- Keswick, town, England.
- Keszthely, town, Hungary.
- Ketchup, sauce.
- Keti, town, India.
- Kettering, town, England.
- Keunjhar, or Keunjur, state, India.
- Keunthal, state, India.
- Kew, town, England.
- Kew-Keang Foo, town, China.
- Key West, island and town, Florida, U.S.A.
- Khabarovka, town, Siberia, Russia.
- Khairabad, town, India.
- Khairpur, town, India.
- Khamgaon, town, India.
- Khandesh, district, India.
- Khandpara, state & town, India.
- Khandwa, town, India.
- Kharkoff, government & town, Russia.
- Kharput, town, Armenia.
- Khartum, or Khartoum, town, Egypt.
- Khasi and Jaintia Hills, district, India.
- Khatmandu, town, Nepal.
- Khazars, ancient people, Caucasus.
- Khelat, town, Baluchistan.
- Kheri, district, India.
- Kherson, government & town, Russia.
- Khiva, khanate & town, Turkestan.
- Khoi, town and district, Persia.
- Khojend, town, Turkestan.
- Khokand, town, Turkestan.
- Khonsar, town, Persia.
- Khoramabad, town, Persia.
- Khorasan, or Korassan, province, Persia.
- Khosrau, or Chosroes, kings of Persia (q.v.).
- Khotan, town and district, Turkestan.
- Khotin, or Khoteen, town, Russia.
- Khulna, town, India.
- Khurja, town, India.
- Khushab, town, India.
- Khuzistan, province, Persia.
- Khyrpoor (Khairpur, q.v.), town, India.
- Kiachta, or Kiakhta, town, Siberia.
- Kidderminster, town, England.
- Kidnapping, in law.
- Kieff, government & town, Russia.
- Kiel, town, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia.
- Kielce, town, Russian Poland.
- Kierkegaard, Sören, Danish philosopher.
- Kildare, county, Ireland.
- Kilia, town, Roumania.
- Kilian, St, apostle of Franconia.
- Kilimanjaro, mountain, East Africa.
- Kilkenny, county & town, Ireland.
- Killarney, town, Ireland.
- Killdeer, bird.
- Killiz, town, Syria.
- Kilmarnock, town, Scotland.
- Kilsyth, town, Scotland.
- Kilwinning, town, Scotland.
- Kimberley, town, South Africa.
- Kimhi, or Kimchi, Rabbi David, Jewish grammarian.
- Kimpulung, town, Roumania.
- Kincardine, county, Scotland.
- Kindergarten, eduational institution.
- Kinematics, branch of dynamics (See Mechanics).
- King, William, archbishop of Dublin.
- King-Bird.
- Kingfisher, bird.
- Kinglet, bird.
- Kings, First and Second Books of.
- King’s County, Ireland.
- Kingsley, Charles, English poet and novelist.
- Kingston, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Kingston, town, Ontario, Canada.
- Kingston, town, Jamaica (q.v.).
- Kingston-on-Thames, town, England.
- Kingston-upon-Hull, town, England (See Hull).
- Kingston, W. H. Giles, English writer of boys’ stories.
- Kingstown, town, Ireland.
- King-Tih Chin, town, China.
- Kino, drug.
- Kinross, county & town, Scotland.
- Kinsale, town, Ireland.
- Kioto, town, Japan.
- Kippis, Andrew, English writer.
- Kirby, William, English entomologist.
- Kircher, Athanasius, German scholar and mathematician.
- Kirchheim-unter-Teck, town, Würtemberg.
- Kirghiz, Tartar tribes.
- Kirin, town, Manchuria.
- Kirkcaldy, town, Scotland.
- Kirkcudbright, county, Scotland.
- Kirki, or Kirkee, town, India.
- Kirkintilloch, town, Scotland.
- Kirk-Kilissia, town, European Turkey.
- Kirkwall, town, Orkney, Scotland.
- Kirmanshahan, Kermanshah, or Karmanshah, town and district, Persia.
- Kirriemuir, town, Scotland.
- Kirsanoff, town, Russia.
- Kisfaludy, Karoly, Hungarian poet.
- Kisfaludy, Sandor, Hungarian poet
- Kish, island, Persian Gulf.
- Kishangarh, Kishengurh, or Krishnagarh, state, India.
- Kishineff, or Kishlanow, town, Moldavia.
- Kishm, island, Persian Gulf.
- Kissingen, town, Bavaria.
- Kistna, district, India.
- Kistna, river, India.
- Kit-Cat-Club, London.
- Kite, bird.
- Kitto, John, English biblical writer.
- Kitzingen, town, Bavaria.
- Kiung-chou-foo (Hainan, q.v.), island, China.
- Kiwi, bird.
- Kizliar, or Kizlar, town, Russia.
- Kladno, town, Bohemia.
- Klagenfurt, town, Austria.
- Klaproth, Heinrich Julius von, German Orientalist.
- Klattau, town, Bohemia.
- Klausenburg, town, Hungary.
- Klausthal, town, Prussia.
- Kléber, Jean Baptiste, French general.
- Klein, Julius Leopold, German dramatist.
- Klintzy, town, Russia.
- Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb, German poet.
- Klosterneuburg, town, Austria.
- Knaresborough, town, England.
- Kneller, Sir Godfrey, painter.
- Knight, Charles, English author and publisher.
- Knighthood.
- Knitting, manufacture.
- Knolles, Richard, English historian.
- Knot, Knots, Theories of.
- Knot, bird.
- Knowles, James Sheridan, English dramatist.
- Knox, John, Scottish Reformer.
- Knoxville, town, Tennessee, U.S.A.
- Kobelyaki, town, Russia.
- Kobrin, town, Russia.
- Kock, Charles Paul de, French novelist.
- Kodungalur, town, India.
- Kohat, district, India.
- Kohl, Johann Georg, German traveller and writer.
- Kolaba, district, India.
- Kolar, district, India.
- Kölcsey, Ferencz, Hungarian poet and orator.
- Kolding, town, Denmark.
- Kolhapur, state and town, India.
- Kolin, town, Bohemia.
- Kolomea, or Kolomyia, town and district, Austria.
- Kolomna.
- Komorn, town, Hungary.
- Komotau, town, Bohemia.
- Kongsberg, town, Norway.
- Königgrätz, town, Bohemia.
- Königinhof, town, Bohemia.
- Königsberg, town, Prussia.
- Königshütte, town, Prussia.
- Konitz, town, Russia.
- Konotop, town, Russia.
- Köpenick, town, Prussia.
- Kopreinitz, town, Hungary.
- Koprili, town, European Turkey.
- Koran, The, sacred book of Islam (See Mohammed).
- Korat, territory & town, Siam.
- Kordofan, province, Soudan, Africa.
- Korea, state, India.
- Koritsa, town, Albania, Turkey.
- Körner, Karl Theodor, German poet.
- Korotcha, town, Russia.
- Korotoyak, town, Russia.
- Kosciusko, Thaddeus, Polish patriot.
- Kosi, town, India.
- Köslin, town, Prussia.
- Kosloff, or Kozloff, town, Russia.
- Kostendil, town, Bulgaria, Turkey.
- Koster or Coster, Laurens, Dutch painter.
- Kostroma, government & town, Russia.
- Kotah, state, India.
- Köthen, town, Germany.
- Kotri, town, India.
- Kottbus, town, Prussia.
- Kotzebue, August Friedrich Ferdinand von, German dramatist.
- Kotzebue, Otto von, Russian navigator.
- Kousso, drug.
- Kovno, government & town, Russia.
- Kovroff, town, Russia.
- Kozelsk, town, Russia.
- Krafft or Kraft, Adam, German sculptor.
- Krajova, town, Roumania.
- Krantz, Albert, German historian.
- Krasnoyarsk, town, Siberia.
- Kremenetz, town, Russia.
- Krementchug, town, Russia.
- Kremnitz, town, Hungary.
- Kremsier, town, Austria.
- Kreutzer, Conradin, German musical composer.
- Kreuznach, town, Prussia.
- Kriloff, Ivan Andreevitch, Russian fabulist.
- Krishnagar, town, India.
- Krolevetz, town, Russia.
- Krotoschin, town, Prussia.
- Krudener, Baroness von, Russian pietist.
- Krumen, Negro race, West Africa.
- Krummacher, family of German religious writers & pietists.
- Krusenstern, Adam John, Russian navigator.
- Kuba, town, Caucasus, Russia.
- Kuban, district and government, Russia.
- Kublai Khan, Mongol ruler.
- Kuchan, town and district, Persia.
- Kuch Behar, state & town, India.
- Kuen-Lun, mountains, Tibet.
- Kuka, or Kukawa, town, Bornu, Africa.
- Kuku Khoto, town, China.
- Kuldja, Old and New, towns, Central Asia.
- Kullu, district, India.
- Kulm, town, Prussia.
- Kulmbach, town, Bavaria.
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- Lansing, town, Michigan, U.S.A.
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- Lawrence, town, Kansas, U.S.A.
- Lawrence, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
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- Leighton, Robert, bishop of Dunblane.
- Leighton-Buzzard, town, England.
- Leinster, province, Ireland.
- Leipsic, or Leipzig, town, Germany.
- Leith, town, Scotland.
- Leitmeritz, town, Bohemia.
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- Le Mans.
- Lemberg, town, Austria.
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- Lewiston, town, Maine, U.S.A.
- Lexington, town, Kentucky, U.S.A.
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- Lieber, Francis, American publicist.
- Liebig, Justus, German chemist.
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- Lincoln, county and town, England.
- Lincoln, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Lincoln, town, Nebraska, U.S.A.
- Lincoln, Abraham, president of the United States.
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- Little Falls, town, New York, U.S.A.
- Little Rock, town, Arkansas, U.S.A.
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- Logarithms, a mathematical property
- Logansport, town, Indiana, U.S.A.
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