kaolisol, soil that is formed under the heat and heavy rainfall of the tropics, which leaches out the silica and the bases. Thus, the soil is silica-poor; highly weathered, sometimes to a depth of many metres and therefore poor in weatherable minerals; rich in iron, which is released by weathering,

kaolisol, soil that is formed under the heat and heavy rainfall of the tropics, which leaches out the silica and the bases. Thus, the soil is silica-poor; highly weathered, sometimes to a depth of many metres and therefore poor in weatherable minerals; rich in iron, which is released by weathering,

annihilation: K-mesons—which are classified within the hadron group of subatomic particles. Other annihilation reactions also occur. Nucleons (protons and neutrons), for example, annihilate antinucleons (antiprotons and antineutrons), and the energy is also carried away in the form of particles such as pi-mesons and K-mesons and their…

Kaonde, a Bantu-speaking people the vast majority of whom inhabit the northwestern region of Zambia. A numerically much smaller group lives in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Zambian wooded highlands average 4,000 feet (1,220 metres) in elevation; to the southeast begin open plains

Sima Guang: …compiled a separate work, the Kaoyi (“Scrutiny”), which dealt with the discrepancies in his numerous sources and gave his reasons for preferring certain authorities.

Bantu philosophy: …was inaugurated in 1910 by Stefano Kaoze, the first Congolese to gain substantial training in modern philosophy. In his essay titled “La Psychologie des Bantu” (“Bantu Psychology”), Kaoze articulated what he regarded as the Bantu way of thinking about knowledge, moral values, God, life, and the afterlife. Working in the…

China: State and society: …empirical school of scholarship (kaozheng xue). Influenced by their knowledge of European mathematics and mathematical astronomy, these scholars laid down new rules for verifying the authenticity of the Classical texts and, by revealing flaws in previously accepted canons, challenged the neo-Confucian orthodoxy. Turning away from the Confucian quest for…

Te Matatini: …the diversity of both the kapa haka (literally “row dance”; see also haka) competitors and their audience. Te Matatini is hosted by a different region of New Zealand each time it is held and lasts three to four days. Over that period, regional winners of kapa haka competitions in New…

Kapaa, city, Kauai county, on the east-central coast of Kauai island, Hawaii, U.S. Sugarcane and pineapple plantations once dotted the region around Kapaa. Rice was also grown, and Chinese merchants once dominated the commercial centre. Since the 1960s, tourism, diversified agriculture, and service

Kapaa, city, Kauai county, on the east-central coast of Kauai island, Hawaii, U.S. Sugarcane and pineapple plantations once dotted the region around Kapaa. Rice was also grown, and Chinese merchants once dominated the commercial centre. Since the 1960s, tourism, diversified agriculture, and service

Kasturba Gandhi was an Indian political activist who was a leader in the struggle for civil rights and for independence from British rule in India. She was the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Kasturba Kapadia was born to Gokuladas Kapadia, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Vrajkunwerba, in the

kapāla, cup made of a human skull, frequently offered by worshipers to the fierce Tantric deities of Hindu India and Buddhist Tibet. In Tibet the skull cup is displayed on the Buddhist altar and is used in ritual to offer to the ferocious dharmapāla (“defender of the faith”) divinities either wine,

Kapalika and Kalamukha, members of either of two groups of Shaivite (devotees of Shiva) ascetics, most prominent in India from the 8th through the 13th century, who became notorious for their practices of esoteric rituals that allegedly included both animal and human sacrifice, though there is no

Kapampangan, ethnolinguistic group living in the Philippines, principally in the central plain of Luzon, especially in the province of Pampanga, but also in parts of other adjoining provinces. Kapampangans numbered some two million in the early 21st century. The Kapampangan language is closely

Austronesian languages: Major languages: Bicol, Waray-Waray, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan of the Philippines; Malay, Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, Minangkabau, the Batak languages, Acehnese, Balinese, and Buginese of western Indonesia; and Malagasy of Madagascar. Each of these languages

Anatolian art and architecture: Hittite period: …these bit hilani is the Kaparu Palace at Tall Ḥalaf, near the source of the Khābūr River. The almost barbaric array of sculpture shows the city to have been predominantly Aramaean.

Kapellbrücke, covered wooden pedestrian truss bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland, crossing the Reuss River. The majority of it was destroyed by fire in 1993 and subsequently rebuilt. Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge), named for St. Peter’s Chapel close to the bridge on the northern bank of the Reuss, is

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ottoman Bosnia: In 1831 a charismatic young kapetan called Husein seized power in Bosnia, imprisoning the vizier in Travnik. With an army of 25,000 men, Husein then marched into Kosovo to negotiate with the Ottoman grand vizier, demanding local autonomy for Bosnia and an end to the reform process there. But the…

Níkos Kazantzákis: …philosopher; O Kapetán Mikhális (1950; Freedom or Death), a depiction of Cretan Greeks’ struggle against their Ottoman overlords in the 19th century; O Khristós Xanastavrónetai (1954; The Greek Passion); and O televtaíos pirasmós (1955; The Last Temptation of Christ), a revisionist psychological study of Jesus Christ. Published after his death…

Kapfenberg, town, southeast-central Austria, at the confluence of the Mürz and Thörlbach rivers just northeast of Bruck. Founded around a fortress in the late 12th century, it was first mentioned in 1256. It had ironworks as early as the 15th century. Kapfenberg is resort town, has important

China: Military reorganization: Kapghan (Mochuo), the Turkish khan who had invaded Hebei in the aftermath of the Khitan invasion in the time of Wuhou and had attacked the Chinese northwest at the end of her reign, turned his attention northward. By 711 he controlled the steppe from the…

Siddha medicine: Humoral pathology: >kapha (representing air, fire, and water, respectively)—are known as humours, and their inharmonious interaction produces various pathological states.

Ottoman Empire: Military organization: …the sultan under the name kapıkulu. Murad based the new force on his right to a fifth of the war booty, which he interpreted to include captives taken in battle. As those men entered his service, they were converted to Islam and trained as Ottomans, gaining the knowledge and experience…

Haridwar, city, northwestern Uttarakhand state, northern India. Haridwar lies along the Ganges (Ganga) River, at the boundary between the Indo-Gangetic Plain (south) and the Himalayan foothills (north). It is the site of the headworks of the Ganges Canal system. Haridwar is one of the seven sacred

Kapila was a Vedic sage who is often identified as one of the founders of the system of Samkhya, one of six darshans (systems) of Indian philosophy. He is not, however, the author of the text primarily responsible for giving the school its philosophical definition, Ishvarakrishna’s Samkhya-karika

Buddha: Sources of the life of the Buddha: …to his native city of Kapilavastu (Pali: Kapilavatthu), which is said to have taken place either one year or six years after his enlightenment. The partial biographies add stories that were to become well-known, such as the child prince’s meditation under a rose-apple tree and his four momentous chariot rides…

Buddha: Sources of the life of the Buddha: …to his native city of Kapilavastu (Pali: Kapilavatthu), which is said to have taken place either one year or six years after his enlightenment. The partial biographies add stories that were to become well-known, such as the child prince’s meditation under a rose-apple tree and his four momentous chariot rides…

Ganga dynasty: …left no inscriptions; his minister Kapilendra usurped the throne and founded the Suryavamsha dynasty in 1434–35 ce. The Eastern Gangas were great patrons of religion and the arts, and the temples of the Ganga period rank among the masterpieces of Hindu architecture.

Ganga dynasty: …left no inscriptions; his minister Kapilendra usurped the throne and founded the Suryavamsha dynasty in 1434–35 ce. The Eastern Gangas were great patrons of religion and the arts, and the temples of the Ganga period rank among the masterpieces of Hindu architecture.

Kapiri Mposhi, town situated about 40 miles (64 km) north-northeast of Kabwe in central Zambia. It serves an area that supports tobacco, wheat, corn (maize), and livestock. The town is a terminus of the 1,155-mile (1,859-km) Tan-Zam railway from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, completed in 1974. Pop.

Das Kapital, one of the major works of the 19th-century economist and philosopher Karl Marx (1818–83), in which he expounded his theory of the capitalist system, its dynamism, and its tendencies toward self-destruction. He described his purpose as to lay bare “the economic law of motion of modern

Curzio Malaparte: …1948) and Karl Marx (Das Kapital, performed 1949) and on life in Vienna during the Soviet occupation (Anche le donne hanno perso la guerra, performed 1954; “The Women Lost the War Too”). He also wrote the screenplay for a film, Il Cristo proibito (1951) and, in addition to other…

Kapiti Island, uninhabited island at the northern entrance to Cook Strait, 5 miles (8 km) off the mouth of the Waikanae River, southwestern North Island, New Zealand. It is 9 square miles (23 square km) in area and may be part of a land bridge that once connected North and South islands. Generally

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa was a Soviet physicist who invented new machines for the liquefaction of gases and in 1937 discovered the superfluidity of liquid helium. He was a corecipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize for Physics for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature

Oceanic art and architecture: The Admiralty Islands: A favourite ornament was the kapkap, a breastplate consisting of a carved tortoiseshell plate mounted on a giant clam shell.

turbine: Axial-flow machines: In such a Kaplan turbine each blade can be swiveled about a post at right angles to the main turbine shaft, thus producing a variable pitch. The angle of the blades is controlled by an oil-pressure operated servomotor, usually mounted in the rotor hub with the oil fed…

semantics: Truth-conditional semantics: American philosophers Hilary Putnam and David Kaplan independently proposed the same solution to the problem. According to them, the truth conditions of the two utterances are different, and so are their meanings. And yet both speakers understand the meanings of their utterances, despite the fact that their psychological states are…

Yo La Tengo: …longest-running lineup consisted of singer-guitarist Ira Kaplan (b. January 7, 1957, Queens, New York, U.S.), drummer Georgia Hubley (b. February 25, 1960, New York), and bassist (from 1992) James McNew (b. July 6, 1969, Baltimore, Maryland).

Justin Kaplan was an American writer, biographer, and book editor who was best known for his acclaimed literary biographies of Mark Twain, Lincoln Steffens, and Walt Whitman and for his editing of the 16th edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (1992). Kaplan grew up in New York City. After

Justin Kaplan was an American writer, biographer, and book editor who was best known for his acclaimed literary biographies of Mark Twain, Lincoln Steffens, and Walt Whitman and for his editing of the 16th edition of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (1992). Kaplan grew up in New York City. After

Mordecai Menahem Kaplan was an American rabbi, educator, theologian, and religious leader who founded the influential Reconstructionist movement in Judaism. Kaplan emigrated with his family to the United States in 1889. After graduating from the College of the City of New York (1900) and Columbia

political science: Systems analysis: The American political scientist Morton Kaplan delineated types of international systems and their logical consequences in System and Process in International Politics (1957). According to Kaplan, for example, the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union brought about a bipolar international system that governed much…

Philip Kapleau was an American religious leader, a leading popularizer of Zen Buddhism in the United States and the founder of the Rochester Zen Center, a major venue of Zen meditation and education. During his youth Kapleau rejected his family’s Christianity, going so far as to found an atheists’

Ioánnis Antónios, Komis Kapodístrias was a Greek statesman who was prominent in the Russian foreign service during the reign of Alexander I (reigned 1801–25) and in the Greek struggle for independence. The son of Komis Antonio Capo d’Istria, he was born in Corfu (at that time under Venetian rule),

Kapuas River, chief waterway of western Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan). The river rises in the Kapuas Hulu Mountains in the central part of the island and flows 710 miles (1,143 km) west-southwest through West Kalimantan province. It reaches the South China Sea in a great marshy delta

kapok: Physical description: The kapok is deciduous, dropping its foliage after seasonal rainy periods. Flowering occurs when the tree is leafless, thereby improving access for the bats that feed on the sugar-laden nectar of kapok blossoms. In doing so, the bats unwittingly pollinate the tree’s flowers. The flowers open…

kapok, (Ceiba pentandra), gigantic tropical tree and the seed-hair fibers obtained from its fruit. Common throughout the tropics, the kapok is native to the New World and to Africa and was transported to Asia, where it is cultivated for its fiber, or floss. See also list of plant fibers. The

Bombacaceae, the bombax or kapok family of flowering trees and shrubs, in the mallow order (Malvales), comprising 27 genera. It is allied to the mallow family (Malvaceae), to which the cotton plant belongs, and is characteristic of the tropics. Bombacaceae members’ flowers are often large and

Kareena Kapoor is an Indian actress known for her work in Bollywood films. Especially noted for her charismatic screen presence and versatility, Kapoor has portrayed a wide range of feisty characters such as the flamboyant Pooja in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001; “Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer whose prolific work in the Bollywood film industry catapulted him to international fame. He is best known in India for his roles in the superhero film Mr. India (1987) and the dramas Tezaab (1988; “Acid”) and Ram Lakhan (1989). He is known to Western

Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer whose prolific work in the Bollywood film industry catapulted him to international fame. He is best known in India for his roles in the superhero film Mr. India (1987) and the dramas Tezaab (1988; “Acid”) and Ram Lakhan (1989). He is known to Western

Anish Kapoor is an Indian-born British sculptor known for his use of abstract biomorphic forms and his penchant for rich colours and polished surfaces. He was also the first living artist to be given a solo show at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Kapoor was born in India to parents of Punjabi

Shashi Kapoor was an Indian actor and producer whose career spanned more than five decades. Kapoor, known for his versatile acting prowess and charming screen presence, was acclaimed for his work in mainstream Bollywood films as well as art-house productions. He also earned praise for his

Kareena Kapoor is an Indian actress known for her work in Bollywood films. Especially noted for her charismatic screen presence and versatility, Kapoor has portrayed a wide range of feisty characters such as the flamboyant Pooja in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001; “Sometimes Happiness, Sometimes

Prithviraj Kapoor was an Indian film and stage actor who founded both the renowned Kapoor family of actors and the Prithvi Theatre in Bombay (now Mumbai). He was best known for playing Alexander the Great in Sohrab Modi’s Sikandar (1941; “Alexander the Great”) and the emperor Akbar in K. Asif’s

Raj Kapoor was an Indian motion-picture actor and director whose Hindi-language films were popular throughout India, the Middle East, the Soviet Union, China, and Southeast Asia. Along with Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand, he dominated Bollywood during its golden age (1940s–60s). He is known for tackling

Ranbir Kapoor is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. Kapoor rose to fame with romantic comedies but eventually branched out to diverse genres. Some of his most notable films include Wake Up Sid (2009), Rockstar (2011), Barfi! (2012), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (2013; “This Youth Is

Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is highly regarded as a dramatic actor, noted for complex performances in films such as Haider (2014), and for his accomplishments as a dancer. His prominent movies include Vivah (2006; “Wedding”), Jab We Met (2007; “When We

Kareena Kapoor: Family: …Raj Kapoor and his brothers Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor were among the foremost Bollywood stars of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. Randhir Kapoor’s brother and sister-in-law Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, their son, Ranbir Kapoor, and Ranbir’s wife, Alia Bhatt, are also renowned Bollywood actors.

Kareena Kapoor: Family: …Raj Kapoor and his brothers Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor were among the foremost Bollywood stars of the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s. Randhir Kapoor’s brother and sister-in-law Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, their son, Ranbir Kapoor, and Ranbir’s wife, Alia Bhatt, are also renowned Bollywood actors.

Shashi Kapoor was an Indian actor and producer whose career spanned more than five decades. Kapoor, known for his versatile acting prowess and charming screen presence, was acclaimed for his work in mainstream Bollywood films as well as art-house productions. He also earned praise for his

Electronic Frontier Foundation: …Perry Barlow and American entrepreneur Mitch Kapor, with additional support from activist John Gilmore and Steve Wozniak, a co-founder of Apple Computer.

Kaposi sarcoma, rare and usually lethal cancer of the tissues beneath the surface of the skin or of the mucous membranes. The disease can spread to other organs, including the liver, lungs, and intestinal tract. Kaposi sarcoma is characterized by red-purple or blue-brown lesions of the skin, mucous

Kaposvár, city of county status and seat of Somogy megye (county), southwestern Hungary. On hills flanking the upper valley of the Kapos River (which flows northeast to the Sió), it is the chief market town of the county and has played an important role in Hungarian art and poetry. There are ruins

Kapp Putsch, (1920) in Germany, a coup d’état that attempted to overthrow the fledgling Weimar Republic. Its immediate cause was the government’s attempt to demobilize two Freikorps brigades. One of the brigades took Berlin, with the cooperation of the Berlin army district commander. Reactionary

Wolfgang Kapp was a reactionary Prussian politician who led the Kapp Putsch (1920), which attempted to overthrow the fledgling Weimar Republic and establish a rightist dictatorship. Kapp’s father, a revolutionary of 1848, had immigrated to the United States in 1849 but in 1870 returned to Germany,

Akutagawa Ryūnosuke: …fable about elflike creatures (kappa), is written in the mirthless vein of his last period and reflects his depressed state at the time. His suicide came as a shock to the literary world.

kappa, in Japanese folklore, a type of vampirelike lecherous creature that is more intelligent than the devilish oni (q.v.) and less malevolent toward men. Kappa are credited with having taught the art of bonesetting to humans. They are depicted in legend and art as being the size of a 10-year-old

fraternity and sorority: …in existence as such is Kappa Alpha, begun in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady, New York.

time perception: Perceived duration: …called the S effect or kappa effect. The reverse is the tau effect, in which the distance is perceived as being wider when the interval between successive stimuli is longer.

kappa organism, gram-negative symbiotic bacterium found in the cytoplasm of certain strains of the protozoan Paramecium aurelia. These bacteria, when released into the surroundings, change to P particles that secrete a poison (paramecin) that kills other sensitive strains of P. aurelia. The

kappa organism, gram-negative symbiotic bacterium found in the cytoplasm of certain strains of the protozoan Paramecium aurelia. These bacteria, when released into the surroundings, change to P particles that secrete a poison (paramecin) that kills other sensitive strains of P. aurelia. The

Ray Kappe was an American architect and educator known for his angular and expansive Modernist residences in southern California. In his early homes Kappe employed post-and-beam construction, whereas in his later structures he often utilized sweeping expanses of metal, wood, and glass. Kappe was an

kippah, head covering, typically a close-fitting brimless cap made of cloth, worn primarily by men in Judaism. Also commonly called a yarmulke in Yiddish, this skullcap is worn to show reverence to God, to instill a sense of humility, and as a reminder that there is a higher power. Different

covered bridge: The Kappel Bridge (1333) of Luzern has been decorated since 1599 with 112 paintings in the triangular spaces between roof and crossbeams, depicting the history of the town and the lives of its two patron saints. In the 18th century the Grubenmann brothers of Switzerland built…

Kappel Wars: The first conflict arose when five Roman Catholic member states of the Swiss confederacy, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and Zug, formed the Christian Union, which allied itself with Austria to prevent Zürich from spreading Protestantism over the common lordships (territories ruled by the Swiss confederates jointly).…

Kappel Wars: …October 1531 they suddenly declared war against Zürich. Zürich’s hastily raised troops, under Jörg Göldli, were defeated in the Battle of Kappel (Oct. 11, 1531), and Zürich’s Protestant leader, Huldrych Zwingli, was killed. The second Peace of Kappel (Nov. 24, 1531) upheld the claims of Roman Catholicism throughout the controversial…

Kappel Wars, (1529 and 1531), two conflicts of the Swiss Reformation. The name derives from the monastery of Kappel, on the border between the cantons of Zürich and Zug. The first conflict arose when five Roman Catholic member states of the Swiss confederacy, Lucerne, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, and

Doris Day was an American singer and motion-picture actress whose performances in movie musicals of the 1950s and sex comedies of the early 1960s made her a leading Hollywood star. While still a teenager, she changed her last name to Day when she began singing on radio. She worked as a vocalist in

Mavura: …aid in deposing his uncle Kapranzine as emperor in 1629. Converting to Christianity, he took the name Filipe and swore vassalage to the king of Portugal. In 1631, again with Portuguese assistance, he decisively defeated his uncle and ruled with complete authority as long as he lived. During his reign…

Allan Kaprow was an American performance artist, theoretician, and instructor who invented the name Happening for his performances and who helped define the genre’s characteristics. Kaprow studied in New York City at the High School of Music & Art (now LaGuardia Arts; 1943–45) and New York

Marijampolė, administrative centre of a rayon (sector), Lithuania. Marijampolė lies along both banks of the Šešupė River. The settlement developed as a monastic centre in the 18th century, when it was known as Starapolė, and achieved urban status in 1758. After World War II it developed as an

Milky Way Galaxy: High-velocity stars: …the nearest 45 stars, called Kapteyn’s star, is an example of the high-velocity stars that lie near the Sun. Its observed radial velocity is −245 km/sec, and the components of its space velocity are U = 19 km/sec, V = −288 km/sec, and W = −52 km/sec. The very large…

Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn was a Dutch astronomer who used photography and statistical methods in determining the motions and distribution of stars. Kapteyn attended the State University of Utrecht and in 1875 became a member of the staff of Leiden Observatory. In 1877 he was elected to the chair of

Zagreb: …in the 13th century; and Kaptol, the ecclesiastical settlement, which was fortified in the 16th century. These two towns continued as rival entities until the 19th century, when a spate of new building joined them together and expanded south onto the Sava floodplain, with a rectilinear new town of squares…

major industrial polymers: Polyimides: …under the trademarked name of Kapton by DuPont, which is made from a dianhydride and a diamine. When the two monomers react, the first product formed is a polyamide. The polyamide can be dissolved in solvents for casting into films, or it can be melted and molded. Conversion to polyimide…

Dennis Kucinich: …Democratic primary by another incumbent, Marcy Kaptur. He left office the following year.

Kapuas River, chief waterway of western Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan). The river rises in the Kapuas Hulu Mountains in the central part of the island and flows 710 miles (1,143 km) west-southwest through West Kalimantan province. It reaches the South China Sea in a great marshy delta

Greece: The Phanariotes of Greece: …were invariably interpreters to the kapudan pasha, the admiral of the Ottoman fleet. Again their powers were wider than the title suggests: these Phanariotes, in effect, acted as governors of the islands of the Aegean archipelago, whose Greek inhabitants were a potential source from which to draw men for service…

Kapuni, locality in Taranaki local government region, a natural gas and oil field south of Mount Taranaki (Egmont), western North Island, New Zealand. Petroleum from the locality is piped to Auckland and Wellington, principally for use as a household fuel. Natural gas produced at Kapuni supplies a

India: From Banda Singh Bahadur to Ranjit Singh: Kapur Singh, the most important of the Sikh leaders of the time, operated from its vicinity and gradually set about consolidating a revenue-cum-military system, based in part on compromises with the Mughal governors of the province. Other Sikhs were, however, less willing than Kapur Singh…

Shahid Kapoor is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is highly regarded as a dramatic actor, noted for complex performances in films such as Haider (2014), and for his accomplishments as a dancer. His prominent movies include Vivah (2006; “Wedding”), Jab We Met (2007; “When We

Shekhar Kapur is an Indian director, actor, and producer best known for directing such critically acclaimed films as Mr. India (1987), Bandit Queen (1994), and Elizabeth (1998). Kapur’s contributions to cinema have been internationally and nationally recognized with several awards including a

Kapurthala, town, north-central Punjab state, northwestern India. The city lies on a flat alluvial plain, about 12 miles (20 km) west of Jalandhar. Kapurthala was founded in the 11th century. In 1780 it became the capital of the princely state of Kapurthala, and it remained the capital until that

Kapuskasing, town, Cochrane district, east-central Ontario, Canada. It lies along the Kapuskasing River. Known as MacPherson until 1917, when it received its present Indian name, the town originated in 1914 as a station on the National Transcontinental line (now the Canadian National Railway) 80

Curzio Malaparte: …written, brilliantly realistic war novels: Kaputt (1944); and La pelle (1949; The Skin), a terrifying, surrealistically presented series of episodes showing the suffering and degradation that the war had brought to the people of Naples.

Fipa: …found new unification under King Kapuufi from 1860 until the advent of European occupation in the 1880s.

Joseph Roth: Die Kapuzinergruft (1938; “The Capuchin Tomb”) is an example. Der stumme Prophet (1966; The Silent Prophet), the story of a failed revolutionary, was written in 1929.

Kaqchikel, Mayan people of the midwestern highlands of Guatemala, closely related linguistically and culturally to the neighbouring K’iche’ and Tz’utujil. They are agriculturalists, and their culture is syncretic, a fusion of Spanish and Mayan elements. Their sharing of a common language does not

Kaqchikel language, member of the K’ichean (Quichean) subgroup of the Mayan family of languages, spoken in central Guatemala by some 450,000 people. It has numerous dialects. Its closest relative is Tz’utujil. K’iche’ is also closely related. The Annals of the Cakchiquels (also called Anales de los