Košice government, pro-Soviet Czechoslovak provisional government that inaugurated far-reaching socialist programs during the single year of its rule after World War II and made way for the eventual Communist domination of Czechoslovakia. Appointed by Edvard Beneš, the former president of prewar

Pact of Koszyce, agreement made between the Polish nobility and their king, Louis I (ruled 1370–82), in which the nobles promised to accept the King’s choice of successor in exchange for a charter that guaranteed their basic rights and privileges. The last Piast king of Poland, Casimir III the

Kot Diji, archaeological site located near an ancient flood channel of the Indus River in Pakistan, 15 miles (25 km) south of the city of Khairpur in Sindh province. The site, which is adjacent to the modern town of Kot Diji, consists of a stone rubble wall, dating to about 3000 bce, that surrounds

Paleo-Siberian languages: Yeniseian, Luorawetlan, and Nivkh: Kott (Kot; also called Assan or Asan), Arin, and Pumpokol, now extinct members of this group, were spoken chiefly to the south of the present-day locus of Ket and Yug.

påssjo: …sacred area in a Sami kota, or tent, found directly behind the central hearth. Strictly forbidden to women, the påssjo was furnished with its own entrance and sometimes set off with poles to separate it from the living space in the rest of the kota. The påssjo held all objects…

Jakarta: City layout: The Kota (“City”; also called Kota Tua [“Old City”] or Old Batavia) area, sometimes called the downtown section, is the historical city centre, and it houses a significant part of the Chinese population. The contemporary city’s business and financial hub lies somewhat to the south of…

African art: Gabon: The Kota create stylistically unique reliquary figures, called mbulu-ngulu, which are covered with a sheet of brass or copper. Like the Fang, the Kota keep the skulls and bones of ancestors in containers, which consist here of a basket surmounted by the carved figure.

Kota, city, southeastern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It lies mainly on the east (right) bank of the Chambal River, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Jhalawar. It was founded as a walled city in the 14th century and became the capital of the princely state in 1625. Kota state, which was

Būndi painting: …and its neighbouring principality of Kotah (both in the present state of Rājasthān). The earliest examples (c. 1625) show Rājasthanī features, particularly in the depiction of men and women, but Mughal influence is exceptionally strong. In richness and brilliance Būndi painting has an affinity also with the painting of the…

Kota, one of the indigenous, Dravidian-speaking peoples of the Nīlgiri Hills in the south of India. They lived in seven villages totalling about 2,300 inhabitants during the 1970s; these were interspersed among settlements of the other Nīlgiri peoples, Baḍaga and Toda. A village has two or three

Kota Bharu, city, northern Peninsular (West) Malaysia, lying on the east levee of the Kelantan River, near the border with Thailand and 8 miles (13 km) inland from the South China Sea. Located in a fertile agricultural area, Kota Bharu (“New Fort” or “New City”) is an industrial nucleus. It is

Kota Bharu, city, northern Peninsular (West) Malaysia, lying on the east levee of the Kelantan River, near the border with Thailand and 8 miles (13 km) inland from the South China Sea. Located in a fertile agricultural area, Kota Bharu (“New Fort” or “New City”) is an industrial nucleus. It is

Kota Kinabalu, city of Sabah state, East Malaysia, on the northwest coast of Borneo. Although razed by bombing during World War II (1939–45), the site was chosen in 1946 for the new capital of British North Borneo (now Sabah) because of the deepwater anchorage at Gaya Bay on the South China Sea;

Nkhotakota, town, central Malawi. It lies on the shores of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi). It originated as a group of villages in the 19th century, served as a depot for Swahili-Arab ivory and slave traders, and became the largest traditional African town in the country. It is situated on the slope of a

Dravidian languages: South Dravidian languages: languages—Toda, Kota, Irula, and Kurumba—are spoken by Scheduled Tribes (officially recognized Indigenous peoples) in the Nilgiri Hills of southwestern Tamil Nadu, near Karnataka. Badaga, a dialect of Kannada, is also spoken in the Nilgiri Hills.

Kota Tinggi, town, West Malaysia, on the Johor River, north of its estuary at the Singapore Strait. It was one of the river capitals (1685–99) of the Johore-Riau (Riouw) kingdom. The modern town is an administrative centre and petroleum depot for an area of rubber plantations and tin mining. It is

Kota, city, southeastern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It lies mainly on the east (right) bank of the Chambal River, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Jhalawar. It was founded as a walled city in the 14th century and became the capital of the princely state in 1625. Kota state, which was

South Asian arts: Bhakti poetry: Āṇṭāḷ (8th century), a Vaiṣṇava poetess, is literally love-sick for Krishna. Periyāḻvār, her father, sings of Krishna in the aspect of a divine child, originating a new genre of celebrant poetry. Kulacēkarar, a Cēra prince, sings of both Rāma and Krishna, identifying himself with several…

Walter Matthau: …also received Oscar nominations for Kotch (1971; directed by Lemmon) and The Sunshine Boys (1975), another collaboration with Neil Simon.

Wilco: …(he was replaced by drummer Glenn Kotche), and Bennett was fired soon after the album was finished, an acrimonious breakup glimpsed in Sam Jones’s 2002 documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. The album was greeted unenthusiastically by the band’s label, Warner Brothers’ Reprise, and the band was later…

Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the Jewish people. It is the only remains of the retaining wall surrounding the Temple Mount, the site of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem, held to be uniquely holy by the ancient Jews. The First Temple

History of film: Eastern Europe and Russia: Marek Koterski won praise for Dzień świra (2002; Day of the Wacko), Wszyscy jestesmy Chrystusami (2006; We’re All Christs), and 7 uczuc (2018; 7 Emotions). Pawel Pawlikowski, who became known as a British director, also helmed the Polish movies Ida (2013), which won the Academy…

Kothar, ancient West Semitic god of crafts, equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus. Kothar was responsible for supplying the gods with weapons and for building and furnishing their palaces. During the earlier part of the 2nd millennium bc, Kothar’s forge was believed to be on the biblical Caphtor

Kothar, ancient West Semitic god of crafts, equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus. Kothar was responsible for supplying the gods with weapons and for building and furnishing their palaces. During the earlier part of the 2nd millennium bc, Kothar’s forge was believed to be on the biblical Caphtor

Kothar, ancient West Semitic god of crafts, equivalent of the Greek god Hephaestus. Kothar was responsible for supplying the gods with weapons and for building and furnishing their palaces. During the earlier part of the 2nd millennium bc, Kothar’s forge was believed to be on the biblical Caphtor

Köthen, city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), east-central Germany, north of Halle. First mentioned in 1115 and known as a market town in 1194, it was a medieval seat of the counts of the Ascanian Dynasties of Ballenstedt; from 1603 until 1847 it was the capital of the princes and dukes of

buskin, a thick-soled boot worn by actors in ancient Greek tragedies. Because of the association, the term has come to mean tragedy. It is contrasted with sock, which refers to the foot covering worn by actors in comedies. The word is probably a modification of the Middle French brouzequin, “a kind

Andrey Bely: …writing his Kotik Letayev (1922; Kotik Letaev), a short autobiographical novel suggestive of the style of James Joyce. Eventually Bely left Steiner’s group for personal reasons, but he remained attached to anthroposophical ideas to the end of his life.

Andrey Bely: …writing his Kotik Letayev (1922; Kotik Letaev), a short autobiographical novel suggestive of the style of James Joyce. Eventually Bely left Steiner’s group for personal reasons, but he remained attached to anthroposophical ideas to the end of his life.

Kotka, city, southeastern Finland, on two islands, Hovinsaari and Kotkansaari, at the mouth of the Kymi River on the Gulf of Finland, east-northeast of Helsinki. Kotkansaari was fortified by the Russians between 1790 and 1800, and its main fort was destroyed by a British fleet in 1855 during

Kotka: …on two islands, Hovinsaari and Kotkansaari, at the mouth of the Kymi River on the Gulf of Finland, east-northeast of Helsinki. Kotkansaari was fortified by the Russians between 1790 and 1800, and its main fort was destroyed by a British fleet in 1855 during secondary operations of the Crimean War.…

David Copperfield is an American entertainer, one of the best-known stage illusionists of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Copperfield is the first to admit that he entered show business to overcome his shyness with the opposite sex; he started out at age 10 as a ventriloquist. Switching to

Kotlas, city, Arkhangelsk oblast (region), northwestern Russia, at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda rivers. It is a major focus of river and rail communications and a transshipment point, handling chiefly coal and timber. The city, chartered in 1917, has large sawmilling,

Sandomierz Basin, lowland region, southeastern Poland, located south of the Lublin Uplands and north of the Western Carpathian foothills. It is drained by the Vistula River and its tributary the San River. The Sandomierz Basin is a structural depression with natural transportation routes connecting

Jóhannes Bjarni Jónasson was an Icelandic poet and reformer whose works reflect his resistance to the political and economic trends that he perceived as threatening Iceland’s traditional democracy. The son of a poor farmer, Jónasson studied at Reykjavík Teacher’s Training College and worked first

Ivan Kotlyarevsky was an author whose burlesque-travesty of Virgil’s Aeneid was the first work written wholly in the Ukrainian language; it distinguished him as the father of modern Ukrainian literature. The Eneida (1798) transmutes Aeneas and the Trojans into dispossessed Cossacks of the period

koto, long Japanese board zither having 13 silk strings and movable bridges. The body of the instrument is made of paulownia wood and is about 190 cm (74 inches) long. When the performer is kneeling or seated on the floor, the koto is held off the floor by two legs or a bridge-storage box; in most

Kotto River, river rising on the border between the Central African Republic and South Sudan in north-central Africa. It flows 400 miles (640 km) south, southwest, and south again past Bria, Central African Republic, to join the Ubangi River 60 miles (100 km) east of Mobaye. The river separates the

norito: …founded on the concept of koto-dama, the spiritual power that resides in words. According to ancient belief, beautiful, correct words bring about good, whereas ugly, coarse language can cause evil. Accordingly, norito are expressed in elegant, classical language, typified by that found in the Engi-shiki (“Institutes of the Engi Period”),…

Ebisu: …is also sometimes associated with Koto-shiro-nushi (“Sign-Master”), a son of the mythological hero Ōkuninushi and associated with happiness because of the role he once played as a pacifier in a conflict between earthly and heavenly deities. See also Shichi-fuku-jin.

Okomfo Anokye was a fetish priest (traditional spiritual leader) and cofounder of the Asante empire who was considered to be the greatest lawgiver and wisest sage of the Asante people in western Africa. He is known for his reported abilities in healing and regulating nature and for establishing

Takamatsu: …base for pilgrimages to the Kotohira Shrine, 19 miles (30 km) southwest. Pop. (2005) 418,125; (2010) 419,429.

borate mineral: ludwigite, sussexite, and kotoite.

Lake Chad: Settlement history: …is believed that the modern Kotoko, a fishing people on the Chari near Lake Chad, are descendants of the Sao.

Taika era reforms: …and the newly enthroned emperor Kōtoku promptly took the era name Taika (“Great Change”) for the first half of his reign.

Kōtoku Shūsui was a Socialist leader, one of the first proponents of radical political action in Japan. His execution resulted in the temporary abatement of the growing Socialist movement in Japan. Of relatively humble origin, Kōtoku started work as a houseboy in the Tokyo home of Hayashi Yūzō, one

Kotor, walled town, seaport, and resort at the south end of Kotor Bay, one of four bays of the Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), on the Adriatic coastline of Montenegro. The town, situated about 30 miles (50 km) south of Nikšić, lies at the foot of the sheer Lovćen massif, which rises to 5,738 feet

Gulf of Kotor, winding, fjordlike inlet of the Adriatic coast, Montenegro. A fine natural harbour, it comprises four bays linked by narrow straits. The stark mountains around the bay slope steeply to a narrow shoreline on which citrus fruits and subtropical plants grow and tourist facilities have

Kotosh, pre-Columbian site, near the modern city of Huánuco in present-day central highland Peru, known for its early temple structures. These earliest buildings, some of which have interior wall niches and mud-relief decorative friezes, date to the end of the Late Preceramic Period (c. 2000–1800

kowtow, in traditional China, the act of supplication made by an inferior to his superior by kneeling and knocking his head to the floor. This prostration ceremony was most commonly used in religious worship, by commoners who came to make a request of the local district magistrate, and by officials

Bulgar: Kurt’s son Kotrag avoided the Khazars by leading his horde far to the north, where it eventually occupied an ill-defined country around the confluence of the Volga and Kama rivers. Subdivided there into three groups (probably through mergers with indigenous peoples or with other immigrants), the horde…

Kotri, town, south-central Sindh province, southeastern Pakistan, on the west bank of the Indus River. An important railway junction, Kotri is connected by bridge with Hyderabad on the opposite bank. Incorporated as a municipality in 1854, it has jute mills and factories that produce telephone and

Indus River: Irrigation of the Indus River: The Kotri Barrage, also known as the Ghulam Muhammad Barrage, was opened in 1955. It is near Hyderabad and is nearly 3,000 feet (900 meters) long. The right-bank canal provides additional water to the city of Karachi. Sugarcane cultivation has been expanded, and yields of rice…

Kotromanić Dynasty: The dynasty was founded by Stephen Kotroman, a vassal of the Hungarian king and the ruler of a portion of Bosnia from 1287 to 1316. His son Stephen Kotromanić became the independent lord of all Bosnia in 1322. Extending his domain southward, Stephen Kotromanić incorporated both the land of Hum…

Kotromanić Dynasty, royal house that ruled Bosnia from the late 13th to the mid-15th century. The dynasty was founded by Stephen Kotroman, a vassal of the Hungarian king and the ruler of a portion of Bosnia from 1287 to 1316. His son Stephen Kotromanić became the independent lord of all Bosnia in

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ancient and medieval periods: 1180–1204), Ban Stjepan (Stephen) Kotromanić (ruled 1322–53) of the Kotromanić dynasty, and Stjepan’s successor, King Tvrtko I (ruled 1353–91). Under Stjepan Kotromanić, Bosnia expanded southward, incorporating the principality of Hum (modern Herzegovina). During the reign of Tvrtko I, Bosnia reached farther south and acquired a portion…

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ancient and medieval periods: 1180–1204), Ban Stjepan (Stephen) Kotromanić (ruled 1322–53) of the Kotromanić dynasty, and Stjepan’s successor, King Tvrtko I (ruled 1353–91). Under Stjepan Kotromanić, Bosnia expanded southward, incorporating the principality of Hum (modern Herzegovina). During the reign of Tvrtko I, Bosnia reached farther south and acquired a portion…

Mikhaylo Kotsyubinsky was a novelist and short-story writer whose work was one of the highest achievements of Ukrainian modernism. Kotsyubinsky graduated from Shargorod Seminary in 1880. He did not begin to publish his writing until 10 years later, working in the interim as a teacher and

Mikhaylo Kotsyubinsky was a novelist and short-story writer whose work was one of the highest achievements of Ukrainian modernism. Kotsyubinsky graduated from Shargorod Seminary in 1880. He did not begin to publish his writing until 10 years later, working in the interim as a teacher and

Paleo-Siberian languages: Yeniseian, Luorawetlan, and Nivkh: Kott (Kot; also called Assan or Asan), Arin, and Pumpokol, now extinct members of this group, were spoken chiefly to the south of the present-day locus of Ket and Yug.

William Shakespeare: New interpretive approaches: Jan Kott, writing in the disillusioning aftermath of World War II and from an eastern European perspective, reshaped Shakespeare as a dramatist of the absurd, skeptical, ridiculing, and antiauthoritarian. Kott’s deeply ironic view of the political process impressed filmmakers and theatre directors such as Peter…

kottabos, one of the earliest known drinking games, a staple at aristocratic banquets (called symposia) of the ancient Greeks, especially in the 5th and 4th centuries bce. The most common version of the game involves flinging wine lees, or dregs, at a target in an attempt to dislodge it from its

Kottayam, town, southern Kerala state, southwestern India. It is situated near Vembanad Lake at the mouth of the Minachil River, south-southeast of Kochi (Cochin). The town is a centre of the Syrian Christian community, which traces its origin to the apostle St. Thomas, who is believed to have

Cottbus, city, Brandenburg Land (state), eastern Germany. It lies on the Spree River, at the southeastern edge of the Spree Forest, near the German border with Poland. First mentioned in 1156 and chartered in the early 13th century, Cottbus became an exclave of Brandenburg in 1445–55 in

Kotte, Sinhalese kingdom that flourished in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) during the 15th century. Its king, Parākramabāhu VI (1412–67), was the last native sovereign to unify all of Ceylon under one rule. By 1450, Parākramabāhu VI had, with his conquest of the kingdom of Jaffna in northern Ceylon, unified

Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, city and legislative capital of Sri Lanka. It is located in the southwestern part of the country, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the commercial capital of Colombo, of which it was once a suburb. An urban council governs Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte and the neighbouring

Kotto River, river rising on the border between the Central African Republic and South Sudan in north-central Africa. It flows 400 miles (640 km) south, southwest, and south again past Bria, Central African Republic, to join the Ubangi River 60 miles (100 km) east of Mobaye. The river separates the

Alien: Plot and characters: Alien, set in the year 2122 ce, tells the story of the deep-space commercial mining ship Nostromo. The ship is on its way back to Earth, carrying a load of extraterrestrial ore, when its crew…

metrētēs: …smallest capacity unit was the kotyle (16.5 cubic inches; 0.475 pint; 270 cubic cm), the metrētēs equaled 144 kotyle, or 12 khous, or 2 xestes. Reconstructed earthenware cylinders excavated in the Acropolis in Athens furnish the oldest known evidence of the Greek system of liquid measurement.

Kotzebue, city, northwestern Alaska, U.S. Lying 550 miles (885 km) northwest of Anchorage, it is situated at the northwestern end of Baldwin Peninsula, on Kotzebue Sound. The area, which was a trading centre for a number of widely scattered Arctic villages, has long been inhabited by Inupiat

Otto von Kotzebue: …coast, and discovered and named Kotzebue Sound, off western Alaska, as well as several islands in the Society and Marshall groups in the Pacific.

August von Kotzebue was a German playwright widely influential in popularizing poetic drama, into which he instilled melodramatic sensationalism and sentimental philosophizing. Kotzebue’s first comedy, written while he was a law student at Jena, gave him entrée into court literary circles in

Otto von Kotzebue was a Russian naval officer who completed three circumnavigations of the Earth, charted much of the Alaskan coast, and discovered and named Kotzebue Sound, off western Alaska, as well as several islands in the Society and Marshall groups in the Pacific. A son of the dramatist

Leopold Koželuch was a Czech composer of ballets, operas, and symphonies. Koželuch studied composition in Prague with his uncle Jan Koželuch and piano with F. Dussek and became known as a composer of ballets in the 1770s. In 1778 he went to Vienna, where he became a fashionable piano teacher.

Kou Qianzhi was a Daoist religious leader who organized many of the ceremonies and rites of the Tianshidao (“Way of the Celestial Masters”) movement and reformulated its theology. His influence was such that he had Daoism established as the official state religion of the Northern Wei dynasty

al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: …soon revealed that Said and Cherif Kouachi, the two brothers suspected of carrying out the Charlie Hebdo attack, had ties to militant groups and that Said, the older brother, had traveled to Yemen to meet with members of AQAP and possibly to receive training. On January 14 AQAP formally claimed…

al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: …emerging information soon revealed that Said and Cherif Kouachi, the two brothers suspected of carrying out the Charlie Hebdo attack, had ties to militant groups and that Said, the older brother, had traveled to Yemen to meet with members of AQAP and possibly to receive training. On January 14 AQAP…

Leizhou Peninsula: Usually referred to as Kwangchowan, it was called Kouang-Tchéou-Wan by the French. Its capital was at Zhanjiang, renamed Fort Bayard by the French. Occupied by the Japanese in World War II, it was returned to China by France in 1946.

Natalie Nougayrède: …pointed questioning of Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.

Josef Koudelka is a Czech-born French photographer known best for his black-and-white images of Europe’s itinerant Roma people. Koudelka graduated from the Czech Technical University in Prague in 1961 with a degree in aeronautical engineering. He pursued a career in engineering but was also an

Koudougou, town, central Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), western Africa. It lies on the railway between Ouagadougou and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, which gives landlocked Burkina Faso access to the coast. There is some peanut (groundnut), tobacco, and cotton production in the area, and the town

Sandy Koufax is an American professional baseball player who, despite his early retirement due to arthritis, is ranked among the sport’s greatest pitchers. A left-hander, he pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League (NL) from 1955 to 1957, continuing, after they became the Los Angeles

Sandy Koufax is an American professional baseball player who, despite his early retirement due to arthritis, is ranked among the sport’s greatest pitchers. A left-hander, he pitched for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League (NL) from 1955 to 1957, continuing, after they became the Los Angeles

Kouilou River, stream in western Congo (Brazzaville), formed at Makabana by the confluence of the Niari and Louesse rivers and flowing west to empty into the Atlantic Ocean near Kayes, northwest of Pointe-Noire. It is navigable for about 40 miles (65 km) below Kakamoéka and is also used to float

Kula carpet, floor covering handwoven in Kula, a town east of İzmir, in western Turkey. Kula prayer rugs were produced throughout the 19th century and into the 20th and have been favourites among collectors. Usually the arch (to indicate the direction of Mecca, the holy city) is low and

Koulikoro, town, southwestern Mali. Situated about 35 miles (55 km) northeast of Bamako, the national capital, the town serves as a centre of transportation. It is the upper river terminus for large boats on the 1,000-mile (1,600-km) navigable section of the middle Niger River and the last stop on

Libya: Ethnic groups and languages: The Koulouglis are descended from the Janissaries (elite Turkish soldiers who ruled Libya following the Ottoman conquest) and the Amazigh and Christian slave women with whom they intermarried. They have served since Ottoman times as a scribal class and are concentrated in and around villages and…

Koulountou River, chief tributary of the Gambia River, rising in the Fouta Djallon region of Guinea. It flows 140 miles (225 km) northward to join the Gambia above Barra Kunda Falls and the Gambia

WhatsApp: …2009 by Brian Acton and Jan Koum. Koum, a Ukrainian immigrant who had just begun attending classes at San Jose State University, and Acton, a Stanford-educated programmer, met while Acton was working for Internet pioneer Yahoo! in 1997. Koum was soon offered a job with the Mountain View, California-based company,…

Kumba, town located in southwestern Cameroon. It is situated about 40 miles (65 km) north-northwest of Doula. Kumba is an important regional transportation centre, connected by railway to Douala and by roads to Buea (south), Mamfe (north), Bafang (northeast), and Douala. Kumba is also a trade

Kumbi, last of the capitals of ancient Ghana, a great trading empire that flourished in western Africa from the 9th through the 13th century. Situated about 200 miles (322 km) north of modern Bamako, Mali, Kumbi at the height of its prosperity, before 1240, was the greatest city of western Africa

Khalkha: …mare’s milk, or airag, called kumys in Russian (koumiss).

Aléxandros Koumoundhoúros was a politician who was nine times prime minister of Greece between 1865 and 1882. He was known for his strong anti-Turkish policies. A native of the Peloponnese (Modern Greek: Pelopónnisos), Koumoundhoúros fought in the Cretan insurrection against the Turks (1841) and

Koundara, town, northwestern Guinea, on the road from Labé to Senegal and at the intersection of roads from Youkounkoun and Guinea-Bissau. It has replaced Youkounkoun, 15 miles (24 km) northeast, as the chief trading centre for cattle, chickens, rice, peanuts (groundnuts), millet, and corn (maize).

H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), uncrewed Japanese spacecraft that carries supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). The first HTV was launched from the Tanegashima Space Centre on Tanegashima Island, Kagoshima prefecture, on September 11, 2009. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched

Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara: …later became aide-de-camp to President Seyni Kountché. Extremely loyal to the president, Maïnassara was appointed commander of the Presidential Guard in 1976 and in 1978 was given charge of the army’s prestigious airborne regiment. He held a series of overseas posts, including military attaché to the Nigerois embassy in Paris…

War of Greek Independence: …guerrilla leader Theódoros Kolokotrónis and Geórgios Kountouriótis, who was head of the government that had been formed in January 1822 but that was forced to flee to the island of Hydra (Ýdra) in December 1822. After a second civil war (1824), Kountouriótis was firmly established as leader, but his government…

kouprey, (Bos sauveli), elusive wild ox (tribe Bovini, family Bovidae) of Indochina and one of the world’s most endangered large mammals, if it is not already extinct. Unknown to science until 1937, the kouprey was rare even then: no more than an estimated 2,000 existed in eastern Thailand,

Apaturia: …day was probably the third, Koureotis, when children born since the last festival were presented by their fathers or guardians; after an oath had been taken as to their legitimacy, their names were inscribed in the register.

Cyprus: Greek immigration: …ancient Greek kingdoms on Cyprus: Curium (Greek: Kourion), Paphos, Marion, Soli (Greek: Soloi), Lapithos, and Salamis. About 800 bce a Phoenician colony was founded at Citium (Greek: Kition), near modern Larnaca