Israeli-born psychologist, corecipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2002 for his integration of psychological research into economic science. His pioneering work examined human judgment and decision making under uncertainty. Kahneman shared the award with American economist Vernon L. ...
volcanic island, Maui county, Hawaii, U.S. It lies 6 miles (10 km) off the southwestern shore of Maui island, from which it is separated by the Alalakeiki Channel. It is 45 square miles (117 square km) in area (the smallest ...
(knight of ) conservative monarchist politician who served briefly as prime minister and then was virtual dictator of Bavaria during the anti-leftist reaction of the early 1920s.
city, southern Turkey, at the edge of a fertile plain below Ahir Mountain, east-northeast of Adana. The city is near the southern outlet of three important passes through the Taurus Mountains (from Goksun, Elbistan, and Malatya).
city, Maui county, on the northern coast of Maui island, Hawaii, U.S. Situated on Kahului Bay, it lies 2 miles (3 km) east of Wailuku. Beginning in the late 19th century, the area became a centre for sugar and pineapple ...
ancient Egyptian town, its site lying in modern al-Fayyum muhafazah (governorate). It was erected for the overseers and workmen employed in constructing the Pyramid of Illahun, built by Sesostris II (reigned 1844-37 BC), and it was abandoned when the pyramid ...
island group of the southeastern Moluccas, lying west of the Aru Islands and southeast of Seram, in the Banda Sea. The group, which forms part of Maluku provinsi (province), Indonesia, includes the Kai Besar (Great Kai), Kai ...
philosopher, travel writer, and pioneer botanist of the early Tokugawa period (1603-1867) who set forth the Confucian doctrines in simple language that could be understood by Japanese of all classes. He was the first to apply Confucian ethics to women ...
Mongol khan (reigned 1269-1301), the great-grandson of Genghis Khan, grandson of Ogodei, and a leader of the opposition to Kublai Khan's rule over the Mongol empire. Kaidu controlled Turkistan and, for a time, much of Mongolia proper, including Karakorum, the ...
cataract on the Potaro River, west-central Guyana. After a sheer drop of 741 feet (226 m) over the edge of a sandstone plateau, the falls have eroded a gorge, 5 miles (8 km) long, that descends another 81 feet (25 ...
twin mountain chains, South Island, New Zealand, paralleling the island's northeastern coast for 60 miles (100 km). The name, meaning "to eat crayfish," has its origin in Maori myth. The Inland Kaikouras rise to 9,465 feet (2,885 m) at Tapuaenuku, ...
one of the highest and most rugged parts of the Himalayan Mountain system, located in the southwestern part of the Tibet autonomous ch'u (region), China. The range has a roughly northwest-to-southeast axis and lies to the north of a trough ...
resort area, Hawaii county, on the west-central coast of Hawaii island, Hawaii, U.S. The western coast of the island of Hawaii is known as Kona, and Kailua is its largest town, hence the name Kailua-Kona for the entire region.
twin residential communities, southeastern Oahu island, Hawaii, U.S. Extending along Kailua Bay, they lie 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Honolulu and just south of Kaneohe. According to Hawaiian legend, the mountainous area surrounding Kailua was formed from a giant ...
late 19th-century movement in Scottish fiction characterized by a sentimental idealization of humble village life. Its name derives from the Scottish "kail-yard," a small cabbage patch usually adjacent to a cottage. The Kailyard novels of prominent writers such as Sir ...
city, Wakayama ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on Wakanoura Bay. It was formed in 1934 with the merger of the towns of Kuroe, Hiigata, and Uchiumi. The city has been known since the Tokugawa period for its Kuroe-nuri lacquerware and the ...
a naturally occurring double salt, hydrated potassium and magnesium sulfate-chloride, KMgSO4Cl·3H2O. It has been found only in potash deposits with other salts as a product of metamorphism. It is the principal constituent of the large salt deposits in middle and ...
reservoir on the Niger River, on the border between Niger and Kebbi states, in western Nigeria. It was created in 1968 by the construction of the Kainji Dam and covers an area of 500 square miles (1,300 square km); it ...
inlet of the Tasman Sea indenting northwestern North Island, New Zealand. It is the largest drowned river system of the North Auckland Peninsula and was formed when the sea flooded the lower valleys of the Wairoa, Kaipara, Hoteo, and other ...
city, Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), southwestern Germany. It lies between the Haardt Mountains (Pfalzer Wald) and the Saar-Nahe-Bergland (Nordpfalzer Bergland), northeast of Saarbrucken. It is surrounded by the Pfalzer Wald Nature Park. A royal residence existed there in ...
a leading Japanese political party from its founding in 1882 by the democratic leader Okuma Shigenobu until its merger with several smaller parties in 1896. It generally represented the urban elite of intellectuals, industrialists, and merchants. Its platform, like that ...
in Chinese calligraphy, a stylization of chancery script developed during the period of the Three Kingdoms and Western Jin (220-316/317) that simplified the lishu script into a more fluent and easily written form. Characterized by clear-cut corners ...
town, Northland local government region, northern North Island, New Zealand. It lies 4.5 miles (7 km) above the mouth of the Awanui River, on the North Auckland Peninsula. In 1833 W.G. Puckey of the Church Missionary Society established a station ...
town, Otago local government region, southeastern South Island, New Zealand. It lies 4 miles (6 km) above the mouth of the Matau, a branch of the Clutha River. First settled in 1855, it was linked to the main railway line ...
city, north-central Haryana state, northwestern India. Said to have been founded by Yudhisthira, a Pandava king in the ancient epic poem the Mahabharata, Kaithal was later a Muslim cultural centre. Of historical interest are the large bathing tank (reservoir) and ...
town, southwestern Kenya, located at an elevation of about 5,100 feet (1,550 metres). The British developed Kakamega for defensive purposes in 1903, and by 1920 it had become the district headquarters. The discovery of gold in 1931 brought an influx ...
giant flightless nocturnal parrot (family Psittacidae) of New Zealand. With a face like an owl, a posture like a penguin, and a walk like a duck, the extraordinarily tame and gentle kakapo is one of strangest and rarest birds on ...
city, western Liberia, on the road from Monrovia to Gbarnga. It is the site of the Booker Washington Institute (1929; Liberia's first vocational and agricultural school), the Kakata Rural Teacher Training Institute, and several church secondary schools. Rubber production, diamond ...
Japanese porcelain made primarily during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) by the Sakaida family, who established kilns at Arita, near the port of Imari in the province of Hizen (now in Saga prefecture). Typical dishes, bowls, and vases have octagonal, hexagonal, ...
city, northeastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. Although a seaport, it is now little used because the anchorage is 5 to 6 miles (8 to 10 km) offshore. Because it is situated in a shifting deltaic region, the port has ...
city in Hyogo ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It lies in the lower valley of the Kako River. A prosperous river port during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867), it was industrialized after the opening of the Sanyo Line (railway; 1888) and the ...
former African state, founded about the 15th century on the Atlantic coast between the kingdoms of Loango (north) and Ngoy (south). It extended from what is now central Cabinda eastward into Congo (Kinshasa). The main town was Malemba, a port ...
(Japanese: "Hidden Christians"), descendants of the first Japanese converts to Christianity who, driven underground by 1650, managed to maintain their faith in secret for more than two centuries. See Kirishitan.
(Sanskrit: "Wheel of Time Tantra"), chief text of a divergent, syncretistic, and astrologically oriented school of Tantric Buddhism that arose in northwestern India in the 10th century. The work represents the final phase of Tantric Buddhism in India, just prior ...
