A Northern Berber language of the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic language family, spoken by over 3,000,000 people in Algeria; native name Taqbaylit.
kabylština
Kadiivka
/kəˈdiːjɪvkə/, /kəˈdiːvkə/
pronoun
A city, the administrative centre of Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1814, controlled by the Luhansk People’s Republic since 2014.
Marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity.
kafkovský
Kagoshima
pronoun
The capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kagošima
Kaiser
/ˈkaɪzə(ɹ)/, /ˈkaɪzɚ/
noun
An emperor of a German-speaking country, particularly the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806), the Austrian Empire/Austria-Hungary (1806–1918), or the German Empire (1871–1918) — often specifically Wilhelm II.
císař
Kaiser roll
noun
A typically crusty round bread roll supposedly invented in Vienna, made from flour, barm, malt, water, and salt, and whose characteristic feature is a five-spoked propeller- or pinwheel-like star on its obverse.
kaiserka
Kalash
noun
A Dardic indigenous group residing in the Chitral District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. They speak the Kalasha language.
Kalašové
Kalashnikov
/-ˌkɑf/, /-ˌkɒf/, /kəˈlæʃ.nɪˌkɒv/, /kəˈlæʃnəˌkɑv/
pronoun
A particular model of Russian assault rifle.
kalašnikov
Kali
/ˈkæli/, /ˈkɑːli/
pronoun
(Hinduism) A male demon, lord of Kali Yuga and the nemesis of Kalki, tenth avatar of Vishnu.
Kálí
Kaliningrad
/kəˈlinɪnɡræd/, /kəˈliːnɪnɡrad/
pronoun
A city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, formerly called Königsberg.
Kaliningrad
Královec
Kalmyk
pronoun
A Mongolic language, spoken in and around Kalmykia in Russia.
kalmyčtina
Kalmykia
pronoun
A republic and federal subject in southwestern Russia. Capital: Elista.
Kalmycko
Kamchatka
pronoun
A long peninsula forming part of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk.
Kamčatka
Kamianets-Podilskyi
pronoun
A city and raion of Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in western Ukraine.
Kamenec Podolský
Kampala
/kæmˈpɑːlə/, /kɑːmˈpɑːlə/
pronoun
The capital of, and largest city in, Uganda.
Kampala
Kampuchea
/kæmpəˈt͡ʃiːə/
pronoun
(historical) Former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989.
Kampučia
Kangchenjunga
/-ˈd͡ʒʊŋ-/, /ˌkʌn-/, /ˌkʌŋt͡ʃənˈd͡ʒʌŋɡə/
pronoun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
Kančendženga
Kančendžanga
Kannada
/ˈkænədə/, /ˈkɑːnədə/, /ˈkʌn.(n)ə.də/
noun
The Dravidian language that is the official language of the state of Karnataka, India.
kannadština
Kansas
/ˈkænzəs/
pronoun
A state of the midwest United States. Capital: Topeka. Largest city: Wichita.
Kansas
Kantian
adjective
(philosophy) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the philosophical views of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
kantovský
Kantian
noun
(philosophy) A person who subscribes to philosophical views associated with Immanuel Kant.
kantovec
Kaohsiung
/ˌkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/, /ˌɡaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/
pronoun
A city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.
Kao-siung
Karabakh
/kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/
pronoun
A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik.
Karabach
Karachi
/kəˈrɑːt͡ʃi/
pronoun
The largest city in Pakistan situated along the Arabian Sea, as well as the provincial capital of Sindh Province.
Karáčí
Karakalpak
/ˌkæɹəˈkælpæk/
pronoun
A Turkic language of Uzbekistan and neighboring countries.
A mountain range located in Gilgit, Ladakh and Baltistan, containing more than sixty peaks above 7,000 m (22,960 ft), including K2, the second highest peak in the world.
Karákoram
Karákóram
Karawanks
pronoun
Karavanky
Karelia
/kəˈɹiːljə/, /kəˈɹiːlɪə/
pronoun
A historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland.
A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Karelia. Capital: Petrozavodsk.
Karélie
Karelian
pronoun
A language closely related to Finnish, spoken in Karelia, Russia and Finland.
karelština
Karlovac
pronoun
A city and municipality, the administrative center of Karlovac County, in central Croatia.
Karlovac
Karnataka
/kɑːɹˈnɑːtəkə/, /kəɹˈnɑːtəkə/
pronoun
A state in southern India. Capital: Bangalore.
Karnátaka
Karviná
pronoun
A city and district (Karviná District) in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic.
Karviná
Kashgar
pronoun
A county-level city of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Kašgar
Kashmir
/kæʃˈmiɹ/, /kæʒˈmiɹ/, /ˈkæʃ.miɹ/, /ˈkæʒ.miɹ/
pronoun
A contested geographic region of South Asia in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, located between (and de facto divided between) India, Pakistan and China.
A country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan.
Kazachstán
Kazan
pronoun
The capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia.
Kazaň
kabana
noun
kabanos
kabuki
/kəˈbuːki/, /kəˈbuːkiː/
noun
(often, capitalized) A form of Japanese theatre in which elaborately costumed male performers use stylized movements, dances, and songs in order to enact tragedies and comedies.
kabuki
kaddish
/ˈkædɪʃ/, /ˈkɑdɪʃ/
noun
(Judaism) A Jewish prayer of praise to God recited during services, and specifically when mourning the death of a close relative.
kadiš
kafir
/ˈkæfə/, /ˈkæfɚ/
noun
(Islam, countable, offensive, religious slur, political) A disbeliever, a denier: someone who rejects or disbelieves in Allah or the tenets of Islam; or more broadly any non-Muslim.
káfir
kaftan
/ˈkæf.tæn/, /ˈkæf.tən/
noun
A long tunic worn in the Eastern Mediterranean.
kaftan
kaki
/ˈkæki/, /ˈkɑːki/
noun
A persimmon, specifically a Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki).
kaki
kalach
noun
Traditional East Slavic bread shaped like a padlock or various kinds of wheels. Other Slavic nations have similar but not identical types of pastry, e.g. Czech or Slovak koláč/koláč, Polish kołacz, Bulgarian колач, Serbo-Croatian колач/kolač, etc.
koláč
kalanchoe
/-æn-/, /kəˈlɑn.koʊ.eɪ/, /ˌkæl.ənˈkoʊ.ɪ/
noun
kolopejka
kale
/keɪl/, /kæɪl/
noun
An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)
kadeřávek
kapusta kadeřavá
kaleidoscope
/kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskoʊp/, /kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskəʊp/
noun
An instrument consisting of a tube containing mirrors and loose, colourful beads or other objects; when the tube is looked into and rotated, a succession of symmetrical designs can be seen. [from 1817]
kaleidoskop
krasohled
kana
/ˈkɑːnə/, /[ˈkʰɑːnə]/
noun
The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
kana
kangaroo
/kəŋˈɡɑru/, /ˈkaŋɡəru/, /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹuː/
noun
A member of the Macropodidae family of large marsupials with strong hind legs for hopping, native to Australia. [from 18th c.]
klokan
kanji
/ˈkaːnd͡ʒi/, /ˈkænd͡ʒi/, /ˈkɑnd͡ʒi/
noun
Any individual Chinese character as used in the Japanese language.
kandži
kaolin
/ˈkeɪ.ə.lɪn/
noun
A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, paper-making, etc.
kaolin
kaolín
kaolinite
noun
(mineral) A common hydrous aluminosilicate mineral found in sediments, soils and sedimentary rocks, Al2Si2O5(OH)4; one of the kaolin group of minerals.
(uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
karaoke
karate
/kəˈrɑt̪e/, /kəˈɹɑ.ti/, /kəˈɹɑː.teɪ/, /kəˈɹɑː.ti/
noun
An Okinawan martial art involving primarily punching and kicking, but additionally, advanced throws, arm bars, grappling and all means of fighting.
(Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
karma
A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
osud
karmic
/ˈkɑɹmɪk/
adjective
Of or pertaining to karma.
karmický
karst
/kɑɹst/, /kɑːst/
noun
(geology) A type of land formation, usually with many caves formed through the dissolving of limestone by underground drainage.
kras
karyotype
/ˈkaɹɪə(ʊ)taɪp/
noun
(genetics) The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species.
karyotyp
kasha
/ˈkɑʃə/
noun
A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
kaše
katakana
/ˌkætəˈkænə/, /ˌkætəˈkɑːnə/, /ˌkɑtəˈkɑːnə/
noun
(uncountable) A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.
katakana
katal
noun
(chemistry) In the International System of Units, the derived unit of catalytic activity; one mole per second. Symbol: kat.
katal
kava
/kɑː.və/
noun
A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum.
An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
kava
kayak
/ˈkaɪˌæk/
noun
A type of small boat, covered over by a surface deck, powered by the occupant or occupants using a double-bladed paddle in a sitting position, from a hole in the surface deck.