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   Kanarese
         n 1: a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living
               chiefly in Kanara in southern India [syn: {Kanarese},
               {Canarese}]
         2: a Dravidian language spoken in southern India [syn:
            {Kannada}, {Kanarese}]

English Dictionary: Khmer Rouge by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ken Russell
n
  1. English film director (born in 1927) [syn: Russell, {Ken Russell}, Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Khmer Rouge
n
  1. a communist organization formed in Cambodia in 1970; became a terrorist organization in 1975 when it captured Phnom Penh and created a government that killed an estimated three million people; was defeated by Vietnamese troops but remained active until 1999
    Synonym(s): Khmer Rouge, KR, Party of Democratic Kampuchea, Communist Party of Kampuchea
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Knee \Knee\, n. [OE. kne, cneo, As. cne[a2], cne[a2]w; akin to
      OS. knio, kneo, OFries. kn[c6], G. & D. knie, OHG. chniu,
      chneo, Icel. kn[?], Sw. kn[84],Dan. kn[91], Goth. kniu, L.
      genu, Gr. [?], Skr. j[be]nu, [?] Cf. {Genuflection}.]
      1. In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.
  
      2. (Anat.)
            (a) The joint, or region of the joint, between the thigh
                  and leg.
            (b) In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint,
                  corresponding to the wrist in man.
  
      3. (Mech. & Shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed
            with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when
            bent.
  
      4. A bending of the knee, as in respect or courtesy.
  
                     Give them title, knee, and approbation. --Shak.
  
      {Knee breeches}. See under {Breeches}.
  
      {Knee holly}, {Knee holm} (Bot.), butcher's broom.
  
      {Knee jerk} (Physiol.) a jerk or kick produced by a blow or
            sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which
            causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; one
            of the so-called tendon reflexes.
  
      {Knee joint}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Knee timber}, timber with knees or angles in it.
  
      {Knee tribute}, or {Knee worship}, tribute paid by kneeling;
            worship by genuflection. [Obs.] [bd]Knee tribute yet
            unpaid.[b8] --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Kymric \Kym"ric\, a & n.
      See {Cymric}, a. & n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cymric \Cym"ric\ (k?m"r?k), a. [W. Cymru Wales.]
      Welsh. -- n. The Welsh language. [Written also {Kymric}.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kenhorst, PA (borough, FIPS 39256)
      Location: 40.30673 N, 75.94412 W
      Population (1990): 2918 (1286 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Kinross, IA (city, FIPS 41475)
      Location: 41.45941 N, 91.98721 W
      Population (1990): 89 (38 housing units)
      Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 52250
   Kinross, MI
      Zip code(s): 49752
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