Kwalhiokwa
a tribe of North American Indians of the Athabascan stock, formerly living on Willopah river, Washington, near the Lower Chinook Indians.
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Single-source entries: K (43)
These 9 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Kwalhiokwa, Kwangsi, Kwangtung.
Kwan-Yin
a divinity of the Buddhists, regarded as the pitying god.
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Kwangsi
a province of China; mountainous, and watered by the numerous branches of the Tao or Sikiang. Rice is largely grown, and gold, silver, and mercury are mined. Area, 78,250 square miles; pop. about 5,400,000.
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Kwangtung
the most S. province of China, bordering on the Gulf of Tonkin and the China Sea. The N. part is mountainous, but the S. region is about the most fertile in China. It includes Hainan and a number of smaller islands along the coast. The capital is Canton; area, 79,456 square miles; pop. about 24,000,000.
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Kwapa
or QUAPAW, a tribe of the Dhegiha division of North American In. dians. They gave themselves the name of Ukaqpa, meaning "those who went down stream." Their total number is about 232; some of them live in the Indian Territory and others are in Oklahoma. The Kwapa were called Akansa by the Illinois, from which comes the name Arkansas.
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Kweichau
a province of China. It is rough and mountainous, produces rice, tobacco, and timber, and has mines of copper, iron, lead, and mercury. Area, 64,554 square miles; pop. about 10,000,000.
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Kweiyangfu
capital of the Chinese province of Kweichau. Although the smallest of the capitals of China it is beautifully situated among the hills, the summits of which are frequently adorned by marble temples. The city itself is surrounded by walls of white marble. It is one of the most prosperous of the inland Chinese towns.
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Kyanite
a mineral composed of silicate of alumina. It occurs in long prismatic crystals belonging to the triclinic system. The mineral is sometimes colorless, but is usually pale blue, or pale blue mixed with white. It is transparent or translucent, but sometimes opaque, owing to the presence of impurities.
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Kyanize
a process to prevent the decay of wood, cordage, or canvas, by saturating it with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks or under pressure.
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