Kami
in Japanese mythology, the name of certain spirits or divinities. The kami are believed to be vini partly elemental, subordinate to the deities of the sun and moon, and partly the spirits of men-in fact, every natural agent and phenomenon is supposed to have its own spirit or genius. The number of these kami at the present day is estimated at 3,000, and they are worshipped in temples without statues or images. Each kami is represented by a mirror, as the emblem of purity; and all the rites and ceremonies seem to be typical of purification. The priests who superintend the worship of these temples are called kannushi, or the ministers of the spirits.
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Kampen
town of a Holland; near the mouth of the Yssel; reached lat 5% miles N. W. of Zwolle. It was formever attained erly a Hanse town. The church of St. ing vessel. Nicholas is one of the finest mediæval ing this churches in the country. The inhabitants are engaged in in that he died shipbuilding, commerce, fishing, and tobacco manufacture. had gone reached lat Kampen is the Gotham of the Dutch. He was the ver attaine Grinnell Pop. about 20,000. og vessel. John Franklin ag this seco
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Kan-Kiang
a river of China, which traverses the province Kiang -si from S. to N., and after a course of 350 miles, flows into the Yang-tse-Kiang.
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Kanagawa
a seaport of at he died Japan, on the W. shore of Tokyo Bay, ad gone to KANEM the first Japanese port opened to foreign trade in 1859; pop. about 20,000. tral Africa, was the a innell Ex now belonging in Frankli independent State.
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Kanakas
the native in- Grinnell habitants of the Sandwich Islands; in KANGAROO New Caledonia and the New Hebrides KANEM and specially the name is applied to all the native Africa, N laborers, without distinction of origin. belonging known of pendent Su sailors of
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Kandahar
or CANDAHAR (känthe coast ANGAROO da-här), the capital of Central or Southgreat kangaroo specially th ern Afghanistan; 3,484 feet above seaa huge tail eus. This level. Kandahar is well watered by two n of the t canals drawn from a neighboring river, table feeder s of Capta which send to almost every street its crops of the oast of N own adequate supply; and the same parts of kangaroo h means of irrigation have covered the imge tail, sh mediate vicinity with gardens and ormethod of the height chards. Kandahar is a commercial cengreat leaps Feeder, anu ter, trading with Bombay, Herat, Bokwhen infuriated of the settle hara, and Samarcand. It has been a versary it of Austra pivot for the history of that part of Asia hug him like it is muc during more than 2,000 years. It is supclaws of of progre posed to have been founded by Alexanspecies exist eaps, 10 to der the Great. Mahmud of Ghazni turatt is furiated it wrested it from the Afghans. In the rock kangaroo war of 1878-1880 the British entered kangaroo, like a bear Kandahar unopposed, and they held the garoo, M. its hind city till 1881, some months after they had kangaroo, exist. The evacuated the rest of Afghanistan. Pop. tree kangaroo M. lep between 50,000 and 100,000. garoo, M. KANGAROO
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Kandavu
one of the Fiji Islands. teemed M. rufu agilis; th
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Kane
ELISHA KENT, Amermainly to an Juere, A. ican explorer; born in Philadelphia, Pa., 8.0 teemed fo 8,069 square Feb. 3, 1820; was graduated at the Medi- About a cal Department of the University of large tracts Pennsylvania in 1842; joined the United The inhabitants (kün'gri) the P States navy as assistant surgeon in complexioned Himalay 1843; accompanied the Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin in miles; po 1850-1852. His fame as an Arctic exis under
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Kane (Borough of Pennsylvania)
a borough of Pennsylvania, in grows to a M. peni McKean co., on the Pennsylvania, the the fodder Too, Dendr Baltimore and Ohio, and the Kane and fords abundant Elk railroads. Its elevated site and ished by 300 GRA beautiful surroundings make it an at- Anthistiria der grass tractive health resort. It has the Kane with an beigat mu Summit Hospital. Its industries include the most grasses of glass works, bottle wo works, lumber mills, India. ant herbags etc. Pop. (1910) 6,626; (1920) 7,283. tle. The Hindustan, and bas c
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Kane, Elisha Kent
Elisha Kent (1820-1857), an Arctic explorer. He was a native of Philadelphia, a graduate of the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania. He held various government appointments as a surgeon, including that to the American Embassy to China, and was enabled to see much of the world. In 1850 he was made senior surgeon to the expedition sent out to search for Sir John Franklin. On his return, he published an interesting account of The United States Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Personal Narrative. In 1853 he returned to the Baffin's Bay country. His ship became entangled in the ice north of Smith's Strait in latitude 78 deg. 43', and was frozen in for twenty-one months. Dr. Kane then abandoned the ship and set out with his companions for the Danish settlements of Greenland 1300 miles distant. This he accomplished by boats and sledges in the short space of ten weeks, with the loss of but one man. The Second Grinnell Expedition is a popular account of the perils and privations undergone by the party. See Arctic Regions
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Kanizsa
free town, Hungary, situated 136 miles S. W. of Budapest. The citizens are mostly Magyars and in religion the Roman Catholic church prevails . A Piarist and Franciscan cloister are located here. The town has a considerable trade in live stock and agricultural products. Pop. about 27,500.
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Kankakee
a city and county-seat of Kankakee co., Ill.; on the Kankakee river, and the Illinois Central and other railroads; 56 miles S. W. of Chicago. It is an important railroad junction and trade center, is located in the Gary steel
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Kansas City (Countyseat of Wyandotte co Kan)
a city and countyseat of Wyandotte co., Kan.; at the juncseat of the misturandan and on the Missouri Pacific, the Union Pacific, and the Chicago Great Western railroads; opposite Kansas City, Mo., with which it has many business interests in common, especially the meat-packing industry. The two cities constitute the second largest livestock and meatpacking place in the United States. The city has also an extensive grain and flour trade, many elevators, large smelting and refining works, the shops of the Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific, and Rock Island railroads, iron and steel works and foundries. There is a fine system of parks and boulevards. There are trolley lines to Kansas City, Mo., Topeka, and Leavenworth, bridges ges across the Kansas river within the city limits, electric and cable street railroads, a system of water-works supplied from the Missouri river, National and State banks. The city contains the State ity conta stitution for the Blind, the Kansas University, Western University tern of Medicine and Surgery, and End Surger and St. Margaret's Hospitals. Igaret B (1910) 82, 331; (1920) 101,078. 1; (1920)
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