Kasanlik
town of Eastern of Eas a Rumelia, at the foot of the Balkans, five miles from the S. the College Bourbon. Among his Balkans, end of the Shipka Pass, and 87 miles novels were "The Shortest Way" (1836 the Shipka P N. W. of Adrianople. It manufactures ); "Genevieve" (1838); "Clotilde" (1839 rianople. attar of roses. ); "A Journey Arou Around My Garden" (1846 oses. Its capt by the Russians Jan. 7, 1878, led to the Its capture surrender ). "Woman" (1853) was a study of 878, led to of the Turkish defenders of the Shipka Pass morals. One of his most characteristic defenders . Pop. about 25,000. efforts was the series of about 26,000 papers called "Les Guêpes," anecdotic, critical, witty,
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Kaschau
of the satirical, caustic, in fact well-nigh unique. one of oldest and handsomest towns of Hunone gary; in the valley He died in St. Raphael of Hernad, 130 miles N. E. of Budapest. The cathedral of , Var, Sept. 29, 1890. His d, 180 m² St. daughter, THERESE KARR (born 1835), edral of Gothic edifice in Hungary. The town Elizabeth (built 1270-1468) is the finest is the fin published tales and historical books. ary. The to ranks as the provincial capital
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Kashan
one of the most flourishing towns of Persia, 3,690 feet above sea-level, and 92 miles N. of Ispahan. The vicinity is celebrated for its fruit, particularly melons and pears, and the town for its extensive manufactures of silk-stuffs, gold brocade, glazed tiles , carpets, and copperwares. It abounds, like all Persian towns, in mosques, bazars, and baths. Pop. between 30,000 and 40,000.
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Kashgar
the capital of Eastern Turkestan, Chinese empire; on a fertile and well-watered plain, 4,043 feet above sea-level; between the old city and the new (1838, containing the palace of the Chinese governor of eastern Turkestan). It is important commercially and strategically; in 1759 it was conquered by the Chinese, who held it with short intervals till 1863, when Yakub Beg made it his capital, the Chinese again obtaining possession of it in 1877. Pop. between 60,000 and 70,000.
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Kashkar
a large species of sheep inhabiting the lofty plateaus of central Asia. The male has very large horns bent circularly, while the female has horns resembling those of a goat.
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Kashmir
or CASHMERE GOAT, a variety of the common goat remarkable for its fine downy fleece, said to be found in perfection only in Tibet in the neighborhood of Lhassa, but also found in other parts of this region, including Ladakh, now a province of Kashmir. A full-grown goat yields not more than eight ounces, the fine curled wool being close to the skin. river of
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Kaskaskia
a Illinois, rising in the E. center of the State, flowing S. W., and entering the Mississippi at Chester; length, nearly 300 miles. On its right bank, a few miles from the mouth, is the city of Kaskaskia . the first capital of Illinois Territory .
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Kaskaskia
FORT, an ancient and Revolutionary fort on the site of the present city of Kaskaskia, Ill.
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Kassai
a river of Central Africa, a tributary of the Kongo , which it joins on the S. bank a few miles above Stanley Pool; has 800 miles of unbroken steam navigation, and pours into the Kongo with a stream of 5 miles an hour , 2 miles wide and no soundings at 120 feet deep. It was explored by Dr. Wolf in 1885-1886.
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Kassala
a fortified town, formerly the capital of the Nubian district of et of Kas miles; Asia Minor Manufac c. Here i Comneni of Cutel 20,569 000. The of -love Taka, on a tributary of the Atbara, 260 scene of the "Lady of the Lake." Scott was miles S. of Suakim. It was formerly the most of the Lake," often here during 1790-1809 important commercial center between ing 1790-1809, was Wordsworth with his sister Dorothy , as also in the Nile and Abyssinia. Pop. about 1805. 10,000.
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Kassimov
2026 Editor's Note: This page uses language about race that was commonplace when the book was published and is offensive by today's standards. The text has been left exactly as it was printed, rather than cut or softened, so that the historical record — including how ordinary such language once was — is preserved. (Ed: ET 2026-07-22) capital of the district of , Russia, Colony, South A rising in the Didimaberg, in the fertile valley of which a Kassimov located on the Oka river. aberg, in the Hottentot settlement Hottentot settle A fair, which is held annually in July, was formed in 1829. It was broken up after It was broke attracts considerable trade to the the rebellion of 1851-1852, and the valley now town. The only manufactures of any importance are the district of St strom (after Captain Stockenstrom); forms the district of Stockenarea, the tanneries. From aptain Stockensto 1400 to 1485 this city was the residence of the Tartar 240 square miles; pop. about 7,000. Khan Kassim. Pop. about 17,500 KATTEGAT. See CATTEGAT. . Sod CATTEGAT
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Kastamuni
capiof the 00, or KATTIMU the milky juice of the plant Euphorbia , kattimundoo or tal vilayet of Kastamuni (area, 19,184 of the plant Euph Cattimandoo, a small tree, with five- Cattimandoo, a square miles; about angled stems, a native pop. 1,000,000), in Asia Minor, 76 miles S. W. of gled stems, a nati the East Indies. It resembles caoutof chouc, and is used Sinope. Manufactures cotton goods, It resembles ca as a cement for metal, knifeleather, etc. Here is the ancestral castle of as a cement for m handles, etc. the Comneni. Pop. about 16,000.
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Kat River
a branch of the great river, in KASSEL. See CASSEL. branch of the Fish Cape Colony, South Africa,
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Katean Secret Society
A secret society of the Moluccas. Anyone who wished to become a member was introduced into the Katean house through an aperture in the form of a crocodile's jaws or a cassowary's beak. Having remained there for a few days he was secretly removed to a remote spot. At the end of two months he was permitted to return to his relatives-hitherto unaware of his whereabouts-a member of the Katean Society.
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