Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Kamet A mountain in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. kameti A ROSCA in Pakistan (an informal rotating pool-in monthly money saving scheme). Kameyama A city in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. kami An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan. Kamia A subgroup of the Kumeyaay people. Kamiah A city and town in Idaho. Kamianka A city in Cherkasy Oblast, in central Ukraine. Kamianske A city and raion of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, in central and eastern Ukraine. kamias bilimbi kamichi A South American bird with a long, slender, horn-like ornament on its head and two sharp spurs on each wing, the horned screamer, Anhima cornuta. KamiDeku The ship of characters Denki Kaminari and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series. Kamieniec A number of villages in Poland. Kamiina A district of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. kamiit Greenlandic sealskin boots. kamik A mukluk. Kamikawa A surname from Japanese. kamikaze An attack requiring the suicide of the one carrying it out, especially when done with an aircraft. Kamikita A district of Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Kamiko A female given name from Japanese. Kamikwasi Kwasi Kwarteng; used to characterise Kwarteng's term as the Chancellor of the Exchequer as reckless. Kamilah A female given name. Kamilla A female given name, variant of Camilla. Kamiltonian A second Hamiltonian, denoted by K, resulting from the canonical transformation of a given Hamiltonian. Kamina A city, the capital of Haut-Lomami province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kamini A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. Kaminker A surname. Kaminokuni A town in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Kaminoyama A city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Kaminski A surname from Polish. Kaminsky A male surname from Slavic. kamiokite A hexagonal-dihexagonal pyramidal iron black mineral containing iron, molybdenum, and oxygen. kamioshi A person's ultimate favorite VTuber, i.e. preferred to one's other oshis. Kamisato A surname from Japanese kamish The reed Phragmites communis kamishibai A traditional Japanese form of storytelling using picture scrolls, revived in the twentieth century by travelling showmen. kamishimo the haori and hakama as a set; especially, one using a sleeveless haori with flared shoulders worn by certain samurai during the Edo Period. kamitugaite A triclinic yellow mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, phosphorus, and uranium. Kamjong A district of Manipur, India. Kamle A district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. kamleika A light and waterproof Aleut robe made from animal intestines. Kamler A surname from German. Kamloops A city, the seat of the Regional District of Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada, located at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River. Kamman A surname. kammback A car featuring a roofline sloping downwards before abruptly cutting off with a vertical surface. Kammer A surname from German. Kammerer A surname from German. Kammermeyer A surname. Kammes A surname. Kammryn A female given name transferred from the surname, of uncommon usage, variant of Kamryn. Kamna A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. Kamo Any of various places in Japan, most notably Kamo, Niigata. Kamogawa A city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. kamoi The upper rail on which a Japanese room divider runs. kamokamo A variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo. Kamolvattanavith A surname from Thai kamon A Japanese family crest Kamona A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia. kamora The diacritic ̑ ( ̑) in the Old Cyrillic alphabet to indicate a plural, used on vowels, stressed or not stressed, in particular on о; not to be confused with the palatalization mark ҄ used on certain consonants. kamotik An Inuit-style sleigh or sled kamp homosexual Kampa A surname. kampaku An Japanese imperial regent or chief advisor. Kampala The capital of, and largest city in, Uganda. Kampalan Of or relating to Kampala in Uganda. kampang An enclosed village. Kampar A river in the province of Riau, Indonesia. Kampe A surname from German. Kampen A municipality and seaside resort village on the island of Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Kamper A surname. kamperite A perpotassic rock consisting essentially of orthoclase, albite, and biotite. kampfite A monoclinic-domatic light blue gray mineral containing aluminum, barium, carbon, chlorine, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, and titanium. Kamphaus A surname from German. kampilan A kind of single-edged sword with a tapered blade, traditionally used by various ethnic groups in the Philippines. Kampmann A surname from German. Kampo Traditional Chinese medicine as adapted and practised in Japan. kampong A landing, a port; a river town. Kampot A city and province of Cambodia. kamptozoan Any aquatic animal of the former phylum Kamptozoa (now Entoprocta)|Panulirus kamptulicon A kind of elastic floorcloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork. Kampuchea Former name of Cambodia: a country in Southeast Asia, used from 1975 to 1989. Kampuchean Of or pertaining to Kampuchea (Cambodia). kampung A traditional village. Kampwirth A surname. kampyle Kampyle of Eudoxus, a plane curve. kampyo Dried shavings of calabash used in Japanese cuisine. Kamran A surname. Kamrath A surname. Kamreigh A female given name, variant of Camry. Kamren A male given name. Kamron A male given name. Kamrup A district of Assam, India. Kamryn A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Cameron. Kamsa The ruler of Mathura, brother of Devaki and uncle of Lord Krishna. Kamtok Synonym of Cameroonian Pidgin English. kamuning orange jessamine (Murraya paniculata) Kamunting A town in Taiping, state of Perak, Malaysia. kamut A commercial cultivar of Khorasan wheat. kamuy A spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology, similar to the Japanese kami. kamwarri A vine of the genus Desmoncus. Kamyshin A city in Volgograd Oblast, Russia. Kamyshlov A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. kan A Japanese unit of weight, approximately 3.75 kg or 8.267 lb. kana 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. Kanaan A surname from Arabic. Kanab A city, the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States. Kanada Canada. kanadaptin A particular human nuclear protein kanae A grey mullet. kanafeh A Middle Eastern dessert composed of a cheese pastry soaked in syrup. Kanagawa A prefecture of Japan. kanagi A bag for wheat or seeds, made from plant materials. Kanago A surname. Kanagulk A locality in the Rural City of Horsham, western Victoria, Australia. Kanagy A surname. Kanahooka A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. kanaima A destructive possessing spirit according to the beliefs of parts of South America. Kanak An indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia. kanaka A person of Hawaiian descent. Kanakanavu A people native to Namasia, Taiwan Kanakangi Name of a raga in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the first melakarta raga in the 72 melakarta raga system of Carnatic music. Kanako A female given name from Japanese. Kanaky New Caledonia (an archipelago and sui generis collectivity in France in Oceania). kanal A unit of area used in parts of northern India and in Pakistan, equivalent to one eighth of an acre. Kanamana An uninhabited island of Haa Dhaalu, Maldives. Kanami A female given name from Japanese. kanamycin A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis. Kanan A surname. Kanana A community in Lesotho. Kanandhoo An uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu, Maldives. Kananga A city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kanangra A locality in the Oberon council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. kanat A canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or other enclosure. Kanata Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, in the Ottawa-Gatineau National Capital Region, Ontario, Canada. kanawao A Hawaiian shrub of the hydrangea family, Broussaisia arguta. Kanawha A small city in Hancock County, Iowa, United States. Kanayan A surname from Armenian. Kanazawa The capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan. Kanbalu Khanbalik. kanban A card containing a set of manufacturing specifications and requirements, used to regulate the supply of components. kanbanize To adapt (a manufacturing system) to the kanban system. Kanchan A female given name from Sanskrit used in India. Kanchanaburi A province of Thailand. kanchani A dancing girl. Kancheepuram A district of Tamil Nadu, India. kanchil A small, agile chevrotain of the genus Tragulus, especially Tragulus kanchil (lesser mouse-deer). Kanchipuram A city in Tamil Nadu, India. kancho A prank among children in East Asia in which one's fingers form the shape of a gun and one tries to ram them into the anal region of an unsuspecting person. Kanchrapara A city in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India. kanchuki A tight women's garment worn around the upper body in India. Kancoona A locality in Alpine Shire, north eastern Victoria, Australia.