Words starting with K

khluiA kind of flute made out of bamboo from Thailand, similar to the khloy.
KhlystA member of an underground religious movement that split off from the Russian Orthodox Church in 17th century.
KhmaraA surname.
khmaraliteA monoclinic-prismatic very dark green mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
KhmelnytskyiA city, raion, and oblast of Ukraine.
KhmerA member of an ethnolinguistic group that constitutes most of the population of Cambodia.
KhmernessThe quality of being Khmer.
KhmilnykA city and raion of Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine.
KhmuA member of an ethnic group of Southeast Asia mainly living in northern Laos.
KhmuicA branch of the Austroasiatic languages spoken mostly in northern Laos, as well as in neighboring northern Vietnam and southern Yunnan, China.
KhnumOne of the earliest Egyptian gods. He is said to be the source of the Nile River.
KhoA Dardic ethnic group of about 230,000 people, located primarily in Pakistan, with a small population in Afghanistan. They speak the Dardic Khowar language and their main religion is Islam.
khoaA South Asian dairy product made of either dried whole milk or milk thickened by heating.
KhodiyarA Hindu folk goddess worshiped in the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan.
KhodorivA city in Lviv Oblast, in western Ukraine.
KhodorkovskyA transliteration of the Russian surname Ходорко́вский (Xodorkóvskij).
KhodosyA village in Shpaniv rural hromada, Rivne Raion, Rivne Oblast, founded in 1603
KhoeA certain group of African languages.
KhoekhoeA member of a Southern African people, formerly known as Hottentots.
KhoinaijamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhoinamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhoiromA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhoisanA member of the group of non-Bantu Southern African indigenous people: the Khoi or San people.
KhoisanistA linguist who specializes in Khoisan languages.
KhoisnamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhojaA member of a Gujarati-speaking Shiite sect who take the Aga Khan as their religious head.
KhojalyA town of Artsakh (a former unrecognized state, now annexed by Azerbaijan and, as a result, abandoned by its population).
KhokharA surname.
KhokhlovA surname from Russian.
khokhlushkaA female Ukrainian.
khokholA Ukrainian.
kholahIndian jackal (Canis aureus indicus).
kholodetsA pork jelly or aspic traditionally eaten in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine.
kholopA feudally dependent person in Russia between the 10th and early 18th centuries.
KholosiAn isolated Indo-Aryan language spoken in Hormozgan, Iran and surrounded by Iranian languages.
kholsunThe dhole, an Asian wild dog.
KhomaA gewog of Lhuentse District, Bhutan.
KhomdramA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhomeiniA surname from Persian, notably borne by Ruhollah Khomeini.
KhomeinianOf or relating to Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), Iranian religious leader and politician.
KhomeinismThe theocratic politics of Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989), Iranian religious leader and politician.
KhomeinistA proponent of Khomeinism.
khomokA type of drum from Bangladesh, incorporating a plucked string.
KhomyakovA surname
khomyakoviteA mineral containing calcium, chlorine, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, silicon, sodium, strontium, tungsten, and zirconium.
khonA Thai form of dance with music and narration.
KhondAny member of an aboriginal hunter-gatherer tribe of India, inhabiting the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh (Srikakulam), and speakers of the Dravidian Kui and Kuvi languages.
khondaliteA form of gneiss found in eastern India
KhondiSynonym of Kui (“Dravidian language”).
KhongA surname.
KhongbantabamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhongtekchaA Meitei ethnic male given name.
KhonsuThe Ancient Egyptian god of the moon.
KhooA surname from Chinese.
khoomeiA style of throat singing, often accompanied by the horsehead fiddle, from Mongolia and eastern Siberia.
khoormogMongolian drink
khopeshAn Ancient-Egyptian sickle-like sword.
khorA swampy depression in Middle Eastern countries.
KhoranaA surname.
KhorasanThe Sassanian and post-Islamic Persian name for the region of Parthia located in north east of Persia (Iran), sometimes covering also parts of Central Asia and Afghanistan; the Greater Khorasan.
KhorasaniRelating to the Iranian region of Khorasan
KhoratSynonym of Nakhon Ratchasima.
KhorazmA region of Uzbekistan.
KhorchinA member of the Mongolians in Inner Mongolia, China.
KhordadThe third solar month of the Persian calendar.
KhordhaA district of Odisha, India.
KhorenianA surname from Armenian.
KhorgasA county-level city of Ili, Xinjiang autonomous region, China on the border with Kazakhstan.
KhoriphabaThe ancient Meitei god of adventure, sports, wrestling and polo matches. He is the son of Salailen and Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi.
khorixasiteA yellow-green monoclinic mineral that contains bismuth, copper, hydrogen, oxygen and vanadium.
khorjinA kind of decorative carpetbag made across Greater Iran and Central Asia.
khorkhogA Mongolian dish of meat cooked in a container with hot stones and water.
KhorolA city in Lubny Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
KhorostkivA city in Ternopil Oblast, in western Ukraine.
khorovadzArmenian barbecue.
khorovoda Slavic art form, a combination of a circle dance and chorus singing, similar to chorea of ancient Greece, also in Romania (horă)
KhorramabadA city in Iran, the seat of Khorramabad County's Central District and the capital of Lorestan Province.
KhorramshahrA port city in Khuzestan Province, located in southwestern Iran.
Khorthaan Indo-Aryan language spoken in India
KhorughA city, the provincial capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan
KhoshabaA surname from Arabic.
KhoshutA member of one of the four major tribes of the Oirat people.
KhoslaA surname from Punjabi.
KhosraviA village in Iran.
KhosrovianA surname from Armenian.
KhosrovyanA surname from Armenian.
KhosrowA male given name from Persian, used as a transliteration of names of various rulers
KhosrowshahiA surname from Persian.
KhostThe capital city of Khost Province, Afghanistan.
khotA form of land tenure usually based around hereditary zamindars with proprietary rights.
KhotanThe historical region corresponding to modern Hotan.
KhotaneseAn extinct Eastern Iranian language formerly spoken in the Kingdom of Khotan.
KhotetovaA hamlet in Koptevskoye rural settlement, Znamensky Raion, Oryol Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia.
KhotetovoA village in Yamskoye rural settlement, Bolkhovsky Raion, Oryol Oblast, Central Federal District, Russia, founded in or before the fourteenth century.
KhotetovskyA transliteration of the Russian surname Хотето́вский (Xotetóvskij)
khotiThe holder of the khot tenure.
KhotinA selrada in Rivne Raion, Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
KhotynA city in Dnistrovskyi Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.
khoumSynonym of khoums.
khoumsA subdivision of the Mauritanian ouguiya. 5 khoums equal one ouguiya.
KhouriA surname from Arabic.
KhouryA surname from Arabic.
KhovdA city in Khovd, Mongolia.
KhowaiA district of Tripura, India.
KhowarAn Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch, spoken by the Kho people.
KhoyThe capital of West Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran.
KhramiA river in Georgia.
khramulyaAny one of several species of freshwater cyprinids in the genus Capoeta.
KhrestivkaA city in Horlivka Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
KhristinaA transliteration of the Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Russian female given name Христи́на (Hristína)
KhristoforA male given name from Russian.
KhromykhA transliteration of the Russian surname Хромых (Xromyx).
khrononA dynamical scalar field that encodes the foliation of spacetime under quantum gravity
KhroskyabsA Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China.
KhrushchevEnglish transliteration of the Russian surname Хрущёв (Xruščóv); usually refers to the Russian revolutionary and Soviet Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) Nikita Khrushchev.
KhrushchevianOf or relating to Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971), who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War.
KhrushchevismThe philosophy and politics espoused by Nikita Khrushchev.
KhrushcheviteA supporter or follower of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
khrushchevkaA kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.
KhrustalnyiA city in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.
KhrystynaA transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Христи́на (Xrystýna)
KhrystynivkaA former raion of Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.
khuSynonym of akh (“a spirit of the dead that has successfully completed its transition to the afterlife”)
KhuaiThe Khoekhoe and related peoples.
KhuanghlawnA surname.
khubzAny Middle Eastern flatbread such as pita bread.
khubzismThe repression of political parties, human rights, and the press in Tunisia under President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
KhuchbarovA surname from Russian.
khudA steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine.
KhudabadA city in Sindh, Pakistan.
KhudabadiAn abugida script used to write the Sindhi language.
KhudeiA Meitei traditional loincloth used by menfolk.
KhudrakpamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhudykA transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Ху́дик (Xúdyk)
KhudykivtsiA village in Melnytsia-Podilska settlement hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1410.
KhufiAn Iranian language spoken in Pamir that is very closely related to Shughni.
KhufuSynonym of Cheops.
KhujandA city, the capital of Sughd, Tajikistan.
KhujutiparaA village in Birbhum district, West Bengal, in eastern India.
KhukhrainA member of the Khukhrain Punjabi caste.
khulaA form of divorce initiated by the wife.
KhullemA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhulnaA city, the administrative center of the Khulna District, Khulna Division, in western Bangladesh.
khumA commune of Cambodia, a subdivision of a srok.
KhumallambamA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhumanOne of the seven clans of the Meitei people
KhumanthemA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhumbongmayumA Meitei surname from Manipuri
KhumbuA region of northeastern Nepal, on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest.
KhumombaA Meitei ethnic male given name.

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