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406. Kintyre (kin-tir'), or Cantire (kan-tīr'). A peninsula in the southern part of Argylls hire, Scotland, lying between the Firth of Clyde on the east and the Atlantic Ocean on the west. Its southern point, the Mull of Kintyre, is situated in lat. 55° 19′ N., 'long. 5° 48′ W. Length, about 40 miles. Greatest breadth, 11 miles. Kinzig (kint's ic) Pa . A pa in the canton Switzerland, which leads from Altdorf to the Muotta Thal in Schwyz. It is noted in connection with Suvaroff's retreat in 1799. Height, 6,790 feet. Kinzuani (kēn-zwä'ne). The language of Yohanna, one of the Comoro Islands, East Africa. Kinzuani is a Bantu language, and coexists with other Bantu dialects, and with Malagasy and Arabic, which are spoken by the motley crowds of immigrants. Also called Hinzua or Anjuane . Kioko (kyōkō), or Makioko (mä-kyōkō). A Bantu tribe of the Upper Ka ai valley, also called Chibokwe or Kibokwe. From the head waters of the Ka ai they have recently extended down its valley as far as the confluence of the Luebo and Lulua. Originally subjects of the Lunda tribe, they have gained the upper hand in the Lunda country, and depopulated it by Kiölen (kye'len), or Kjölen, Mountains. A part of the chain of Scand in avian Mountains, extending northward from about lat. 63° N. Kioto, or Kyoto (kē-ōtō), sometimes Miako (mē-ä'kō) ('metropolis') and Saikio (sī-kē'ō) ('western capital'). A city of Japan, on the main island, about lat. 35° N., long. 135° 30′ E. It has manufactures of porcelain, etc. For centuries it was the residence of the mikado (until 1869). It contains the imperial palace. The pagoda of Kyomidzu is a highly picturesque Buddhist tower of 5 stages, with widely projecting roofs curved upward at the angles, and a lofty hooped finial. Its carved woodwork is entirely covered with red lacquer. Population (1892), 297,527. Kiowan (ki'ō-wan). [Comanche Kayowe , rat.] A linguistic stock of North American Indians, represented by a single tribe, the Kiowa (Kiaway or Kayowe). They early lived about the head waters of the Platte River, and afterward in the valley of the upper Arkansas. They now number 1,140, on the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita reservation in Oklohama. Kipling (kip'ling), Rudyard. Born at Bombay, India, in 1865. An English writer. He is the son of John Lock wood Kipling, formerly head of the Lahore School of Industrial Art. He was educated in England, and returned to India in 1880 as subeditor of the "Lahore Civil and Military Gazette." He returned to England about 1889, and lived for several years in the United States. He published while in India stories, sketches, and poems descriptive of Indian and Anglo-Indian military and civil life: "Departmental Ditties, etc." "Plain Tales from the Hills," "Mine Own People, "Soldiers Three," "Barrack room Ballads, etc.," and others; and, after leaving India, "The Light that Failed," "The Naulahka"(with Bales tier), Many Inventions," "The Jungle Book," "The Second Jun gle Book," "The Seven Seas," "Captains Courageous," etc. Kiptchak (kip-chäk'), or Kaptchak (käpchak'), chäk'), Khanate Khanate of, of, or or Kingdom of the Golden Horde. A Mongol kingdom in Europe and Asia, founded by descendants of Jenghiz Khan in the 13th century. At its greatest extent it reached from IMG:content-0666.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0667.png:[blocks in formation] west, Dumfries on the northeast, the Solway Firth and the Area, 874 square miles. Population (1891), 125,Irish Sea on the south, and Wigtown on the southwest. It was part of the ancient lordship of Galloway; was for a time under the rule of the royal steward (and hence is still called the “Stewartry of Kirk cud bright"), and afterward under the Doug lases; and was finally united to the Scottish crown in 1455. The surface is mountainous in the northwest. Area, 898 square miles. Population (1891), 39,985. 516. Kishineff (kesh-e-nef'), Rumanian Kishlanou (kēsh-lä-no' or -ngov'). The capital of the government of Be arabia, Ru ia, situated on the Byk in lat. 46° 59′ N., long. 28° 49′ E.: an important trading center. Pop. (1897), 108,506. Kishm (kishm), or Tawilah. A barren island at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, belonging to Persia. Length, 55 miles. Kishon (ki's hon). In Bible geography, a small river of Acre Smiles Palestine, howing into the Bay of dere Nahr el-Mukatta. It was the scene of the victory of Barak over Sisera. 2. The capital of the county of Kirkeudbright, situated on Kirk cud bright Bay in lat. 54° 50′ N., long. 4° 3′ W. Population (1891), 2,530. Kirkdale Cave (kérk'dal kāv). A cavern in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, west of Pick ering, famous for its remains of mammals. Kirke (kérk), Sir David. Born at Dieppe, France, 1596: died at Ferry land, Newfoundland, 1656. An English adventurer in Canada and Newfoundland. Kirke's Lambs. A name ironically given to the English infantry regiment (Tangier regiment) commanded by Colonel Percy Kirke, infamous for its cruelty in the insurrection of Mon mouth, 1685.