KAILASH (Mountain) Indian, Hindi, MarathiPossibly from Sanskrit
केलास (kelas) meaning
"crystal". This is the name of a mountain in the Himalayas that is believed to be the paradise of the Hindu god
Shiva.
KANADA (Country) German, Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Estonian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Azerbaijani, GeorgianForm of
CANADA in several languages.
KANNE (Settlement) DutchMeaning unknown. This is the name of a town in the province of Limburg in Belgium.
KANTŌ (Region) JapaneseMeans
"eastern frontier", from Japanese
関 (kan) meaning "frontier" and
東 (tō) meaning "east". This is the name of a region in central
Japan, including
Tokyo.
KARMEL (Mountain) Biblical HebrewMeans
"garden, vineyard" in Hebrew. This is the name of a mountain in
Israel mentioned in the Old Testament.
KAZAHSTAN (Country) Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, RomanianSerbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian and Romanian form of Kazakh
Қазақстан (see
KAZAKHSTAN).
KEMET (Region) Ancient EgyptianFrom Egyptian
km meaning
"black", referring to the colour of the soil around the
Nile River. This was the Ancient Egyptian name for the Nile Valley in
Egypt.
KENDAL (Settlement) EnglishFrom the name of the river
KENT combined with Old English
dæl meaning "valley, dale". This is the name of a town in Cumbria.
KENT (Political Subdivision & River) EnglishPossibly from a Brythonic element meaning
"border, edge, coast". This is the name of a historic kingdom and modern county in southeastern England, called
Cent in Old English,
Cantium in Latin. It is also the name of a river in Cumbria, northwestern England.
KENYA (Country & Mountain) English, Eastern African, Kikuyu, Swahili, French, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Romanian, Greek, TurkishThe country is named for Mount Kenya, which in the Kikuyu language is called
Kĩrĩnyaga meaning
"the one having stripes".
KERRY (Political Subdivision) IrishFrom Irish Gaelic
Ciarraí meaning
"CIAR's people". This is the name of an Irish county.
KIMBERLEY (2) (Settlement) EnglishCity in South Africa that was named after John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826-1902). His title was taken from the name of the town of
KIMBERLEY (1) in Norfolk.
KŌBE (Settlement) JapanesePossibly means
"shrine supporters", in reference to the families who tended the local Ikuta Shrine. This is the name of a city in Japan.
KOBE (Settlement) JapaneseAlternate transcription of Japanese Kanji
神戸 (see
KŌBE).
KOLUMBIJA (Country, Region, Settlement & Political Subdivision) Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Macedonian, Latvian, LithuanianSerbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Macedonian, Latvian and Lithuanian form of
COLUMBIA and
COLOMBIA.
KONGO (Region, River & Country) Central African, Kongo, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Turkish, GeorgianForm of
CONGO in many languages.
KOREA (Country) English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Estonian, Czech, Greek, Georgian, Indonesian, MalayFrom medieval Latin
Corea, itself derived from
GORYEO, the name of a kingdom that ruled most of the Korean Peninsula from the 10th to 14th centuries. This is the name of two countries, North and South Korea.
Hanguk and
Joseon are the Korean names for the countries.
KOZŁÓW (Settlement) PolishFrom Polish
kozioł meaning
"male goat". This is the name of several Polish towns.
KOZŁOWO (Settlement) PolishFrom Polish
kozioł meaning
"male goat". This is the name of several towns in Poland.
KRAKÓW (Settlement) PolishFrom the name of the city's legendary founder
Krak, of uncertain meaning. This is a city in southern Poland.
KURDISTAN (Region) Kurdish, Arabic, English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, RussianFrom Kurdish
کوردستان (Kurdistan), from the Persian ethnic name
کرد (Kord) meaning "Kurd" combined with the Persian suffix
ستان (stan) meaning "land of". This is the name of the region in the midst of Iran, Iraq and Turkey that is primarily inhabited by the Kurdish people.
KYNASTON (Settlement) EnglishMeans
"CYNEFRITH's town" in Old English. This is the name of hamlets in Herefordshire and Shropshire.
KYRGYZSTAN (Country) Kyrgyz, EnglishFrom Kyrgyz
Кыргызстан (Kyrgyzstan), a combination of the name of the Kyrgyz people and the Persian suffix
ستان (stan) meaning "land of". The ethnic name may be derived from the Turkic word
kyrk meaning "forty". This is the name of a country in central Asia.