Vocabulary : Kulan to Kurilian

Kulan : See Koulan.
Kulturkampf : Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 -- 1902), given to a struggle between the the Roman Catholic Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter's efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of centralization. The struggle began with the passage by the Prussian Diet in May, 1873, of the so-called May laws, or Falk laws, aiming at the regulation of the clergy. Opposition eventually compelled the government to change its policy, and from 1880 to 1887 laws virtually nullifying the May laws were enacted.
Kumish : Alt. of Kumiss
Kumiss : See Koumiss.
Kummel : A Russian and German liqueur, consisting of a sweetened spirit flavored with caraway seeds.

Kumquat : A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves.
Kupfernickel : Copper-nickel; niccolite. See Niccolite.
Kurd : A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.
Kurdish : Of or pertaining to the Kurds.
Kurilian : Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka to Yesso. ;; A native or an inhabitant of the Kurile Islands.

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