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Index K
- kafuffle
- kanata
- karat
- Kathmandu
- Katmandu
- kB
- keep abreast of
- kerfuffle
- kerosene
- kerosine
- ketchup
- kg
- kibbutz
- kibbutzim
- kibitz
- kibitzer
- kickoff
- kick off
- kick out
- killer
- kilo
- kilo-
- kilobyte
- kilogram
- kilometre
- kilometres per hour
- kilopascal
- kinda
- kind of
- kinds of
- kitty-corner
- K (kilobyte)
- K (kilometre)
- km
- km²
- knickknack
- knick-knack
- knot
- knots per hour
- Koran
- kPa
- K (thousand)
- kudo
- kudos
- Kugluktuk
- Kurd
- Kurdish
- Kwanzaa
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Kurd, Kurdish
The Kurds are a people who live in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- The Kurds have no recognized country to call their own.
Kurds speak Kurdish, a language of the West Iranian group. Kurdish is also an adjective.
- Canada’s Kurdish community is small and concentrated in urban areas.
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