khimar | (n) a headscarf worn by observant Muslim women that hangs down to just above the waist |
maktab al-khidmat | (n) a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda, Syn. MAK |
sikhism | (n) the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam |
chi | (n) the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, Syn. khi |
chios | (n) an island in the Aegean Sea off the west coast of Turkey; belongs to Greece, Syn. Khios |
dobrich | (n) a city in northeastern Bulgaria (north of Varna) that is the commercial center of an agricultural region, Syn. Tolbukhin |
dunghill | (n) a heap of dung or refuse, Syn. midden, muckhill, muckheap |
kirghiz | (n) a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia, Syn. Khirghiz, Kirgiz |
kirghiz | (n) the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz, Syn. Khirghiz, Kirgiz |
辽 | [liáo, ㄌㄧㄠˊ, 辽 / 遼] abbr. for Liaoning 遼寧|辽宁 province in northeast China; Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) #8,458 [Add to Longdo] |
契丹 | [Qì dān, ㄑㄧˋ ㄉㄢ, 契 丹] Qidan; Khitan; ethnic people in ancient China who were a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liaohe River #19,899 [Add to Longdo] |
纳西族 | [Nà xī zú, ㄋㄚˋ ㄒㄧ ㄗㄨˊ, 纳 西 族 / 納 西 族] Nakhi ethnic group in Yunnan #55,031 [Add to Longdo] |
哈巴雪山 | [Hā bā xuě shān, ㄏㄚ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄩㄝˇ ㄕㄢ, 哈 巴 雪 山] Mt Haba (Nakhi: golden flower), in Lijiang 麗江|丽江, northwest Yunnan #188,976 [Add to Longdo] |
东巴文化 | [Dōng bā wén huà, ㄉㄨㄥ ㄅㄚ ㄨㄣˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, 东 巴 文 化 / 東 巴 文 化] Dongba culture of the Nakhi ethnic minority of Lijiang 麗江|丽江 in northwest Yunnan [Add to Longdo] |
耶律大石 | [Yē lǜ Dà shí, ㄧㄝ ㄌㄩˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕˊ, 耶 律 大 石] Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia [Add to Longdo] |
西辽 | [Xī Liáo, ㄒㄧ ㄌㄧㄠˊ, 西 辽 / 西 遼] Western Liao, Khitan kingdom of central Asia 1132-1218 [Add to Longdo] |
费尔干纳 | [Fèi ěr gàn nà, ㄈㄟˋ ㄦˇ ㄍㄢˋ ㄋㄚˋ, 费 尔 干 纳 / 費 爾 干 納] the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekhistan, central asia) [Add to Longdo] |
费尔干纳槃地 | [Fèi ěr gàn nà pán dì, ㄈㄟˋ ㄦˇ ㄍㄢˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄆㄢˊ ㄉㄧˋ, 费 尔 干 纳 槃 地 / 費 爾 干 納 槃 地] the Ferghana valley (in Uzbekhistan, central asia) [Add to Longdo] |
辽金 | [Liáo Jīn, ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄐㄧㄣ, 辽 金 / 遼 金] Liao and Jin dynasties, namely: Liao or Khitan dynasty (907-1125) and Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234) [Add to Longdo] |
阿奇里斯 | [Ā qí lǐ sī, ㄚ ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙ, 阿 奇 里 斯] Achilles, figure in Greek mythology, also spelled Akhilleus or Achilleus [Add to Longdo] |
シク教;シーク教 | [シクきょう(シク教);シークきょう(シーク教), shiku kyou ( shiku kyou ); shi-ku kyou ( shi-ku kyou )] (n) Sikhism [Add to Longdo] |
デリー王朝 | [デリーおうちょう, deri-ouchou] (n) (See デリースルタン朝) Delhi Dynasties; the Mamluk, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties of India [Add to Longdo] |
ノモンハン事件 | [ノモンハンじけん, nomonhan jiken] (n) Nomonhan Incident; Battle of Khalkhin Gol [Add to Longdo] |
ハルジー朝 | [ハルジーちょう, haruji-chou] (n) Khalji Dynasty (of India, 1290-1320 CE); Khilji Dynasty [Add to Longdo] |
地蔵尊 | [じぞうそん, jizouson] (n) Jizo (guardian deity of children); (image of) Khitigarbha-bodhisattva [Add to Longdo] |