frog and toad: Annotated classification: …subfamilies: Hyperoliinae (Africa and Madagascar), Kassininae (Africa), Leptopelinae (Africa), and Tachycneminae (Seychelles). Family Mantellidae No fossil record; 8 presacral vertebrae; vertebral column procoelous; intercalary cartilages present; 3 tarsals; aquatic larvae; 3 genera, 61 species; adult size 2–12 cm (1–5 inches). Madagascar.

Kassite, member of an ancient people known primarily for establishing the second, or middle, Babylonian dynasty; they were believed (perhaps wrongly) to have originated in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. First mentioned in Elamite texts of the late 3rd millennium bc, they penetrated into Mesopotamia

kudurru: …surviving from the period of Kassite rule in Babylonia (c. 16th–c. 12th century bc).

Chile: The presidency of Gabriel Boric (2022– ): …had entered Congress in 2014; José Antonio Kast, an ultraconservative sometimes likened to Brazil’s authoritarian ruler Jair Bolsonaro; Senate Pres. Yasna Provoste, a woman of Indigenous descent who was the candidate of the centre-left; and independent Sebastián Sichel, who served briefly in the Bachelet and Piñera administrations but had yet…

Russian chant: …exemplified in the works of Aleksandr Kastalsky and Pavel Chesnokov, who, although writing for multi-voiced choirs, utilized supposedly traditional melodies and the style Mily Balakirev had developed for harmonizing Russian folk music.

Kastamonu, city, north-central Turkey. It is situated near the Gök (ancient Amnias) River. The city lies in a sparsely populated high basin south of the densely populated Black Sea coastal plain. As Castamon, it was on the northern trunk route to the Euphrates River and was an important Byzantine

Kastanozem, one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Kastanozems are humus-rich soils that were originally covered with early-maturing native grassland vegetation, which produces a characteristic brown surface layer. They are found in

Africa: Chestnut-brown soils: In the semiarid areas bordering the desert, increased rainfall makes grass vegetation more plentiful, results in rocks becoming more weathered than in the desert, and produces better developed soils with a higher humus content. It is the humus content that, according to the…

South Africa: Pastoralism and early agriculture: …the best-preserved finds is at Kasteelberg, on the southwest coast near St. Helena Bay. Pastoralists there kept sheep, hunted seals and other wild animals, and gathered shellfish, repeatedly returning to the same site for some 1,500 years. Such communities were directly ancestral to the Khoekhoe (also spelled Khoikhoi) herders who…

Kastellórizo, easternmost of the Dodecanese (Modern Greek: Dodekánisa) group of islands in the Aegean Sea, Greece, lying on the edge of the Aegean, where it meets the Levantine Sea, just off the southwestern coast of Turkey. Kastellórizo has an area of 3 square miles (7.3 square km). Its present

Paul Ryan: Robert Kasten, first as an intern and, after graduating in 1992, as an aide. In 1993 he joined Empower America, a conservative think tank cofounded by Rep. Jack Kemp, as an economic adviser and speechwriter. From 1995 to 1997 Ryan served as legislative director for…

Alfred Kastler was a French physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1966 for his discovery and development of methods for observing Hertzian resonances within atoms. In 1920 Kastler went to Paris to study at the École Normale Supérieure. After serving on the science faculties at Bordeaux

Erich Kästner was a German satirist, poet, and novelist who is especially known for his children’s books. He was the most durable practitioner of the style of witty, laconic writing associated with the highbrow cabaret, the Berlin weekly Die Weltbühne (“The World Stage”), and the Neue Sachlichkeit

Kastoría, town and dímos (municipality), West Macedonia (Modern Greek: Dytikí Makedonía) periféreia (region), northern Greece. The town stands on a promontory reaching out from the western shore of Lake Kastorías. The lake is formed in a deep hollow that is surrounded by limestone mountains. The

Skanderbeg was the national hero of the Albanians. A son of John (Gjon) Kastrioti, prince of Emathia, George was early given as hostage to the Turkish sultan. Converted to Islām and educated at Edirne, Turkey, he was given the name Iskander—after Alexander the Great—and the rank of bey (hence

Skanderbeg was the national hero of the Albanians. A son of John (Gjon) Kastrioti, prince of Emathia, George was early given as hostage to the Turkish sultan. Converted to Islām and educated at Edirne, Turkey, he was given the name Iskander—after Alexander the Great—and the rank of bey (hence

Skanderbeg was the national hero of the Albanians. A son of John (Gjon) Kastrioti, prince of Emathia, George was early given as hostage to the Turkish sultan. Converted to Islām and educated at Edirne, Turkey, he was given the name Iskander—after Alexander the Great—and the rank of bey (hence

Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi, royal burial ground on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda, that was converted from a palace in the 19th century and holds the tombs of four Buganda kings. The site stretches over almost 74 acres (30 hectares) of land and consists of several different structures,

Kasugai, city, Aichi ken (prefecture), central Honshu, Japan. It lies in the Nōbi Plain, just northeast of Nagoya, the prefectural capital. Army arsenals were constructed nearby in 1939, and many of their workers were moved into the city. By 1945 the population of Kasugai had reached 60,000. After

Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area: Centre and satellites: Kasumigaseki, immediately to the south of the palace, has been the bureaucratic centre of the city since shortly after it became the imperial capital. Located there and in neighbouring districts to the west are the main offices of the national government, including the National Diet…

Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area: Building styles: …completion (1968) of the 36-story Kasumigaseki Building just south of the government ministries. Until then, aesthetic and engineering considerations had kept buildings to a maximum of about 10 stories, but there soon blossomed a number of high-rise structures, all purported by their builders to be earthquake-resistant. The largest cluster of…

Kasungu, town, central Malawi. The economy of Kasungu depends mainly on tobacco production, and tourism in the city has developed with the opening of the nearly 914-square-mile (2,367-square-km) Kasungu National Park (1970). The town is situated near the farm where the country’s first president,

Kasur, city, eastern Punjab province, Pakistan. It lies on the border of India about 30 miles (50 km) south of Lahore. Traditionally it is said to have been founded by Kusa, son of the legendary Hindu figure Rama. During the Mughal period it was settled by a Pashtun colony and in 1807 was captured

Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan to c. 1700 ce: …Burunduk Khan (ruled 1488–1509) and Kasym Khan (1509–18), the Kazakhs were the masters of virtually the entire steppe region, reportedly able to bring 200,000 horsemen into the field and feared by all their neighbours. The prevailing view is that the rule of Kasym Khan marked the beginning of an independent…

karate: Contests of form (kata) are also held, in which single competitors perform predetermined series of movements simulating defense and counterattack against several opponents. Performances are scored by a panel of judges, as in gymnastics.

anemometer: The kata thermometer is a heated-alcohol thermometer; the time it takes to cool is measured and used to determine air current. It is useful for measuring low speeds in studies of air circulation.

Olgas, group of tors (isolated weathered rocks) in southwestern Northern Territory, Australia. The Olgas are a circular grouping of some 36 red conglomerate domes rising from the desert plains north of the Musgrave Ranges. They occupy an area of 11 square miles (28 square km) within Uluru–Kata

Katipunan, (“Supreme Worshipful Association of the Sons of the People”), Filipino nationalist organization founded in 1892 to oppose Spanish rule. The organization numbered anywhere from 100,000 to 400,000 members. The Filipino nationalist Emilio Aguinaldo was the leader of this group, which

troparion: …responsorial hymn (having soloist-chorus alternation); katabasia (from “to descend”) refers to the singing of an ode by left and right choirs descending from their stalls and singing in the middle of the church; theotokion, from Theotokos (Mother of God), is a type of hymn relating to the Virgin Mary; and…

katabatic wind, wind that blows down a slope because of gravity. It occurs at night, when the highlands radiate heat and are cooled. The air in contact with these highlands is thus also cooled, and it becomes denser than the air at the same elevation but away from the slope; it therefore begins to

Valentin Katayev was a Soviet novelist and playwright whose lighthearted, satirical treatment of postrevolutionary social conditions rose above the generally uninspired official Soviet style. Katayev, whose father was a schoolteacher in Odessa, started writing and publishing his poetry at an early

Valentin Katayev was a Soviet novelist and playwright whose lighthearted, satirical treatment of postrevolutionary social conditions rose above the generally uninspired official Soviet style. Katayev, whose father was a schoolteacher in Odessa, started writing and publishing his poetry at an early

Katagum, town and traditional emirate, Bauchi state, northern Nigeria, on the north bank of the Jamaare River (a tributary of the Hadejia). It was the seat of an emirate founded c. 1809 by Ibrahim Zakiyul Kalbi (also known as Malam [Scholar] Zaki), a warrior in the Fulani jihad (holy war) who in

Mount Katahdin, highest point (5,268 feet [1,606 metres]) in Maine, U.S. It lies in Baxter State Park, 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Millinocket, in Piscataquis county, in the east-central part of the state. This rugged mountain consists of a group of summits of which the highest is Baxter Peak.

Finland: Domestic affairs: …government led by Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen (the head of the NCP) but only on the condition that collateral be introduced as a prerequisite for the Greek bailout. Although Finland negotiated collateral unilaterally with Greece, other EU countries refused to accept the plan, and in September 2011 Finland agreed to…

katakana, one of the two sets of syllabic Japanese script. Katakana is used to write scientific terms, official documents, and words borrowed from other languages. The other set, hiragana, is used to write native Japanese words in regular settings. The word katakana combines the words kata

Katanga, historical region in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Lake Tanganyika to the east, Zambia to the south, and Angola to the west. The name Shaba, the region’s name during the Zairean period, comes from the Swahili word for copper, and the region’s mines yield most of

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Relief: …ridges of the plateaus of Katanga (Shaba) province tower over the region; they include Kundelungu at 5,250 feet (1,600 meters), Mitumba at 4,920 feet (1,500 meters), and Hakansson at 3,610 feet (1,100 meters). The Katanga plateaus reach as far north as the Lukuga River and contain the Manika Plateau, the…

Podkamennaya Tunguska River, tributary of the Yenisey River in western Siberia, Irkutsk oblast (province), Russia. It has a total length of 1,159 miles (1,865 km) and a drainage basin of 96,100 square miles (249,000 square km). Known in its upper section as the Katanga, it rises on the Central

Katangan Complex, major division of late Precambrian rocks (the Precambrian era began about 4.6 billion years ago and ended 542 million years ago) in central Africa, especially in Katanga province, Congo (Kinshasa). The Katangan Complex is a complicated array of diverse sedimentary and metamorphic

Katanning, town, southwestern Western Australia. It is located approximately 95 miles (150 km) north of Albany and 155 miles (250 km) southeast of Perth in the state’s Great Southern region. Although sandalwood cutters had been in the area for some time, there was no permanent settlement until the

Vasily Katanyan was a Soviet literary historian who was best known as an authority on the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Of Armenian origin, Katanyan grew up in Tiflis (now Tbilisi) before returning to Moscow, where he became a figure in a circle of notable writers and artists that included Mayakovsky

Vasily Katanyan was a Soviet literary historian who was best known as an authority on the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Of Armenian origin, Katanyan grew up in Tiflis (now Tbilisi) before returning to Moscow, where he became a figure in a circle of notable writers and artists that included Mayakovsky

Indian mathematics: Classical mathematical literature: …500 ce), was the so-called katapayadi system in which each of the 10 decimal digits was assigned to a set of consonants (beginning with the letters k, t, p, and y), while vowels had no numerical significance. This meant that numbers could be represented not only by normal-sounding syllables but…

dagger: …by the Gurkhas, the Hindu katar with its flat triangular blade, and innumerable others.

Pindus Mountains: …the principal one is the Métsovo (Katára pass; 5,593 feet [1,705 metres]), a historic defile that carries the highway from the Epirus (Ípeiros) to Thessaly.

epic: The epic in Japan: …times families of reciters (katari-be) whose duty was to hand down myths and legends by word of mouth and to narrate them during official ceremonies and banquets. After the introduction of Chinese letters, however, from the 4th century ce onward, these traditional tales were put in writing and the…

stringed instrument: For accompaniment: …style of music known as katarimono; here the biwa is used only between verses for interludes and commentaries. A similar technique is in use among the minstrels of North Africa: the lute (gimbrī) is played only between verses of the story, as a descriptive comment.

Saint Catherine of Sweden ; feast day March 24) was the daughter of St. Bridget of Sweden, whom she succeeded as superior of the Brigittines. Catherine was married to Egard Lydersson von Kyren, who died shortly after she left for Rome (1350) to join Bridget as her constant companion. She did not

Naomi Kawase: Her second film, Katatsumori (1994), was a portrait of her grandmother, who had helped to rear Kawase. Turning to full-length features, Kawase directed as well as wrote the screenplay for Moe no suzaku, about family life in a remote Japanese village. Besides earning her the Caméra d’Or at…

katauta, a Japanese poetic form that consists of 17 or 19 syllables arranged in three lines of either 5, 7, and 5 or 5, 7, and 7 syllables. The form was used for poems addressed to a lover, and a single katauta was considered incomplete or a half-poem. A pair of katautas of the 5,7,7 type were

Katay Don Sasorith was a Lao nationalist and author of eloquent resistance pamphlets in his youth, who later held many government posts, among them that of premier in 1954–56. Katay’s 33 years of government service began with a civil service post in the French administration of Laos from 1926 to

Japan: Political trends: …cabinet headed by the Socialist Katayama Tetsu (1947–48). A similar fate confronted Ashida Hitoshi, who became prime minister for five months in 1948. Yoshida’s return to power in the fall of 1948 resulted in a more stable situation and ushered in the Yoshida era, which lasted until 1954. During those…

Valentin Katayev was a Soviet novelist and playwright whose lighthearted, satirical treatment of postrevolutionary social conditions rose above the generally uninspired official Soviet style. Katayev, whose father was a schoolteacher in Odessa, started writing and publishing his poetry at an early

Valentin Katayev was a Soviet novelist and playwright whose lighthearted, satirical treatment of postrevolutionary social conditions rose above the generally uninspired official Soviet style. Katayev, whose father was a schoolteacher in Odessa, started writing and publishing his poetry at an early

Ilf and Petrov: Petrov, the son of a teacher, began his career as a news-service correspondent, worked briefly as a criminal investigator, and went to Moscow in 1923, where he became a professional journalist. Initially, Ilf worked on the staff of Gudok (“The Whistle”), the central rail-workers’ newspaper,…

Ephraim Katzir was a Russian-born scientist and politician who was the fourth president of Israel (1973–78). Katzir moved with his family to Palestine when he was nine years old. After graduating from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he became an assistant in the university’s department of

Pakistan: Housing of Pakistan: …brick, cement, concrete, or timber; katchi (or kuchha [“ramshackle”]) houses, constructed of less-durable material (e.g., mud, bamboo, reeds, or thatch); and semi-pukka houses, which are a mix between the two. Housing stocks comprise an equal number of semi-pukka and katchi houses (about two-fifths each), and remaining houses (roughly one-fifth of…

Pakistan: Urban settlement: …makeshift communities known collectively as katchi abadis. Water supply and sewerage systems are inadequate, and in many areas residents have to share communal water taps. Inadequate urban transport is also a major problem.

kachina, in traditional religions of the Pueblo Indians of North America, any of more than 500 divine and ancestral spirit beings who interact with humans. Each Pueblo culture has distinct forms and variations of kachinas. Kachinas are believed to reside with the tribe for half of each year. They

Woody Harrelson: …appeared in the action thriller Kate.

Oceanic music and dance: Musical style and cultural context: …cultural context: the Monumbo, the Kate, the Watut, and the Kaluli. A more detailed discussion of Kate music illustrates the stylistic heterogeneity of the Kate, who live in the hinterland of the Huon Peninsula of northeastern Papua New Guinea and speak a non-Austronesian (Papuan) language, while some of their neighbours…

Hugh Jackman: Hollywood and Broadway stardom: …Someone like You (2001) and Kate & Leopold (2001), before once again unsheathing Wolverine’s trademark razor claws in X2 (2003). Jackman made his Broadway debut in 2003 as singer-songwriter Peter Allen in the biographical musical The Boy from Oz. For American filmgoers who were unfamiliar with his work in Oklahoma!,…

Kate Smith: …starred in the TV shows The Kate Smith Evening Hour (NBC, 1951–52) and The Kate Smith Show (CBS, 1960). She made her concert debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1963. Smith wrote two volumes of autobiography, Living in a Great Big Way (1938) and Upon My Lips…

Kate Smith: …hosted a daytime television show, The Kate Smith Hour. She also starred in the TV shows The Kate Smith Evening Hour (NBC, 1951–52) and The Kate Smith Show (CBS, 1960). She made her concert debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1963. Smith wrote two volumes of autobiography,…

Kate Smith: …Evening Hour (NBC, 1951–52) and The Kate Smith Show (CBS, 1960). She made her concert debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1963. Smith wrote two volumes of autobiography, Living in a Great Big Way (1938) and Upon My Lips a Song (1960) and in 1958 published her…

Kate Smith: …her develop the radio show Kate Smith Sings (CBS, 1931–47), one of the most popular programs of the 1930s and early ’40s. On her first broadcast she adopted “When the Moon Comes over the Mountain” as her theme song (she had helped to write its lyrics). The song that she…

Kate Smith: …a daytime radio talk program, Kate Smith Speaks, to her schedule, and by the 1940s she was known as the “first lady of radio.” In 1939 U.S. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced her to King George VI of England by saying, “This is Kate Smith. Miss Smith is America.” Of…

Reynolds Price: …The Source of Light (1981); Kate Vaiden (1986), the orphaned heroine of which was based on the author’s own mother; and The Tongues of Angels (1990). He also wrote poetry, plays, translations from the Bible, and essays.

Kateb Yacine was an Algerian poet, novelist, and playwright, one of North Africa’s most respected literary figures. Kateb was educated in French-colonial schools until 1945, when the bloody suppression of a popular uprising at Sétif both ended his education and provided him with material that would

history of logic: Aristotle: …but not chronological order, are:

Rohilkhand, low-lying alluvial region in northwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. The Rohilkhand is part of the Upper Ganges (Ganga) Plain and has an area of about 10,000 square miles (25,000 square km). It is bounded by the frontiers of China and Nepal to the north and the Ganges River to

pendulum: …special reversible compound pendulum called Kater’s pendulum is designed to measure the value of g, the acceleration of gravity.

gravity: Absolute measurements: In 1817 the English physicist Henry Kater, building on the work of the German astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, was the first to use a reversible pendulum to make absolute measurements of g. If the periods of swing of a rigid pendulum about two alternative points of support are the same,…

Aharon Appelfeld: …The Immortal Bartfuss), Katerinah (1989; Katerina), Mesilat barzel (1991; “The Railway”), and Unto the Soul (1994). Beyond Despair: Three Lectures and a Conversation with Philip Roth was published in 1994.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Early life and works: … (composed 1930–32; revised and retitled Katerina Izmaylova), marked a stylistic retreat. Yet even this more accessible musical language was too radical for the Soviet authorities.

Dmitri Shostakovich: Early life and works: … (composed 1930–32; revised and retitled Katerina Izmaylova), marked a stylistic retreat. Yet even this more accessible musical language was too radical for the Soviet authorities.

Dnipro, city, south-central Ukraine. It lies along the Dnieper River, near its confluence with the Samara. The river was considerably widened by the construction of a dam about 50 miles (80 km) downstream. Founded in 1783 as Katerynoslav on the river’s north bank, the settlement was moved to its

Somadeva: Tawney, titled The Ocean of Story, was published in 1924–28. Somadeva wrote his monumental work during the two periods of Ananta’s interrupted rule, which ended in 1077.

kathak, one of the main forms of classical dance in India, known for its footwork, storytelling, and rhythmic precision. Originating in what is now Uttar Pradesh state, it developed under the combined influence of Hindu and Muslim cultures. Other major classical dance forms of India include

kathakali, one of the main forms of classical dance-drama of India, other major ones being bharata natyam, kathak, manipuri, kuchipudi, and odissi. It is indigenous to southwestern India, particularly the state of Kerala, and is based on subject matter from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and

West Bengal: Cultural life: The kathakata, a religious recital, is another traditional form of rural entertainment, based on folklore.

Adoor Gopalakrishnan: Gopalakrishnan’s Kathapurushan (1995; “The Man of the Story”) examines the life of a communist activist from 1937 to 1980; it won the National Award for best film. In Shadow Kill, a hangman grapples with the knowledge that he executed an innocent man.

Katharevusa Greek language, a “purist” variety of modern Greek, which until 1976 was the official written language of Greece. Katharevusa was used in government and judiciary documents as well as in most newspapers and technical publications. In 1976 it was replaced by Demotic Greek as the official

Katharevusa Greek language, a “purist” variety of modern Greek, which until 1976 was the official written language of Greece. Katharevusa was used in government and judiciary documents as well as in most newspapers and technical publications. In 1976 it was replaced by Demotic Greek as the official

Katharina, the shrew of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The play revolves around Katharina’s transformation into the ideal

Love’s Labour’s Lost: …three ladies (Rosaline, Maria, and Katharine), arrives on a diplomatic mission from the king of France and must therefore be admitted into Navarre’s park. The gentlemen soon discover that they are irresistibly attracted to the ladies. Their attempts at concealing their infatuations from one another are quickly exploded. Their next…

Henry VIII: …the king’s reservations and Queen Katharine’s entreaties for justice and truth, Buckingham is convicted as a traitor on the basis of the false testimony of a dismissed servant. As he is taken away for execution, Buckingham conveys a prophetic warning to beware of false friends.

Henry VIII: …the king’s reservations and Queen Katharine’s entreaties for justice and truth, Buckingham is convicted as a traitor on the basis of the false testimony of a dismissed servant. As he is taken away for execution, Buckingham conveys a prophetic warning to beware of false friends.

catharsis, the purification or purgation of the emotions (especially pity and fear) primarily through art. In criticism, catharsis is a metaphor used by Aristotle in the Poetics to describe the effects of true tragedy on the spectator. The use is derived from the medical term katharsis (Greek:

Moggaliputtatissa: …bce) and author of the Kathāvatthu (“Points of Controversy”). Included among the Pāli Abhidamma Piṭaka, the Kathāvatthu is a series of questions from a non-Theravāda point of view, with their implications refuted in the answers; the long first chapter debates the existence of a soul. Moggaliputtatissa is credited with ordaining…

polytheism: The nature of polytheism: …the 19th century the terms henotheism and kathenotheism were used to refer to the exalting of a particular god as exclusively the highest within the framework of a particular hymn or ritual—e.g., in the hymns of the Vedas (the ancient sacred texts of India). This process often consisted in loading…

Katherine, town, north-central Northern Territory, Australia. It lies along the Katherine River at the junction of the Victoria Highway and the Stuart Highway, approximately 170 miles (270 km) southeast of Darwin. The Katherine River was explored in 1862 by John McDouall Stuart, who named it for

Katherine: …National Park features the colourful Katherine Gorge, with walls of red and brown quartzite; it is located some 22 miles (35 km) northeast of the town. There are thermal springs in the town and at Mataranka, to the southeast. A Royal Australian Air Force base is located at Tindal, about…

Katherine Group, a group of five Middle English prose devotional works dating from c. 1180 to 1210. It consists of accounts of the lives of Saints Katherine, Margaret, and Juliana (found together in a single manuscript) and two treatises, “Hali Meidenhad” (“Holy Maidenhood”) and “Sawles Warde”

John Middleton Murry: …are studies of Mansfield (Katherine Mansfield and Other Literary Portraits, 1949) and Lawrence (Son of Woman, the Story of D.H. Lawrence, 1931), as well as several works on Keats. Murry’s autobiography, Between Two Worlds (1935), is strikingly revealing about his own life. A large selection of his letters to…

Catherine Parr was the sixth and last wife of King Henry VIII of England (ruled 1509–47). Catherine was a daughter of Sir Thomas Parr of Kendall, an official of the royal household. She had been widowed twice—in marriages to Edward Borough (b. c. 1508–d. c. 1533) and to John Neville, Lord Latimer

Katherine: It lies along the Katherine River at the junction of the Victoria Highway and the Stuart Highway, approximately 170 miles (270 km) southeast of Darwin.

St. Catherine of Alexandria ; feast day November 25) was one of the most popular early Christian martyrs and one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (a group of Roman Catholic saints venerated for their power of intercession). She is the patron of philosophers and scholars and is believed to help protect

Kathiawar Peninsula, peninsula in southwestern Gujarat state, west-central India. It is bounded by the Little Rann (marsh) of Kachchh (Kutch) to the north, the Gulf of Khambhat to the east, the Arabian Sea to the southwest, and the Gulf of Kachchh to the northwest. From the northeast an ancient