Kim
Encyclopedia
Names
- Kim (given name)Kim (given name)Kim is a male or female given name. It is also used as a diminutive or nickname for Kimberly, Kimberley, Kimball, Kimiko and Joakim.A notable use of the name was the fictional street urchin Kimball O'Hara in Rudyard Kipling's book Kim. From the early 1900s till the 1960s the name Kim was used in...
- Kim (surname)Kim (surname)-Korean family name:Kim, sometimes spelt Gim, is the most common family name in Korea.-Vietnamese family name:Kim is the Vietnamese form of the Chinese surname Jin.-Other derivations:...
- Kim (Korean name)Kim (Korean name)Kim, sometimes spelled Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. The name is common in both modern-day North Korea and South Korea. The hanja used for the name means "gold," and although the character is usually pronounced 금 geum, it is pronounced 김 gim when used for the family name and...
- Kim, Vietnamese form of Jin (surname)Jin (surname)Jin is a Chinese family name. It literally means "gold" and is No. 29 of the Hundred Family Surnames. The surname is also used in Vietnam and Korea, where it is romanized as Kim and in Hong Kong, in Cantonese, Kam...
Places
- KIM, IATA code for Kimberley AirportKimberley AirportKimberley Airport is an airport serving Kimberley, the capital city of the province of Northern Cape in South Africa.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level...
in South Africa - Kim, ColoradoKim, ColoradoThe Town of Kim is a Statutory Town located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 65 at the U.S. Census 2000.Rodeo star Lane Frost was born in La Junta in 1963 but spent his first days with his mother and grandparents in Kim, while his father was on tour.-Geography:Kim...
, United States - Kim, a town near SuratSuratSurat , also known as Suryapur, is the commercial capital city of the Indian state of Gujarat. Surat is India's Eighth most populous city and Ninth-most populous urban agglomeration. It is also administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India. The city proper...
, Gujarat, India - Camp KimCamp KimCamp Kim is located adjacent to Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea. Camp Kim is home to a USO facility, an Army and Air Force Exchange Service distribution and storage facility, an AAFES vehicle repair facility, and the Yongsan Garrison office for vehicle registration and decals.The USO...
, Seoul, South Korea, a US military facility
Media
- Kim (novel)Kim (novel)Kim is a picaresque novel by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published serially in McClure's Magazine from December 1900 to October 1901 as well as in Cassell's Magazine from January to November 1901, and first published in book form by Macmillan & Co. Ltd in October 1901...
, by Rudyard Kipling - Kim (film)Kim (film)Kim is a 1950 adventure film made in Technicolor by MGM. It was directed by Victor Saville and produced by Leon Gordon from a screenplay by Helen Deutsch, Leon Gordon and Richard Schayer, based on the classic novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling....
, a 1950 American adventure film - Kim (TV film)Kim (TV film)Kim is a 1984 British television film directed by John Howard Davies and based on Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim. The film stars Peter O'Toole, Bryan Brown, John Rhys-Davies, Nadira, Jalal Agha, Raj Kapoor and Ravi Sheth in the title role.-Plot:...
, a 1984 British film - "Kim" (song)Kim (song)"Kim" is a song by American rapper Eminem which appears on his 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP. The song reflects intense anger and hatred toward Eminem's then-wife Kim Mathers...
, by Eminem
Other uses
- Kim people of Chad
- Kim languageKim languageKim of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It was once mistakenly classified as Chadic. There is strong dialectical divergence; Garap , Gerep , Kolop , and Kosop may actually be distinct languages....
- Kim language
- Gim (food)Gim (food)Gim , also spelled as kim, is the Korean-word for edible seaweed in the genus Porphyra. In Welsh this food is called laver...
, also spelled kim, Korean for edible seaweed - Tropical Storm Kim (disambiguation), eight tropical Pacific Ocean cyclones
- KIM-1KIM-1The KIM-1, short for Keyboard Input Monitor, was a small 6502-based single-board computer developed and produced by MOS Technology, Inc. and launched in 1976...
, a microcomputer - Kim's GameKim's GameKim's Game is a game or exercise played by Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Girl Guides, and other children's groups. The game develops a person's capacity to observe and remember details...
- Kingdom Identity MinistriesKingdom Identity MinistriesKingdom Identity Ministries is a Christian Identity outreach ministry based in Harrison, Arkansas, advocating racism, anti-Semitism and execution of homosexuals. It functions primarily as a distributor of Identity-oriented books, tracts and audiotapes. Its catalog includes works by Wesley Swift,...
, a Christian organization