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King
King

King is a title for a head of state.King may also refer to:...
 is a title for a head of state.

King may also refer to:

Places

  • King, Ontario
    King, Ontario

    King is a township in York Regional Municipality, Ontario north of Toronto, within the Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada.King features some of the most picturesque countryside in Ontario....
    , Canada
  • King, Indiana
    King, Indiana

    King is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana, Gibson County, Indiana, Indiana. It is locally referred to as King's Station...
    , United States
  • King, North Carolina
    King, North Carolina

    King is a town in Stokes County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. Portions of the town are also in Forsyth County, North Carolina....
    , United States
  • King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin
    King, Lincoln County, Wisconsin

    King is a town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 842 at the 2000 census....
    , United States
  • King (TTC)
    King (TTC)

    King is a List of Toronto TTC stations on the Yonge-University-Spadina of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto subway and RT. It is located at 70 Yonge Street at King Street ....
    , a subway stop in Canada
  • King County, Washington
    King County, Washington

    King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population in the 2000 census was 1,737,034, and in 2006 was an estimated 1,835,300....
    , United States
  • King Island (disambiguation), the name of several islands
  • King Peak (disambiguation), the name of several mountains
  • King Range (disambiguation), the name of several mountain ranges
  • King River (disambiguation), the name of several rivers
  • King Street (disambiguation), the name of several streets
  • Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin
    Chain O' Lakes-King, Wisconsin

    Chain O' Lakes-King is a census-designated place in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,215 at the 2000 census....
    , United States


Television and film

  • King (TV series)
    King (TV series)

    King is a Canadian television series on Family and also aired on Nicktoons UK in the UK from 4 March 2006, however, it was showing on Pop in March 12 2007....
    , a contemporary animated series
  • King (TV miniseries), a 1978 miniseries
  • King (2008 film)
    King (2008 film)

    King is a Telugu films of 2008 Telugu language film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna, Trisha Krishnan, Mamta Mohandas. The film will be directed by Sreenu Vaitla and produced by D Sivaprasad Reddy....
    , an Indian film
  • The King (2005 film), a drama directed by James Marsh
  • The King (2007 film)
    The King (2007 film)

    The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian telemovie examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.Produced in Australia by the Sydney based independent production company Crackerjack Productions for TV1 and the Nine Network, The King was first shown on 20 May 2007 on TV1 for Foxtel and Austar and became t...
    , an Australian biopic of Graham Kennedy
  • The King (Cars), a character from the film Cars
  • KING-TV
    KING-TV

    KING-TV, channel 5, is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is affiliated with the NBC network, and broadcasts on analog Very high frequency channel 5 and digital Ultra high frequency channel 48....
    , an NBC affiliate


Music

  • King (band)
    King (band)

    King were a United Kingdom New Wave music Pop music band of the 1980s from Coventry. Their name comes from the surname of lead singer Paul King ....
  • King (Belly album)
    King (Belly album)

    King was an album released by Belly in 1995, two years after their previous album, Star . Although the members had tightened their focus and polished their hook-laden songs, the album and its singles were commercial failures in the grunge-friendly atmosphere of 1995, and the band broke up shortly after it was released....
  • King (T.I. album)
    King (T.I. album)

    King is a Grammy-nominated album from hip hop music artist T.I. It was released on March 28, 2006 in the United States....
  • The King (album)
    The King (album)

    The King is the second album by United Kingdom alternative rock band Teenage Fanclub, deleted on its day of release in 1991. The album is often derided as a hastily assembled contractual obligation to US label Matador Records ....
    , by Teenage Fanclub
  • KING-FM
    KING-FM

    KING-FM is a classical music radio station in Seattle, Washington. Its transmitter is located in Issaquah, Washington.The station is owned by a non-profit partnership of the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Opera and ArtsFund known as Beethoven, A Non-Profit Corporation....
    , a radio station
  • King Records
    King Records

    is a Japanese record company, founded in 1931 in music as a division of Japanese publisher Kodansha. It became and began operating as an independent entity in the 1950s, but remains part of the publisher's Otowa Group....
    , a Japanese record label
  • King Records (USA)
    King Records (USA)

    King Records is an United States record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. At first it specialized in country music, at the time still known as "hillbilly music." King advertised, "If it's a King, It's a Hillbilly -- If it's a Hillbilly, it's a King." One of the label's most important hits was "I'm Usi...
    , an American record label
  • King Worldwide
    King Worldwide

    King Worldwide is a New Zealand record manufacturing plant run by Peter King. It specialises in pressing polycarbonate records using a lathe technique, as opposed to the traditional vinyl material....
    , a New Zealand record manufacturing plant
  • "K.I.N.G."
    K.I.N.G.

    "K.I.N.G." is a limited edition single by the Norway black metal band Satyricon from their 2006 album Now, Diabolical. The single was limited to 1000 copies for the Norwegian market only....
    , a song by Satyricon
  • "King," a song by Weezer on the album Weezer
    Weezer (2008 album)

    Weezer, also known as "The Red Album", is the sixth studio album by United States Rock music band Weezer, released on June 3, 2008. Rick Rubin and Jacknife Lee both helped to produce the album....
  • "The King," a song by Raven on the album Nothing Exceeds Like Excess
    Nothing Exceeds Like Excess

    Nothing Exceeds Like Excess is the seventh full-length album by the band Raven , released in 1988 , and also the first album with new drummer-Joe Hasselvander....


Games and sports

  • King (chess)
    King (chess)

    In chess, the King is the most important chess piece. The object of the game is to trap the opponent's king so that he would not be able to avoid capture ....
  • King (playing card)
    King (playing card)

    The king is a playing card with a picture of a king on it. The usual rank of a king is as if it were a 13, that is, above the queen . In some games, the king is the highest-ranked card; in others, the ace is higher....
  • King (Art of Fighting)
  • King (Mega Man)
  • King (Tekken)
    King (Tekken)

    King is two characters in the Tekken fighting game series. The characters were inspired by both legendary Japanese professional wrestling Tiger Mask, as well as Mexican wrestler Fray Tormenta, a Holy Orders who became a masked wrestler in order to support an orphanage....
  • Chinese handball
    Chinese handball

    Chinese handball , is a form of American handball popular on the streets of New York City and Bridgewater, NJ during the 1960s and '70s, and is still played today, mostly in New York City and San Diego....
  • King, a character in the game Cave Story
  • The chess engine
    Chessmaster

    Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold ....
     for the Chessmaster series
  • A variation of the card game Barbu
    Barbu (game)

    Barbu or Le Barbu, also known as Tafferan, is a trick-taking game playing card game similar to Hearts where four players take turns leading seven different sub-games over the course of 28 deals....


People

  • Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley

    Elvis Aaron Presley was an United Statesn singer, actor, and musician. A cultural icon, he is commonly known simply as "Elvis", and is also sometimes referred to as "List of honorific titles in popular music" or "The King"....
    , American rock and roll artist
  • Wayne Carey
    Wayne Carey

    Wayne Carey is a former Australian rules football player who played for North Adelaide Football Club in the SANFL, before joining Australian Football League club North Melbourne Football Club in 1989....
    , Australian rules footballer
  • Graham Kennedy
    Graham Kennedy

    Graham Cyril Kennedy, Order of Australia was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called "Gra Gra" and "The King" of Australian television....
    , Australian television compère
  • Jerry Lawler
    Jerry Lawler

    Jerry O'Neil Lawler is an United States Professional wrestling, wrestling announcer, musician, film actor, and politician, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler....
    , professional wrestler
  • Wally Lewis
    Wally Lewis

    Walter James "Wally" Lewis Order of Australia is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. He is widely acknowledged as one of the nation's greatest players of the 20th century....
    , Australian rugby league footballer
  • Jari Litmanen
    Jari Litmanen

    Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish football , widely considered the country's greatest ever. He was chosen as the best Finnish player of the last 50 years by the Football Association of Finland in the UEFA Jubilee Awards in November 2003 ....
    , Finnish footballer
  • Arnold Palmer
    Arnold Palmer

    Arnold Daniel Palmer is an United States professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golfer....
    , golfer
  • Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...


Other uses

  • King (crater)
    King (crater)

    King is a prominent moon impact crater that is located on the Far side of the Moon, and can not be viewed directly from Earth. It forms a pair with Ibn Firnas , which is only slightly larger and is attached to the northeast rim of King....
  • King (horse)
    King (horse)

    King P-234 was an outstanding early Quarter horse stallion who influenced the breed throughout the early years of the American Quarter Horse Association ....
  • King (magazine)
    King (magazine)

    King is a monthly men's magazine geared toward African-American and urban area audiences. It features articles about Hip hop music and R&B, as well as articles covering sports and fashion....
  • King (pigeon)
    King (pigeon)

    The King is a breed of Domestic pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding primarily as a Utility pigeon. Kings along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon ....
  • USS King (DD-242)
    USS King (DD-242)

    USS King was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the first ship named for Commander Frank Ragan King....
    , a United States Navy ship
  • King Features Syndicate
    King Features Syndicate

    King Features Syndicate, a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 comic strips, columnist, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5000 newspapers around the world....
    , a print syndication company
  • Kingsnake
    Kingsnake

    Kingsnakes are a type of colubrid snake that are members of the Lampropeltis genus, which also includes the milk snake.Lampropeltis means "shiny shield" , due to their dorsal scales....
    , a type of snake
  • GWR 6000 Class
    GWR 6000 Class

    The Great Western Railway 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work. They were the largest locomotives the GWR built....
    , a class of steam locomotive


See also

  • Kings
    Kings

    Kings may refer to:*One of several works known as the "Book of Kings":**The Books of Kings in the Bible**The Shahnama, an 11th century epic Persian poem...
  • Kinging
    Kinging

    Kinging may refer to:*Kinging, also called crowning, is a move in English draughts where a piece reaches the final row and becomes a king, similar to Promotion in chess...
  • List of current monarchs
    List of current monarchs

    This is a list of currently reigning monarchs. Therefore, monarchs who :Category:Lists of monarchs who lost their thrones or who ruled an abolished monarchy do not appear....