Kim may refer to:
People and fictional characters
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Kim (given name)
Kim is a unisex given name. It is also used as a diminutive or nickname for names such as Kimber (name), Kimber, Kimberly (given name), Kimberly, Kimberley, Kimball (given name), Kimball and Kimiko. In Kenya, it is short for various male names s ...
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Kim (surname) Kim is a surname with multiple origins.
Korean family name
Kim, sometimes spelt Gim, is the most common family name in Korea.
Stage surname
People with the stage surname Kim include:
* Andy Kim (singer), Canadian musician, born Andrew Youakim
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Kim (Korean surname)
Kim () is the most common Korean name, surname in Korea. As of the 2015 South Korean census, there were 10,689,959 people by this name in South Korea or 21.5% of the population. Although the surname is always pronounced the same, dozens of differ ...
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Kim dynasty (disambiguation)
Kim dynasty may refer to:
*The later rulers of Silla, who were mostly members of the Gyeongju Kim clan
*Rulers of Geumgwan Gaya
*Kim dynasty (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
See also
*Kim (surname) Kim is a surna ...
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Kim family (disambiguation) The Kim family or Kim clan may refer to the following Korean groups:
* Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948
* Gimhae Kim clan associated with the Geumgwan Gaya
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, various Korean families and clans
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Kim family (North Korea)
The Kim Family, officially the Mount Paektu Bloodline (), named for Paektu Mountain, in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim Dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation li ...
, the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il Sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese form of
Jin (Chinese surname)
Jin is the Hanyu pinyin transliteration of a number of Chinese surnames. The most common one, Jīn , literally means "gold" and is 29th in the list of " Hundred Family Surnames". As of 2006, it is ranked the 64th most common Chinese surname and ...
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Kim (footballer, born 1933), Brazilian footballer Alcy Martha de Freitas
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Kim (footballer, born 1980), Brazilian footballer Carlos Henrique Dias
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Kim people, an ethnic group of Chad
* Kimberly "Kim" Wexler, a fictional character in the Breaking Bad spin off series, Better Call Saul.
Arts, entertainment and media
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''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson
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"Kim" (song), 2000 song by Eminem
* "Kim", a song by
Tkay Maidza
Takudzwa Victoria Rosa "Tkay" Maidza ( ; (born 17 December 1995) is a Zimbabwean-born Australian singer-songwriter and hip hop artist from Adelaide, South Australia. She has been nominated for and won many awards, and released two albums: '' Tk ...
, 2021
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''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling
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''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on the novel
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''Kim'' (1984 film), a British film based on the novel
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"Kim" (''M*A*S*H''), a 1973 episode of the American television show ''M*A*S*H''
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''Kim'' (magazine), a defunct Turkish women's magazine (1992–1999)
Languages
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Kim language
The Kim language of southern Chad is an Mbum language spoken by 15,000 people. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Besme and Goundo.
The language was once mistakenly classified as Chadic, and called '' ...
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Kim language (Sierra Leone)
The Bom language (alternates: Bome; Bomo) is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family and is particularly closely related to the Bullom So language. Most speakers are bili ...
, a language of Sierra Leone
* kim, the ISO 639 code of the
Tofa language
Tofa (Tofa: Тоъфа дыл ''Tòfa dıl''), also known as Tofalar or Karagas, is a Turkic language spoken in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast by the Tofalars, an indigenous people of the region. Tofa forms a dialect continuum with the closely related ...
of Russia
Organizations
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Kenya Independence Movement
The Kenya Independence Movement (KIM) was a political party in Kenya.
History
The KIM was established in August 1959 by African members of the Legislative Council
A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers ...
, a defunct political party in Kenya
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Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao
Khalifa Islamiyah Mindanao (KIM) was a dedicated organization that sought to establish an independent state in Mindanao, Philippines. The group was led by an Afghan-trained cleric known as Humam Abdul Najid. It was sometimes described as an umbre ...
, Filipino terrorist organization
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Kingdom Identity Ministries
Kingdom Identity Ministries (KIM) is a self-described "outreach ministry" based in Harrison, Arkansas, which advocates racism, antisemitism, and extreme homophobia. Its website states that it "is an outreach ministry to God's chosen race" by w ...
, a Christian organisation
Places
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Touboro
Touboro is a town and commune in North Region Cameroon.
Refugees
An April 10, 2014 report says:
"Thousands of refugees, fleeing the violence of armed groups ( Séléka and Anti-balaka) are concentrated in the towns of Mbaimboum and Touboro, o ...
, Cameroon
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Kim, Chad
Kim is a sub-prefecture Mayo-Kebbi Est Region in Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north ...
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Kim, Gujarat
Kim is a census town in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Demographics
India census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information ...
, a town in India
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Kim, Republic of Bashkortostan
Kim () is a rural locality (a selo) in Aksyonovsky Selsoviet, Alsheyevsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 878 as of 2010. There are 10 streets.
Geography
Kim is located 36 km southwest of Rayevsky (the district's adminis ...
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Kim, Tajikistan
Nurafshon (; , formerly: ''Kim'') is a town in northern Tajikistan near the Uzbekistan
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, a town
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Kim, Colorado
Kim is a List of cities and towns in Colorado#Statutory town, Statutory Town in Las Animas County, Colorado, Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 63 at the time of the 2020 United States census.
The town was named afte ...
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Camp Kim
Camp Kim is a military facility located adjacent to Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, South Korea. Camp Kim is home to a USO facility, an Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) distribution and storage facility, an AAFES vehicle repair facility, t ...
, a military facility in South Korea
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Kosovo and Metohija (Serbian: , KiM), a province in Serbia
Other uses
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Kim (cigarette), a German brand
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Kim (food)
''Gim'' (), also romanized as ''kim'', is a generic term for a group of edible seaweeds dried to be used as an ingredient in Korean cuisine, consisting of various species in the genera '' Pyropia'' and '' Porphyra'', including '' P. tenera'', ' ...
, Korean seaweed
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List of storms named Kim The name Kim has been used for several tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
* Tropical Storm Kim (1965), Severe Tropical Storm Kim (1965) (T6516, 19W) – strong tropical storm which stayed offshore Japan
* Typhoon Kim (1968) (T6802, 0 ...
, several storms with this name
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.kim, top-level internet domain
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KIM-1
The KIM-1, short for ''Keyboard Input Monitor'', is a small MOS Technology 6502, 6502-based single-board computer developed and produced by MOS Technology, MOS Technology, Inc. and launched in 1976. It was very successful in that period, due to ...
, a microcomputer
* KIM, IATA code for
Kimberley Airport
Kimberley Airport based in the Northern Cape is an airport that serves Kimberley, the capital city of the province and its surrounding areas. It was established in 1912. The airport is approximately 6.5 kilometers (12 minutes) away from the cen ...
, South Africa
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Lil' Kim
Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), Those giving 1974 include:
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* better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper. She was born and raised in New York City and lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after ...
, American rapper Kimberly Denise Jones (born 1974)
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Kim's Game
Kim's Game is a game or exercise played by Scouts,''Scouting Games'' by Sir Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, 1921. Chapter IVOnline version at US Scouting Serviceaccessed July 2008. the military, and other groups, in which a selection of objects must b ...
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Kem (disambiguation)
Kem or KEM may refer to:
People
*Kem (singer) (born 1969), R&B musician
*Kem Cetinay (born 1996), English television personality
*Kem Smith, American politician
Places
*Kem (river), a river in the Republic of Karelia, Russia
*Kem (Yenisey), ...
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Khim
The ''khim'' ( ; ; ) is a stringed musical instrument derived from the Mesopotamian or Persian Santur. It is similar to the Hammered dulcimer, Hammered Dulcimer or Cimbalom. This ''khim'' was introduced to Laos Thailand from China, where a s ...
, a stringed musical instrument
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KIMM (disambiguation)
Kimm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Bruce Kimm (born 1951), American baseball player, manager and coach
*Cory Kimm
Cory Kimm (born May 1, 1974) is a Canadian radio personality originally from Edmonton, Alberta. Currently ...
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Kimm
Kimm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bruce Kimm (born 1951), American baseball player, manager and coach
* Cory Kimm (born 1974), Canadian radio personality
* Fiona Kimm, English opera singer
See also
*Polly Carver-Kimm, ...
, a surname
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Kym (disambiguation) Kym or KYM may refer to:
* River Kym, in Cambridgeshire, England
* Kym (singer) (born 1983), or Jin Sha, Chinese singer and actress
*Know Your Meme, an internet meme documentation blog
* Kpatili language's ISO 639 code
People with the given name
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