Kobo may refer to:
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Kobo (woreda)
Kobo or Raya Kobo () is a woreda in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the northeast corner of the North Wollo Zone, Kobo is bordered on the south by the Logiya River which separates it from Habru and Guba Lafto, on the west by Gidan, on t ...
, a district in Ethiopia
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Kobo, Ethiopia
Kobo (Amharic ቆቦ ) is a town in northern Ethiopia. Located in the Semien Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this town has a longitude and latitude of with an elevation of 1468 meters above sea level. It is the administrative center of Kobo wore ...
, a town
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Kōbo Dam
is a dam in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while ext ...
, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
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Mount Kōbō
lies east of Hadano in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
It reaches a height of 235m above sea level, and together with the adjacent Mount Gongen and Mount Asama forms an area called Mount Kobo Park. Locally the three are often collectively referred t ...
, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
People
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Kōbō Abe
, pen name of , was a Japanese writer, playwright, musician, photographer, and inventor. He is best known for his 1962 novel '' The Woman in the Dunes'' that was made into an award-winning film by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964. Abe has often bee ...
(1924–1993), pseudonym of Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor Kimifusa Abe
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Kōbō-Daishi, a posthumous name of Kūkai (774–835), Japanese monk, civil servant, scholar, poet, and artist
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Kōbō Kenichi
Kōbō Kenichi (born as Kenichi Mineyama; August 18, 1973 – July 2, 2021) was a Japanese sumo wrestler. His highest rank was ''maegashira'' 9.
Career
Kōbō made his professional debut in March 1989 at the age of 15. He worked his way quickly ...
(1973–2021), Japanese sumo wrestler
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Bebo Kobo
Zari David "Bebo" Kovo (a.k.a. Kobo; born February 1951) is an Israeli-Bulgarian property developer, the co-founder of property company Camden Market Holdings & Developments (including Stanley Sidings and the Stables Market Property Group), with ...
, Israeli businessman
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O. D. Kobo
Oded David "O. D." Kobo (Hebrew: קובו עודד) is a Hong Kong-born Internet businessman. He is the co-founder of PIR Equities and Israel Investment Partners (IIP), both employee owned private equity firms, and a member of the partnership ne ...
(born 1975), Israeli businessman
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Ronny Kobo
Ronny Kobo (born March 30, 1981) is an American fashion designer creator of the eponymous brand Torn by Ronny Kobo, Ronny Kobo, and Petersyn. Kobo is a resident of New York and recognized supporter of the arts.
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(born 1980), American fashion designer
Fictional characters
* Kobo Tabata, title character of the manga ''
Kobo, the Li'l Rascal
''Kobo, the Li'l Rascal'', also known as , is a manga created by Masashi Ueda. Kodansha published three volumes of the manga as a bilingual Japanese-English editions, and Kodansha America distributed the book in the United States.
''Kobo-ch ...
'' (''Kobo-chan'')
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Kobo language
Kobo is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is approximately equidistant between Nande and Hunde
Hunde (''Kihunde''; also ''Luhunde'', ''Kobi'', ''Rukobi'') is a Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Hunde ...
, a language of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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KOBO
Kobo may refer to:
Places
* Kobo (woreda), a district in Ethiopia
** Kobo, Ethiopia, a town
* Kōbo Dam, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
* Mount Kōbō, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
People First name
* Kōbō Abe (1924–1993), pseudonym of Japanese w ...
, a radio station in California, US
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Kobo Inc.
Rakuten Kobo Inc., or simply Kobo, is a Canadian company that sells ebooks, audiobooks, ereaders and tablet computers. It is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and is a subsidiary of the Japanese ecommerce conglomerate Rakuten. The name'' Ko ...
, a Canadian company, a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce conglomerate Rakuten, that sells e-books and markets Kobo eReader hardware and software
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Kobo eReader
The Kobo eReader is an e-reader produced by Toronto-based Kobo Inc. The company's name is an anagram of "book". The original version was released in May 2010 and was marketed as a minimalist alternative to the more expensive e-book readers availa ...
, an e-reader
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KOBO (whale)
KOBO (King of the Blue Ocean) is the skeleton of a juvenile blue whale on display at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The whale was accidentally struck and killed by a tanker and brought ashore in Rhode Island in Mar ...
, a blue whale skeleton
* Kobo, the subunit of the
Nigerian naira
The naira (currency sign, sign: ₦; ISO 4217, code: NGN) is the currency of Nigeria. One naira is divided into 100 ''kobo''.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is the sole issuer of legal tender money throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria ...
currency
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Co-Bo
Co-Bo or Co′Bo′ is a wheel arrangement in the UIC classification system for railway locomotives. It features two uncoupled bogies. The "Co" bogie has three driven axles and the "Bo" bogie has two.
The arrangement has been used to even out axl ...
, a wheel arrangement in the UIC classification system for railway locomotives
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