Kim or KIM may refer to:

Names

Kim (given name) Kim is a male and female unisex given name. It is also used as a diminutive or nickname for names such as Kimber, Kimberly, Kimberley, Kimball and Kimiko. In Kenya it is short for various male names such as Kimutai and Kimani. In Vietnam it i ...

Kim (surname) Kim is a surname with multiple origins. Korean family name Kim, sometimes spelt Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. Other derivations People with the surname Kim, but unrelated to the Korean root above, include: * Andy Kim, Canadian ...

Kim (Korean surname) Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese ...

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Kim family (disambiguation) Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese ...

, several dynasties ****

Kim family (North Korea) The Kim family, also known as the Kim dynasty or the Mount Paektu bloodline in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder a ...

, 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 List of common Chinese surnames, 64th ...

Languages

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 ''Ma ...

, a language of Chad *

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 of Russia

Media

* ''Kim'' (album), a 2009 album by Kim Fransson * "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 rapper. Biography Maidza was born in Harare, Zimbabwe. Her parents are metallurgists. In 2001, her family moved to Australi ...

, 2021 * ''Kim'' (novel), by Rudyard Kipling ** ''Kim'' (1950 film), an American adventure film based on the novel ** ''Kim'' (1984 film), a British film based on the novel * "Kim" (''M*A*S*H''), a 1973 episode of the American television show ''M*A*S*H'' * ''Kim'' (magazine), defunct Turkish women's magazine (1992–1999)

Organizations

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, and was led by Julius Gikonyo Kiano, Tom Mboya and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.Rober ...

, a defunct political party in Kenya *

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 umb ...

, Filipino terrorist organization *

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 wh ...

, a Christian organisation

Places

* , a village in

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, on t ...

, Cameroon *

Kim, Chad Kim is a sub-prefecture Mayo-Kebbi Est Region in Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to th ...

, a place in Chad *

Kim, Gujarat Kim is a census town in Surat district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Demographics India census, Kim had a population of 18,638. Males constitute 53.49% of the population and females 46.51%. Kim has an average literacy rate of 89.25%: male li ...

, a town in India *

Kim, Republic of Bashkortostan Kim (russian: links=no, Ким) is a rural locality (a selo) in Aksyonovsky Selsoviet, Alsheyevsky District, Bashkortostan The Republic of Bashkortostan or Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Республикаһы, Bashqortostan Re ...

, a village in Russia *

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, a town in Tajikistan *

Kim, Colorado The Town of Kim is a Statutory Town in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The population was 74 at the time of the 2010 United States Census. , the town included a complete school system (grades K-12), a post office, and a general store ...

, a town in the United States *

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 *

Kimberley Airport Kimberley Airport is an airport serving Kimberley, the capital city of the province of Northern Cape in South Africa. The airport is approximately 10 km away from the centre of Kimberley.url=https://kimberleyairport.co.za, date= 24 Octo ...

, IATA code KIM, an airport in South Africa *

Kosovo and Metohija The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija ( sr, Косово и Метохиja, Kosovo i Metohija; sq, Kosova dhe Metohija), commonly known as Kosovo and abbreviated to Kosmet or KiM, is an autonomous province defined by the constituti ...

(Serbian: , KiM), a province in Serbia

Other uses

Kim people The Kim are a people of Chad, who mainly inhabit four villages in the Mayo-Kebbi Est region. The 1993 RGPH census reported a total population of 15,354 in Chad. Principal economic activities include cultivation of finger millet, taro, and rice, ...

, an ethnic group of Chad *

Kim (cigarette) Kim was a German brand of cigarettes that was manufactured by British American Tobacco. The correct product brand name was ''Kim Slimsize'' and came in a few varieties, most notably ''Kim Red Slimsize'' and ''Kim Blue Slimsize''. History The b ...

, a German brand *

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'', ''P. yezoens ...

, Korean seaweed *

Tropical Storm Kim The name Kim has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the northwest Pacific Ocean. * Severe Tropical Storm Kim (1965) (T6516, 19W) – strong tropical storm which stayed offshore Japan * Typhoon Kim (1968) (T6802, 03W, Biring) - relatively st ...

, eight tropical Pacific Ocean cyclones *

.kim This list of Internet top-level domains (TLD) contains top-level domains, which are those domains in the DNS root zone of the Domain Name System of the Internet. A list of the top-level domains by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) ...

, top-level internet domain *

KIM-1 The KIM-1, short for ''Keyboard Input Monitor'', is a small 6502-based single-board computer developed and produced by MOS Technology, Inc. and launched in 1976. It was very successful in that period, due to its low price (thanks to the inexp ...