Kings or King's may refer to: *

King King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...

s: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations. *One of several works known as the "Book of Kings": **The

Books of Kings The Book of Kings (, ''Sefer (Hebrew), Sēfer Malik, Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of ancient Is ...

part of the Bible, divided into two parts **The ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' (, ), also transliterated ''Shahnama'', is a long epic poem written by the Persian literature, Persian poet Ferdowsi between and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50,000 distichs or couple ...

'', an 11th-century epic Persian poem **The

Morgan Bible The Morgan Bible (mostly Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Ms M. 638), also called the Morgan Picture Bible, Crusader Bible, Shah Abbas Bible or Maciejowski Bible, is a unique medieval illuminated manuscript. It is a picture book Bible consist ...

, a French medieval picture Bible **The

Pararaton The ''Pararaton'' (''Book of Kings''), also known as the ''Katuturanira Ken Angrok'' (''Story of Ken Angrok''), is a 16th-century Javanese historical chronicle written in Kawi language, Kawi (Old Javanese). The comparatively short text of 32 f ...

, a 16th-century Javanese history of southeast Asia *The plural of any

king King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...

Business

* Kings Family Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Pennsylvania and Ohio * Kings Food Markets, a chain supermarket in northern New Jersey * King's Favourites, a brand of cigarettes *

King's Variety Store King's Variety Store was a chain of discount stores founded in 1915 by M.H. King in Burley, Idaho. At its peak, King's had 27 stores in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in ...

, a chain of stores in the USA *

King's (defunct discount store) King's Department Stores was a chain of discount stores in the Eastern United States. The chain started in 1956, in Brockton, Massachusetts. They expanded to 187 stores (three stores operated in the Buffalo, New York Buffalo is a Admini ...

, a defunct chain of discount stores in the USA

Education

* King's College (disambiguation), various colleges * King's School (disambiguation), various schools * The King's Academy (disambiguation), various academies

Electoral districts

King's (New Brunswick federal electoral district) King's was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1904. It was created by the British North America Act 1867. It was abolished in 1903 when it was merged into ...

(1867–1903) * Kings (Nova Scotia federal electoral district) (1867–1924) * Kings (Nova Scotia provincial electoral district) (1867–1956) *

King's (Prince Edward Island electoral district) King's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is an island Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. While it is the smallest province by land area and population, it is the most dense ...

(1892–1966)

Entertainment

Kings (card game) Kings (also known as king's cup, donut, circle of death or ring of fire) is a drinking game using playing cards. Players must drink and dispense drinks based on cards drawn. The cards have predetermined drink rules prior to the game's beginning. ...

, a popular drinking game also known as ''King's Cup'' * Kings (play-by-mail game)

Film and television

* ''Kings'' (Australian TV series), an Australian TV series * ''Kings'' (U.S. TV series), an American TV series *''

Oi Vasiliades Oi Vasiliades (, "the Kings") was a Greek-language daily family-comedy telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''nove ...

'' ("The Kings"), a Greek comedy show * ''Los Reyes'' (TV series) ("The Kings"), a Colombian drama * ''Kings'' (2007 film), a 2007 Irish language film by Tom Collins * ''Kings'' (2017 film), a 2017 film starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig

Music

* "Kings" (The Pierces song), a song by The Pierces on the album ''Creation'' * "Kings" (Steely Dan song), a song by rock group Steely Dan on the album ''Can't Buy a Thrill'' *

The Kings The Kings are a Canadian rock band formed in 1977 in Oakville, Ontario. They are best known for their 1980 song "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide", which was a hit in the United States and Canada. Recording history The Kings were formed in ...

, a Canadian rock band formed in 1977 *

Kings (musician) Kingdon Chapple-Wilson (born 1991), known professionally as Kings, is a New Zealand rapper, record producer, singer and songwriter. He has been producing music under his self-run label Arch Angel Records since 2018, and holds the record for lon ...

, a New Zealand producer, rapper and singer-songwriter * ''Kings'' (album), by I Am Empire

Places

* Kings Bay (disambiguation), the name of several bays * Kings County (disambiguation) * King County (disambiguation) * Kings, Coles County, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois *

Kings, Ogle County, Illinois Kings is an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois, United States, northwest of Rochelle. File:Kings, IL Grain Elevator.JPG, Large grain elevator in Kings File:Kings, IL Old Well.JPG, Site of the old town well in Kings File:Kings, I ...

, an unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois *

Kings Dominion Kings Dominion is an amusement park in Doswell, Virginia, United States, north of Richmond, Virginia, Richmond and south of Washington, D.C. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park opened to the public on May 3, 1975, featuring over 60 rid ...

, an amusement park in Doswell, Virginia *

Kings Island Kings Island is a amusement park northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park was built by Taft Broadcasting and opened in 1972. It was part of a larger effort to move and expand Coney Islan ...

, an amusement park in Mason, Ohio

Sports

* Barangay Ginebra Kings, a Philippine basketball team * Brooklyn Kings RLFC, a rugby league team in Brooklyn, New York, USA *

Chennai Super Kings The Chennai Super Kings, also known as CSK, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team was one of the eight debut franchises when the league was establ ...

, an Indian Premier League team based in Chennai, India * Chittagong Kings, former name of the Chattogram Challengers, a Bangladesh Premier League team based in Chittagong, Bangladesh * Cincinnati Kings, a USL Premier Development League soccer team based in Cincinnati, Ohio *Eastern Province Kings, the former name of the Eastern Province Elephants, a provincial rugby union team based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa * Karachi Kings, a Pakistan Super League team based in Karachi, Pakistan * Kings (handball), also known as "Chinese handball" * Kings League, a seven-a-side football league based in Spain. * Kings XI Punjab, an Indian Premier League team based in Mohali, India * The Kings of Wrestling or The Kings of Wrestling (TNA) *

Los Angeles Kings The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division (NHL), Pacific Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. ...

, an NHL team based in Los Angeles, California * Powell River Kings, a junior ice hockey team in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada * Rethymno Cretan Kings B.C., a Greek basketball team *

Sacramento Kings The Sacramento Kings are an American professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. The Kings compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Confere ...

, an NBA team based in Sacramento, California * Southern Kings, a Super Rugby team based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa *

Sydney Kings The Sydney Kings are an Australian men's professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). The team is based in Sydney, New South Wales, and play their home games at Qudos Ba ...

, an Australian basketball team