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Kou, Burkina Faso Kou is a village in the Tenkodogo Department of Boulgou Province in south-eastern Burkina Faso. As of 2005, the village has a population of 678.Kou, Laiwu (口镇), town in Laicheng District, Laiwu, Shandong, China * Kou language * Kou (name) includes lists of people with the given name and surname *

Kou (surname) Kòu (寇) is a Chinese surname. It originates as a title denoting status as a police officer, and is a shortened for of Sikou (司寇). Chao, Sheau-yueh J., 尋根溯源中國人的姓氏: Genealogical Research on Chinese Surnames A 2013 study f ...

(寇), Chinese surname * Kou Uraki, a character in the fictional Gundam universe *Kou (''

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''), a tree species *Kou, a main character in ''

Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger is a Japanese ''tokusatsu'' drama and the 43rd entry of the Toei Company's long-running ''Super Sentai'' series. Although the series primarily aired in the Reiwa era, it is considered the final Heisei era series as it began airing during it. It ...

'' *KOU, the IATA code for

Koulamoutou Airport Koulamoutou Airport or Koula Moutou Airport (French: ''Aéroport de Koulamotou'') is an airport serving Koulamoutou, the capital of the Ogooué-Lolo Province in central Gabon. The Koulamoutou non-directional beacon (Ident:KL) is located just n ...

, Gabon *The old part of

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, Hawaii, in the present downtown district

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* Kō (lecture), a Japanese term for a lecture or a Buddhist service *

Kō Station (disambiguation) Kō Station may refer to either of the following railway stations in Japan: * Kō Station (Aichi) on the Meitetsu Nagoya Main Line * Kō Station (Tokushima) on the Tokushima Line {{station disambiguation ...

, a train station in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

. *

Ko fight A ''ko'' ( Japanese: コウ, 劫, ''kō'', from the translation of the Sanskrit term kalpa) fight is a tactical and strategic phase that can arise in the game of Go. ''Ko'' threats and ''ko'' fights The existence of ''ko'' fights is implied by ...

''Kō (Kou)'', in the board game '' Go'' *

Kugyō is the collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. The term generally referred to the and court officials and denoted a court rank between First Rank and Third Rank un ...

, also called ''Kō (Kou)'' *

Gong (title) Gong was a title of ancient and imperial Chinese nobility roughly equivalent to and usually translated as duke. It was also historically used within Chinese fiefs as a respectful term of address to any living liege (similar to the English "l ...

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Gong (surname) Gong is the pinyin romanization of several distinct Chinese surname, Chinese surnames, including 宫, 龔, 共, 公, 鞏, 功, 貢, and 弓. It may also be an alternative transcription of the surname Kong (surname), Kong (, ), or the Jyutping roma ...

, called Japanese ''Kō (Kou)'' *

Duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

, called Japanese ''Kō (Kou)'' * Kō, the Hawaiian word for

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