black; _e.g._ Karamania (the district of the blacks); Karacoum (the black sand), in Tartary; Kara-su (the black river); Kara-su-Bazar (the market-town on the Kara-su); Kara-Tappeh (the black mound), in Persia; Kartagh and Kartaon (the black mountain chains), in Turkey and Tartary; Kara-Dengis, the Turkish name for the Black Sea, called by the Russians _Tchernœ-more_, Ger. _Schawarz-meer_; Kara-mulin (black mill); Cape Kara-bournow (the black nose), in Asia Minor. [Sidenote: KEHLE (Ger.),] a gorge or defile; _e.g._ Bergkehle (hill gorge): Hundkehle (the dog’s gorge); Langkehl (long gorge); Kehl (the gorge), in Baden; Schuylkill (the hidden gorge), a river in America. [Sidenote: KESSEL, KEZIL (Ger.), KYTEL (A.S.),] literally a kettle, but in topography applied to a bowl-shaped valley surrounded by hills; _e.g._ Ketel, in Holstein; Kessel, in Belgium; Kessel-loo (the low-lying grove or swamp), in Belgium; Kesselt (the low-lying wood, _holt_), in Belgium; Kettle or King’s-kettle (the hollow), in the valley of the R. Eden, in Fife, formerly belonging to the crown; but such names as Kesselstadt, Kesselsham, Kettlesthorpe, and Kettleshulme are probably connected with the personal name Chetil or Kettle, being common names among the Teutons and Scandinavians. [Sidenote: KIR (Heb.), KIRJATH,] a wall or stronghold, a city or town; _e.g._ Kir-Moab (the stronghold of Moab); Kiriathaim (the two cities); Kirjath-Arba (the city of Arba), now Hebron; Kirjath-Baal (of Baal); Kirjath-Huzoth (the city of villas); Kirjath-jearim (of forests); Kirjath-sannah (of palms), also called Kirjath-sepher (the city of the book). The Breton _Ker_ (a dwelling) seems akin to this word, as in Kergneû (the house at the nut-trees), in Brittany. [Sidenote: KIRCHE (Ger. and Scand.), CYRIC (A.S.), KERK (Dutch),]