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Kyoto
city in Japan, from
kyo
+
to
, both meaning "capital." Founded 794 as
Heionkyo
"Capital of Calm and Peace," it also has been known as
Miyako
and
Saikyo
.
Kyoto Protocol
so called because it was initially adopted Dec. 11, 1997, in the Japanese city.
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kyphosis (n.)
"angular curvature of the spine," 1854 (in a translation from German, where it is attested by 1783), from Greek
kyphos
"crooked" +
-osis
.
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Kyrgyz
also
Kirghiz
, Turkic people of western Central Asia, 1650s; their name is of disputed origin.
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Kyrie eleison
early 13c., a Greek liturgical formula adopted untranslated into the Latin mass, literally "lord have mercy" (Psalms cxxii.3, Matthew xv.22, xvii.15, etc.). From
kyrie
, vocative of
kyrios
"lord, master" (see
church
(n.)) +
eleeson
, aorist imperative of
eleo
"I have pity on, show mercy to," from
eleos
"pity, mercy" (see
alms
). Hence, the corresponding part of a musical setting of the Mass or Anglican Communion.
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