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Kanitz, Otto Felix - Karajan, Theodor Ritter von ab 1869 (22/25)
Kapuzinergruft Karabacek, Joseph

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Kar, Kaar (Old High German i.e. "vessel", also: corrie or cirque), amphitheatre-shaped basin with precipitous walls in high mountain regions, usually the result of erosion by a glacier during the ice age. The bottom is often a shallow basin, which may contain a lake ("tarn", or "Karsee" in German).


 
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