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Geography

* Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, a village also called Kish *
Kiş, Shaki Kiş (also, Kish and Kish-Kishlak) is a village and municipality in the Shaki Rayon of Azerbaijan. It is located approximately 5 km north of Shaki. It has a population of 6,244. Geography The village is situated on the shore of the Kish r ...
, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality also spelled Kish *
Kish Island Kish ( fa, کیش ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgān Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, s ...
, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf *
Kish, Iran Kish ( fa, كيش, also Romanized as Kīsh ) is a coastal city and capital of Kish District, in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20,667, in 6,163 families. The city is on Kish Island, a spec ...
, a city on Kish Island *
Kish District Kish District ( fa, بخش کیش) is a district (bakhsh) in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,637, in 6,344 families. The District has one city: Kish. The District has two rural district ...
, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Kish Rural District, an administrative subdivision of Iran *
Kish (Sumer) Kish ( Sumerian: Kiš; transliteration: Kiš ki; cuneiform: ; Akkadian: kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located 80 kilometers south of Baghdad and 12 kilometers east of th ...
, an ancient city in Sumer, now in Iraq *
Kish Bank The Kish Bank ( Irish: ''Banc na Cise'') is a shallow sand bank approximately off the coast of Dublin, in Ireland. It is marked by the Kish Lighthouse,
, a shallow sandbank off the coast of Dublin *
Kishacoquillas Valley The Kishacoquillas Valley, known locally as both Kish Valley and Big Valley, is an enclosed anticlinal valley in the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of Central Pennsylvania, and is located in Mifflin and Huntingdon counties. Geography The valle ...
, Pennsylvania, United States, also known as Kish Valley * Shahr-i Sabz in Uzbekistan, whose early medieval name was "Kish"


People

* Kish, a former stage name of
Andrew Kishino Andrew Kishino (born March 20, 1970) also known as Big Kish (formerly Kish), is a Canadian voice actor. Life and career Kishino is best known for his 1991 single "I Rhyme the World in 80 Days". The song was featured on his debut album, ''Orde ...
(born 1970), Canadian actor and rapper *
Justine Kish Svetlana Nasibulina (born 13 April 1988), known professionally by her ring name Justine Kish, is an American mixed martial artist that competes in the Flyweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional since 2010, she has also competed in the Ult ...
, ring name of American mixed martial artist Svetlana Nasibulina (born 1988)


Religion

* Kish (Bible), father of Saul *
Kish Kish may refer to: Geography * Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, a village also called Kish * Kiş, Shaki, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality also spelled Kish * Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf * Kish, Iran, ...
, a Jaredite king in the Book of Mormon * Church of Kish, a church in the village of Kiş, Shakim, Azerbaijan


Businesses

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Kish Air Kish Airlines ( fa, هواپیمایی کیش, ''Havāpeymāyi-e Kish'') is an airline operating from Kish Island, Iran. It operates international, domestic and charter services as a scheduled carrier. Its main bases are Kish International Airpo ...
, an Iranian airline *
KISH Kish may refer to: Geography * Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, a village also called Kish * Kiş, Shaki, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality also spelled Kish * Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf * Kish, Iran, ...
, a radio station in Guam *
Kish Khodro Kish Khodro is an Iranian car company established in 1995 and registered in Kish Island. It was owned by Mohammad Saffari (51%), Bank of Industry and Mine (40%) and Kamran Naghdi, the Managing Director of BMS Automotives Ltd from the United Kingdo ...
, Iranian auto manufacturer


Other uses

* Kish International Airport, Kish Island, Iran * Kish Gas Field, a giant gas field close to Kish Island in the Persian Gulf * Iranian yacht ''Kish'', a former royal yacht of the Shah of Iran *
Kish (Tokyo Mew Mew) The ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' manga and anime series features a cast of characters designed by Mia Ikumi. The series takes place in Tokyo, Japan, where five adolescent girls, called Mew Mews, are infused with the DNA of endangered species to combat alien ...
, an antagonist in the manga and anime series ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' *
Oliver Fish and Kyle Lewis Oliver Fish (often referred to onscreen as Fish) is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama ''One Life to Live''. He was portrayed by Scott Evans from January 15, 2008, through April 12, 2010. The June 2009 announcement that the character ...
, fictional characters from the American soap opera ''One Life to Live'' *
Kish Kish may refer to: Geography * Gishi, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, a village also called Kish * Kiş, Shaki, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality also spelled Kish * Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf * Kish, Iran, ...
, a byproduct in steelmaking, used to synthesize graphite


See also

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Kish civilization The Kish civilization or Kish tradition was a concept created by Ignace Gelb and discarded by more recent scholarship, which Gelb placed in what he called the early East Semitic era in Mesopotamia and the Levant, starting in the early 4th millenn ...
, an ancient Mesopotamian culture centered upon the city of Kish *
Kish grid The Kish grid or Kish selection grid is a method for selecting members within a household to be interviewed. It uses a pre-assigned table of random numbers to find the person to be interviewed. It was developed by statistician Leslie Kish in 1949 ...
, a sampling methodology * Kesh (disambiguation) * Kishi (disambiguation) *
Kitsch Kitsch ( ; loanword from German) is a term applied to art and design that is perceived as naïve imitation, overly-eccentric, gratuitous, or of banal taste. The avant-garde opposed kitsch as melodramatic and superficial affiliation wi ...
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