Kook or KOOK may refer to:
People
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Kook (surname)
Kook is a surname in various cultures.
Origins
As a Chinese surname, Kook approximates the Cantonese pronunciations of various distinct surnames, listed below by their spelling in Hanyu Pinyin (which reflects the Standard Mandarin pronunciation): ...
* Kook, a slave prominent in the
1811 German Coast Uprising
The 1811 German Coast uprising was a slave rebellion which occurred in the Territory of Orleans from January 8–10, 1811. It occurred on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the modern-day Louisiana parishes of St. John the Baptist Paris ...
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Kook (surfer)
This glossary of surfing includes some of the extensive vocabulary used to describe various aspects of the sport of surfing as described in literature on the subject. In some cases terms have spread to a wider cultural use. These terms were origi ...
, a term for a wanna-be surfer of limited skill
Media
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KYKK (FM)
KYKK (93.5 FM) is a country music radio station licensed to Junction, Texas
Junction is a city in and the county seat of Kimble County, Texas, United States. Its population was 2,451 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
History
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, a radio station (93.5 FM) licensed to serve Junction, Texas, United States, which held the call sign KOOK from 1998 to 2018
* KOOK-TV, a television station now known as
KTVQ
KTVQ (channel 2) is a television station in Billings, Montana, United States, affiliated with CBS. Owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, it is part of the Montana Television Network, a statewide network of CBS-affiliated stations. KTVQ's studi ...
* Kook TV, a
Saraiki language
Saraiki ( ', ; also spelt Siraiki, or Seraiki) is an Indo-Aryan language of the Lahnda group. "The existence of Lahnda as a separate language has long been recognised under various names such as Jatki, Multani, Hindki or Hindko and Western Pan ...
TV Channel from Pakistan
* ''Kooks'', a 1988–1991 magazine and a 1994 book by
Donna Kossy
Donna J. Kossy (born May 18, 1957) is an American writer, zine publisher, and online used book dealer based in Portland, Oregon. Specializing in the history of "forgotten, discredited and extreme ideas", which she calls "crackpotology and kookolo ...
Entertainment
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''KOOK'' (TV series), a hit music programme on BBC Persian TV
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The Kooks
The Kooks () are an English indie rock band formed in 2004 in Brighton. The current lineup consists of Luke Pritchard on vocals and guitar, and Hugh Harris on bass, guitar, and synthesiser.
Their music is primarily influenced by the 1960s Br ...
, formed 2004, a British band
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The Kooks (Sweden)
The Kooks are a Swedish Indie, alternative rock band formed in 1998. This band was formed by Henrik Berglund, Leo Dahlin, Michael Lohse, Josef Zackrisson. Micke Lohse and Henrik Berglund are both members of the current Atomic Swing Band.
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, a band formed in 1998
* ''K.O.O.K.'', an album by German rock band
Tocotronic
Tocotronic is a German rock band formed in 1993. Similar to Blumfeld or Die Sterne they are considered a part of the Hamburger Schule (''Hamburg School'') movement. They are influential for bands such as Wir sind Helden.
History
Tocotronic ...
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"Kooks" (song), a 1971 David Bowie song on ''Hunky Dory''
* ''
The Kook'', a 2011 American short film
See also
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Cuckoo (disambiguation)
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