KOH
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Chemistry

  • Potassium hydroxide
    Potassium hydroxide
    Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, commonly called caustic potash.Along with sodium hydroxide , this colorless solid is a prototypical strong base. It has many industrial and niche applications. Most applications exploit its reactivity toward acids and its corrosive...

    , formula "KOH"
    • KOH test
      KOH test
      The KOH Test for Candida albicans, also known as a potassium hydroxide preparation, is a quick, inexpensive fungal test to differentiate between dermatophytes and Candida albicans symptoms from other skin disorders like psoriasis and eczema....

      , a procedure in which potassium hydroxide is used to dissolve skin and reveal fungal cells under the microscope
    • KOH titration, a procedure for determining a lubricant's acid level or TBN

Person's name

  • Ava Lyn Koh, one of the first movie stars of the Singapore film industry
  • Cynthia Koh
    Cynthia Koh
    Cynthia Koh is a Singaporean Chinese actress, appearing in MediaCorp drama serials.-Early life and education:Born in 1974, Koh has one younger sister. Her father works in the Singapore Civil Defence Force while her mother is a housewife...

    , Singaporean television actress
  • Dasmond Koh
    Dasmond Koh
    Dasmond Koh is a Singaporean television compere and actor. He made his career debut on the leading Chinese music radio station in Singapore as a full-time deejay and was an occasional TV host with MediaCorp Studios...

    , Singaporean television compere and actor
  • Desmond Koh (swimmer)
    Desmond Koh (swimmer)
    Desmond Koh Mun Kit is a former competitive swimmer from Singapore and represented the nation in numerous international competitions over a period of more than 10 years including 5 years as Captain. He started his foray in banking in investment banking London in 1996 and is currently a director...

     (born 1973), a former competitive swimmer from Singapore
  • Germaine Koh
    Germaine Koh
    Germaine Koh is a Malaysian-born internationally active Canadian artist. At the age of two she emigrated to Canada.She is a conceptual artist working out of Vancouver, B.C., self-described as having "no fixed address" whose art encompasses the use of everyday objects and familiar concepts into...

     (born 1967), Malaysian-born Canadian artist
  • Harold Hongju Koh
    Harold Hongju Koh
    Harold Hongju Koh is an Korean American lawyer and legal scholar. He currently serves as the Legal Adviser of the Department of State. He was nominated to his current position by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2009, and confirmed by the Senate on June 25, 2009.In public service, Koh...

     (born 1954), the Dean of the Yale Law School
  • Ho Koh Chye
    Ho Koh Chye
    Ho Koh Chye born November 5, 1942 - died December 3, 2008 was a Malaysian Olympic Hockey goalie who died at a hospital in Kelana Jaya.Ho represented the Malaysian hockey team in the Jakarta Asian Games in 1962, in Tokyo during the 1964 Olympics, Bangkok Asian Games in 1966 and the Olympic Games in...

     (1942–2008), a Malaysian Olympic Hockey goalie
  • Howard Koh
    Howard Koh
    Howard Kyongju Koh is the 14th United States Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services , after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009.As the Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr...

    , Professor and Associate Dean at the Harvard School of Public Health
  • Jennifer Koh
    Jennifer Koh
    Jennifer Koh is an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, IL.Jennifer Koh earned a B.A. in English Literature from Oberlin College, as well as a Performance Diploma from the attached Oberlin Conservatory. She is also a graduate of the Curtis Institute and was silver medalist in...

    , an American violinist, born to Korean parents in Glen Ellyn, IL
  • Koh Boon Hwee
    Koh Boon Hwee
    Koh Boon Hwee holds a first class honours degree in mechanical engineering from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School...

    , a Singapore businessman, chairman of DBS Bank
  • Koh Buck Song
    Koh Buck Song
    Koh, Buck Song is a writer, editor and consultant in branding, communications strategy and corporate social responsibility in Singapore.-Selected Published Works:Koh, Buck Song is the author and editor of 20 books.His non-fiction books include:...

    , writer and communications consultant in Singapore
  • Koh Eng Tong
    Koh Eng Tong
    Koh Eng Tong was one of Malaysia's pioneer and foremost professional photographer and founder of Eng Tong System Sdn. Bhd, a leading supplier of professional photographic equipment and other products in Malaysia...

     (1921–2006), Malaysian professional photographer and businessman
  • Koh Juat Jong
    Koh Juat Jong
    Mrs. Koh Juat Jong is the former Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore and current Solicitor-General of Singapore. A President's Scholar, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Statistics from University College London in 1981. She then joined the Administrative...

    , the former Registrar of the Supreme Court of Singapore, now Solicitor-General of Singapore
  • Koh Lay Huan
    Koh Lay Huan
    Koh Lay Huan was a wealthy and educated man, who had earlier rebelled against the Manchu Qing Dynasty and fled to Siam and the Malay States, to eventually settle in Penang as its first Kapitan China...

     (died 1826), a wealthy and educated man who rebelled against the Manchus and fled to settle in Penang as its first Kapitan China
  • Koh Se-kai
    Koh Se-kai
    Koh Se-kai , Taiwanese historian, politician, and diplomat, an important leader of the Taiwan independence movement, was appointed in 2004 to be the Republic of China’s top representative to Japan. He had retired since June 2008.-References:...

     (born 1934), political/historical scholar, a leader of the Taiwan independence movement
  • Koh Suk-Chang
    Koh Suk-Chang
    Koh Suk-Chang is a male South Korean former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1984 he was a member of the South Korean team which finished eleventh in the Olympic tournament...

     (born 1963), a male South Korean former handball player who competed in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics
  • Koh Tsu Koon
    Koh Tsu Koon
    Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon is a Malaysian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Penang from 1990 to 2008 and is currently a member of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Malaysian Parliament...

     (born 1949), Malaysian politician
  • KOH
    KOH
    -Chemistry:*Potassium hydroxide, formula "KOH"** KOH test, a procedure in which potassium hydroxide is used to dissolve skin and reveal fungal cells under the microscope** KOH titration, a procedure for determining a lubricant's acid level or TBN-Person's name:...

     (born 1988), soul musician, rebel
  • Sophie Koh
    Sophie Koh
    Sophie Koh is a singer and songwriter based in Australia.-Brief Biography:Born in New Zealand, Sophie Koh grew up both there and in Singapore. After finishing university in Melbourne, Australia, she headed north to Darwin , where she won Triple J's Unearthed contest in 2003. Returning to...

     (born 1979), an Australian based musician
  • Terence Koh
    Terence Koh
    Terence Koh is a Canadian artist. Koh creates handmade books and zines, prints, photographs, sculptures, performances, and installations. Much of his diverse work involves queer, punk, and pornographic sensibilities. Koh has also worked under the alias "asianpunkboy", though it appears that name...

     (born 1977), American artist
  • Tommy Koh
    Tommy Koh
    Tommy Koh was born in Singapore on 12 November 1937. He is an international lawyer, professor and Ambassador-At-Large for the Government of Singapore...

    , (born 1937), international lawyer, professor and Ambassador-At-Large for the Government of Singapore
  • Tony Koh, a Singaporean JTeam artiste who made his debut in the 2004 local film The Best Bet
  • Vladimir Koh
    Vladimir Koh
    Vladimir Koh is a Serbian violinist and university professor.-Education:Vladimir Koh started his musical training as a double major student at the Josip Slavenski School of Music in Belgrade. In the year 1980, he entered the Faculty of Music in Belgrade as the first in the rank...

     (born 1964), a Serbian violinist

Place name

  • Daman-e-Koh
    Daman-e-Koh
    Daman-e-Koh, about 3000ft from sea level and almost 1000ft higher than City of Islamabad, is a viewing point and hill top modern garden, popular among the residents as well as the visitors to this capital town of the nation....

    , a hill at the north of Islamabad in the middle of Margalla Hills
  • Koh-e-Murad
    Koh-e-Murad
    Koh-e-Murad is a shrine, which is located in Turbat, Baluchistan. This location is a sacred site for Zikris where prayers have been offered for many years...

    , a shrine in Turbat, Baluchistan
  • Koh Ker
    Koh Ker
    Koh Ker is an Angkorian site in northern Cambodia. 100 km northeast of Angkor itself, it was briefly the capital of the Khmer empire between 928 and 944 under king Jayavarman IV and his son Hasavarman II.After the Khmer empire had been established in the Angkor area , Jayavarman IV moved the...

    , an Angkorian site in northern Cambodia
  • Pusht-e-Koh District
    Pusht-e-Koh District
    Pusht-e-Koh is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 70% Pashtun and 30% Tajik, was estimated at 35,000 in January 2005.-References:* , compiled December 2004–January 2005, accessed 2006-06-19 ....

    , a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan
  • Ras Koh
    Ras Koh
    The Ras Koh Hills is a range of granite hills forming part of the Sulaiman Mountain Range in the Chagai District in Pakistan's Balochistan province. The word "Ras" means "gateway" and the word "Koh" means "mountain" in Urdu...

    , a foothill in Chagai District, Balochistan, Pakistan
  • Safed Koh
    Safed Koh
    Spin Ghar or Safed Kuh or the Indian Caucasus, also known as the Safīd Mountain Range or Morga Range, is a mountain range on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, up to above sea-level at Mount Sikaram, straight and rigid, towering above all surrounding hills...

     (white mountain), a range of mountains on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
  • Shib Koh District
    Shib Koh District
    Shib Koh is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is 70% Pashtun and 15% Tajik, along with other ethnic groups, was estimated at 328,000 in January 2005.-References:...

    , a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan

Initials or acronym

  • the IATA code for Koolatah, in Koolatah, Queensland, Australia
  • Potassium hydroxide
    Potassium hydroxide
    Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, commonly called caustic potash.Along with sodium hydroxide , this colorless solid is a prototypical strong base. It has many industrial and niche applications. Most applications exploit its reactivity toward acids and its corrosive...

    , molecular formula "KOH"

Other

  • Knights of Honor
    Knights of Honor (game)
    Knights of Honor is a real-time strategy game developed by Bulgarian Black Sea Studios . It was published by Sunflowers GmbH in Europe in 2004 and Paradox Entertainment in North America in 2005. The game takes place in Medieval Europe, spanning the early centuries of the second millennium in...

     a Computer game situated in medieval Europe
  • Koh the Face Stealer, a dangerous spirit from the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender
  • Battle of Koh Chang
    Battle of Koh Chang
    The Battle of Koh Chang took place on 17 January 1941 during the French-Thai War and resulted in a decisive victory by the French over the Royal Thai Navy. During the battle, a flotilla of French warships attacked a smaller force of Thai vessels, including a coastal battleship.In the end, Thailand...

     took place in January 1941 during the French-Thai War
  • Koh-i-Noor
    Koh-i-Noor
    The Kōh-i Nūr which means "Mountain of Light" in Persian, also spelled Koh-i-noor, Koh-e Noor or Koh-i-Nur, is a 105 carat diamond that was once the largest known diamond in the world. The Kōh-i Nūr originated in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India along with its double, the Darya-ye Noor...

    , a 105 carat (21.6 g) diamond, once the largest known diamond in the world
  • KKOH
    KKOH
    KKOH is a commercial radio station located in Reno, Nevada. KKOH airs News/Talk programming. It is currently under ownership of Cumulus Media....

    , News Talk 780 KOH (in Reno, Nevada) is the promotional reference for KKOH
    KKOH
    KKOH is a commercial radio station located in Reno, Nevada. KKOH airs News/Talk programming. It is currently under ownership of Cumulus Media....

    , even after FCC deemed all radio stations must have 4 letters in their legal identification call signs.

See also

  • Kou
    Kou
    Kou may refer to*Kou, Burkina Faso, a village in Burkina Faso*Kou, Laiwu , town in Laicheng District, Laiwu, Shandong, China*Kou Uraki, a character in the fictional Gundam universe*Kou , a tree species...

    (which might be confused due to similar pronunciation)
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