Kuklos
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Kuklos means "ring" or "circle" in Greek
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Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
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- Kuklos AdelphonKuklos AdelphonKuklos Adelphon was a college fraternity widespread throughout the Southern states of the United States in the pre-Civil war period. Its name means Circle of Brothers...
, a Southern USSouthern United StatesThe Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
fraternity that eventually became The Kappa Alpha Order. - Kuklos Anankes, the circle of necessity in MysticismMysticismMysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
- The KuklosBerneuseThe Berneuse is a minor summit below the Tour d'Aï in the Bernese Alps above Leysin in Switzerland. This summit is a popular place because of the revolving restaurant on the top which is accessible by cable cabin from town. On a clear day, Lake Geneva is visible from this summit.-External links:*...
, a revolving restaurant in the Swiss AlpsSwiss AlpsThe Swiss Alps are the portion of the Alps mountain range that lies within Switzerland. Because of their central position within the entire Alpine range, they are also known as the Central Alps....