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Kara Kul
Kara Sea
karabiner
Karachay-Cherkessia
Karachi
karahi
Karaism
Karakoram Range
karakul
Karamea Bight
karanga
karaoke
karat
karate
karate chop
karateka
Karbala
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karakul

kar·a·kul [ kárrəkəl ] (plural kar·a·kuls) or car·a·cul [ kárrəkəl ] (plural car·a·culs)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. fleece: a soft curly black wool from central Asian lambs. Use: fur coats.

2. sheep: a hardy sheep from central Asia, the lambs of which provide karakul

[Mid-19th century. < Russian, after an oasis in Uzbekistan and Kara Kul in Tajikistan]
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