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Karaism
Karakoram Range
karakul
Karamea Bight
karanga
karaoke
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Karelia
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Kariba, Lake
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karaoke

kar·a·o·ke [ kàrree ṓkee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
singing to prerecorded music: a form of entertainment in which amateur singers sing popular songs accompanied by prerecorded music from a machine that may also display the words on a video screen

[Late 20th century. < Japanese< kara "empty" + oke, shortening of ōkesutora "orchestra" < English orchestra]
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