# KOH

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**Koh** or **KOH** may refer to:

## Chemistry

- [Potassium hydroxide](/source/Potassium_hydroxide), formula "KOH"
- [KOH test](/source/KOH_test), a procedure in which potassium hydroxide is used to dissolve skin and reveal fungal cells under the microscope

## People

- [Koh (surname)](/source/Koh_(surname)), a surname with various origins, including: - [Xǔ (surname)](/source/X%C7%94_(surname)), a Chinese surname sometimes spelled as Koh based on its pronunciation in Southern Min dialects - [Ko (Korean surname)](/source/Ko_(Korean_surname)), occasionally spelled as Koh

People with the given name Koh include:

- [Koh Gabriel Kameda](/source/Koh_Gabriel_Kameda) (born 1975), German-Japanese concert violinist and violin teacher
- [Koh Kojima](/source/Koh_Kojima) or Kō Kojima (born 1928), Japanese manga artist
- [Koh Masaki](/source/Koh_Masaki) or Kō Masaki (1983–2013), Japanese gay pornographic film actor
- [Koh Traoré](/source/Koh_Traor%C3%A9) (born 1989), Burkinabé born Ivorian football player
- [Koh Yasuda](/source/Koh_Yasuda) (1907–1943), Japanese ophthalmologist, first director of Amami Wakoen Sanatorium, a leprosy sanatorium in Japan

## Places

- *Koh* (*កោះ* *Kaôh* kɑh), a Thai word meaning 'island', found in names of [islands of Thailand](/source/List_of_islands_of_Thailand)
- *Koh* (เกาะ), a Thai meaning 'island', found in names of [islands of Thailand](/source/List_of_islands_of_Thailand)
- *Koh* (کوه), a Dari word meaning 'mountain', found in names of [mountains of Afghanistan](/source/Geography_of_Afghanistan#Mountain_systems)
- *Koh* (کوه), an Urdu loanword from Persian meaning 'mountain', found in names of [mountains of Pakistan](/source/List_of_mountains_of_Pakistan)

## Other

- [Koh the Face Stealer](/source/List_of_Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_characters#Koh_the_Face_Stealer), a character in *Avatar: The Last Airbender*
- [King of the Hammers](/source/King_of_the_Hammers), an off-road race in Johnson Valley, California, United States

## See also

- [Koh-i-Noor](/source/Koh-i-Noor), a 105.6 carats (21.12 g) diamond
- [Kou (disambiguation)](/source/Kou_(disambiguation)) (which might be confused due to similar pronunciation)
- [KKOH](/source/KKOH), a radio station in Reno, Nevada, US

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