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Kama

1 American  
[kah-muh] / ˈkɑ mə /

noun

  1. Hindu Mythology. the god of erotic desire, sometimes seen as an aspect of the god whose other aspect is Mara, or death.

  2. (lowercase) the attachment to temporal things personified by this god.


Kama 2 American  
[kah-muh] / ˈkɑ mə /

noun

  1. a river in the E Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the central Ural Mountains region into the Volga River S of Kazan. 1,200 miles (1,930 km) long.


Kama 1 British  
/ ˈkamə /

noun

  1. a river in central Russia, rising in the Ural Mountains and flowing to the River Volga, of which it is the largest tributary. Length: 2030 km (1260 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Kama 2 British  
/ ˈkɑːmə /

noun

  1. the Hindu god of love

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Kama

< Sanskrit, special use of kāma love, desire, god of love

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"Prisoners on life sentences know they are unlikely to be released for a significant period, indeed they often have very little to come out to," criminal barrister Kama Melly KC explains.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

They earned the attention of Artie Ripp, an independent record mogul who signed them to his Kama Sutra Productions.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2024

The game ended in the fourth inning when Kama hit a single down the left-field line that scored Esaiah Wong to clinch the victory and another championship for Hawaii.

From Washington Times Aug. 28, 2022

An employee of Moscow-based Kama LLC said the company owns the SV Nikolay and denied the vessel carried Ukrainian grain or called at Crimea.

From Reuters Jul. 22, 2022

He is Kama, whom the world has abandoned.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

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