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kos

1
or coss

[ kohs ]

noun

, plural kos.
  1. a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).


Kos

2
or Cos

[ kos, kaws ]

noun

  1. one of the Greek Dodecanese Islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea, off the southwestern coast of Turkey. 111 sq. mi. (287 sq. km).

Kos

1

/ kɒs /

noun

  1. an island in the SE Aegean Sea, in the Greek Dodecanese Islands: separated from SW Turkey by the Kos Channel ; settled in ancient times by Dorians and became famous for literature and medicine. Pop: 30 947 (2001). Area: 282 sq km (109 sq 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


kos

2

/ kəʊs /

noun

  1. an Indian unit of distance having different values in different localities. It is usually between 1 and 3 miles or 1 and 5 kilometres Also calledcoss
“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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kos1

< Hindi Sanskrit krośa
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kos1

from Hindi kōs
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Example Sentences

“More and Better Democrat” declared The Daily Kos in a headline.

So had MoveOn, Daily Kos, Chris Hayes, Paul Krugman, and the editorial page of The New York Times.

Anyway, as Jed Lewison notes at Kos, strike one, strike two...the handwriting is on the wall.

In that way, it resembles other progressive institutions—Daily Kos, Center for American Progress—born during the Bush years.

I guess, like this Daily Kos diarist, that our children are 41 percent lazier than they were a decade ago.

We have come hundreds upon hundreds of kos already, and, till now, I have scarcely been alone with thee an instant.

Bburs towers were not kos mnrs, nor is it said that he ordered each kuroh to be marked on the road.

One of these brave souls was a Pole, whose name was Kos-ci-us-ko.

This Indarpuri Kuri had given out, that whoever would go and come twelve kos seven times within an hour should be her husband.

Lelha then started his horse, and it ran twelve kos there, and twelve kos back, seven times within the hour.

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