kos

¹ American  

[kohs] / koʊs /

Or coss

noun

plural

kos

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

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Kos ² American  

[kos, kaws] / kɒs, kɔs /

Or Cos

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).

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Kos ¹ British  

/ 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)

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kos ² British  

/ kəʊs /

noun

1. Also called: coss.  an Indian unit of distance having different values in different localities. It is usually between 1 and 3 miles or 1 and 5 kilometres

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Etymology

Origin of kos

< Hindi ≪ Sanskrit krośa

Example Sentences

He had come from some village, with an unpronounceable name, thirty kos away, to see his brother's son, who was sick in the big Hospital.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

After breakfast we again took the road, and marched three kos to another little wooded settlement, called Nurila, situated, like Kulchee, upon the Indus, or, as it is here called, the Attock.

From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Knight, William Henry

"I say it is five kos and the carts should start at moonrise and arrive before the moon sets."

From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Wren, Percival Christopher

About five kos on our journey we halted to let the kitchen come up, and had our breakfast on the snow in the company of a select party of marmots.

From Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet by Knight, William Henry

"It is six kos, or perhaps eight, and again it might be that it is ten by the road, but the chita will go through the jungle in a matter of half that distance."

From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.