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

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

From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.

About five kos off, we called a halt for breakfast, and reached Tusgam about four P.M.

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

In some places the beds of saffron-flowers extend to a kos.

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

We will go very softly, perhaps a kos a day, for the Search is sure.

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard

The race took place two or three days later and the monkey boy’s mare easily beat all the other horses, she gallopped twelve kos on the ground and twelve kos in the air.

From Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Bompas, Cecil Henry