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.

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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.

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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)

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Kama ² British  

/ ˈkɑːmə /

noun

1. the Hindu god of love

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Etymology

Origin of Kama

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

Example Sentences

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Kama

Working with the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, Kama Melly is helping to introduce a training course for all barristers working on cases involving trauma from December.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 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

He and his band later signed with the Kama Sutra label, for which they recorded “Uneasy Rider” before finding a long-term home with Epic Records in 1975.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2020

Kama Onwuka, a 24-year-old black man, watched the looting like other bystanders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2020

She had come to tell Kama a story.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy