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Kasi

American  
[kah-see] / ˈkɑ si /

noun

  1. Kingdom of, an ancient kingdom of N India, the capital at present-day Varanasi; flourished in the 8th–6th centuries b.c.


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"Fire Shut Up in My Bones," the work of jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and writer-director Kasi Lemmons, was the first opera by a Black composer or librettist to reach the Met stage.

From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024

South Kivu Governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi said the road to the villages was still cut off, but would reopen soon.

From Reuters • May 23, 2023

In the years since, Criterion has added titles including Sidney Poitier’s “Buck and the Preacher” and “Eve’s Bayou,” from director Kasi Lemmons, but glaring omissions remain.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

Director Kasi Lemmons explains the detail that required sharp negotiation.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2022

Kasi, being an important official, receives from the Bhutan Government forty maunds of barley and forty maunds of rice annually.

From The Unveiling of Lhasa by Candler, Edmund

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