Kohinoor

or Koh-i-noor

[ koh-uh-noor ]

noun

1. an Indian diamond weighing 106 carats; now part of the British crown jewels.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kohinoor¹

From the Persian word kōhinūr literally, mountain of light

Example Sentences

Why, he's my Kohinoor, a possession of great price which endows me with distinction, and runs my credit up into the millions.

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The famous Kohinoor was but a grain of sand compared to any of them.

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The last cutting of the celebrated Kohinoor diamond cost forty thousand dollars.

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You are my ideal of womanhood and your smile is more precious to me than the Kohinoor.'

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Ah, my friend, the polishing of those jewels took far longer than the polishing of the Kohinoor.

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