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  kos

  noun

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

  noun

  one of the Greek Dodecanese Islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea, off the southwestern coast of Turkey. 111 sq. mi. (287 sq. km).

kos

¹ American  

[kohs] / koʊs /

Or coss

noun

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

Os signifies father; nos is my father; kos, thy father; osun, his or her father.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

"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.

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

Entering the Pass of Fotoola, we ascended gradually for some five kos, and reached a considerable elevation, with a good deal of snow lying about on the mountains.

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