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• kos
  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

• kos
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• kos
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of kos

< Hindi ≪ Sanskrit krośa

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Example Sentences

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kos Kos

About five kos on our journey we halted to let the kitchen come up, and had our breakfast on the snow in the company of a select party of marmots.

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

One day he was a swarein' kos he didn't hev better corn.

From Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia by Seba Smith

There was a distance of two or three kos between the boats.

From Santal Folk Tales by A. Campbell

He planted the road from Delhi to Lahore with trees, set up as milestones the kos minárs, some of which are still standing, and built fine sarais at various places.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Sir James McCrone Douie

A kos too, which ought to be from one and a half to two miles, means here anything between one mile and seven.

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

With no offer of a refund, the group booked a last-minute holiday to Kos instead and decided to try and claim money back on their return.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Since most of the flights arrive after the last ferry leaves Kos, you’ll likely have to spend a night in Greece on the way, but what’s the rush?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It's a "very ominous sign" for Australia's two major political parties, former Labor strategist and co-director of polling firm Redbridge, Kos Samaras, tells the BBC.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

“If you’re investing in small data sets and relying on surrogate endpoints, the risk has simply become too high,” says Simos Simeonidis, managing partner and co-founder of Kos Biotechnology Partners, an investment fund.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

He passed die stairway to the pilothouse and squeezed past the extra cargo, crates of Kalamata olives and olive oil, sea sponges from Kos.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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