kos

¹ American  

[kohs] / koʊs /

Or coss

noun

plural

kos

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

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

From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.

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 Knight, William Henry

This Indarpuri Kuri had given out, that whoever would go and come twelve kos seven times within an hour should be her husband.

From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.

We will go very softly, perhaps a kos a day, for the Search is sure.

From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard

That day his horse ran twelve kos there and back three times within an hour.

From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.