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 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

"I say it is five kos and the carts should start at moonrise and arrive before the moon sets."

From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Wren, Percival Christopher

Coss, kos, n. a measure of distance in India, averaging about 1� mile.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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