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Kos
see synonyms of kosNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Kos
see synonyms of kosnounWord forms: plural kos
an Indian unit of distance having different values in different localities. It is usually between 1 and 3 miles or 1 and 5 kilometres
. Also called: cossnoun
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
see synonyms of kos Greek island in the Dodecanese, off the SW coast of Turkey: c. 111 sq mi (287 sq km)
nounWord forms: plural kos
in India, a unit of linear measure varying from 1.5 to 3 miles
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Kos
see synonyms of kos An island of southeast Greece in the northern Dodecanese Islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Kos, an inlet of the Aegean Sea on the southwest coast of Turkey. Hippocrates founded a medical school on the island in the fifth century BC. Kos became part of modern Greece in 1947.
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