coss
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English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Hindi कोस (kos), Pali koss, from Sanskrit क्रोश (króśa, “cry, yell; measure of distance”).
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Noun [edit]
- (India) A measure of distance in India, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, pp. 410-11:
- A full half koss from bank to bank is the stream now – you can see it under the stars – and there are ten feet of water therein.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘In Flood Time’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, pp. 410-11:
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Old English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Proto-Germanic *kussaz, whence also Old High German kus, Old Norse koss
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