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kish¹

  • /kɪʃ/

Rhymes with -ɪʃ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Irish cis, ceis (“basket, hamper”). Doublet of cesta.

noun kishes

  1. A basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf. the whole kish emptied on [the turf-fire] at once... (c. 1)

kish²

  • /kɪʃ/

Rhymes with -ɪʃ

Where it comes from

Compare German Kies (“gravel, pyrites”).

noun

  1. uncountable The graphite formed as a byproduct in iron smelting.

Kish³

proper noun

  1. historical An ancient city of Sumer, located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad.
  2. A resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf.

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@misc{kish_2026,
  title = {kish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}