kos

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Kos¹

Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek Κῶς (Kôs) and modern Greek Κως (Kos).

proper noun Cos

  1. An island of the Dodecanese, Greece.

kos²

noun koses · kos

  1. alternative Alternative spelling of coss

KOS³

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of key operated switch
  2. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of key-operated selector
  3. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of Knackered Old Shit
  4. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of knowledge organization system
  5. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of knowledge organization structure
  6. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of kernel operating system

verb

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of kill on sight: used in addition to a target player's username to alert teammates of a suspicious player that should be killed when seen.

phrase

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of keep on smiling

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Kohler Operating System

KOs⁴

noun

  1. plural plural of KO

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of KO

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: coss, wallops, cos, decks, koos, refuses, rejects, kassos, rhodes, kalymnos, syme, delos, milos, lesbos, kimolos, kosrae

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name island

日本語コス島 kosu-tō
PortuguêsCós
FrançaisCos
DeutschKos
ItalianoCoo
ΕλληνικάΚως Kos
РусскийКос Kos
العربيةكُوس kūs

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@misc{kos_2026,
  title = {kos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}