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Ka⋅ma

[kah-muh]
–noun
a river in the E Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the central Ural Mountains region into the Volga River S of Kazan. 1200 mi. (1930 km) long.

Ka⋅ma

[kah-muh]
–noun
1. Hindu Mythology. the god of erotic desire, sometimes seen as an aspect of the god whose other aspect is Mara, or death.
2. (lowercase) the attachment to temporal things personified by this god.

Origin:
< Skt, special use of kāma love, desire, god of love
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Ka·ma 1   (kä'mə)   
n.   Hinduism
The god of love.

[Sanskrit kāmaḥ, love, desire, Kama; see kā- in Indo-European roots.]
Ka·ma 2   (kä'mə)   
A river of west-central Russia rising in the central Ural Mountains and flowing about 2,031 km (1,262 mi) to the Volga River. It is the chief tributary of the Volga.
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