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kos

  [kohs]
–noun, plural kos. (in India)
a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 mi. (1.6 to 4.8 km).
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Also, coss.

Origin:
< Hindi ≪ Skt krośa
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Kos

  [kos, kaws]
–noun
one of the Greek Dodecanese Islands in the SE Aegean Sea, off the SW coast of Turkey. 16,650; 111 sq. mi. (287 sq. km).
Also, Cos.
Italian, Coo.

KO

  [n. key-oh, key-oh; v. key-oh] noun, plural KO's, verb, KO'd, KO'ing. Slang.
–noun
1. a knockout in boxing.
–verb (used with object)
2. to knock unconscious, esp. in a boxing match; knock out.
Also, K.O., k.o., kayo.

Origin:
1920–25; initial letters of knock out
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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KO   (kā'ō')   
tr.v.   KO'd, KO'ing, KO's
To knock out, as in boxing.
n.   (kā-ō', kā'ō')
A knockout, as in boxing.
Kos also Cos   (kŏs, kôs)   
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 B.C. Kos became part of modern Greece in 1947.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
KO [ˈkeˈo]

and kayo
  1. n.
    a knockout. (The abbreviation is an initialism. Boxing.) : It was a quick KO, and Wilbur was the new champ.
  2. tv.
    to knock someone out. (See also KOed. Boxing.) : Wilbur planned to KO Wallace in the third round.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

kos 
measure of distance in India (about 2 miles), from Hindi kos, from Skt. krosah, lit. "a call, a shout;" thus, "distance within which a man's shout can be heard."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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