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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.
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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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