Coss

//kɒs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A measure of distance, varying from one and a quarter to two and a half English miles. British, India, South-Asia

    "... the distances (computed by marching-time as well as by reference to the Népálese kós of 2⅓ miles each) ..."

  2. 2
    Initialism of commercial open-source software. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncommon, uncountable
  3. 3
    (in India) a unit of length having different values in different localities wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani کوس / कोस (kos). Doublet of krosa.

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