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Kos

Kos or Cos (English pronunciation: /kɒs/) (Greek: Κως, Greek pronunciation: [kos]) is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea, off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. Kos is the third largest of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 33,388 (2011 census), making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes. The island measures 40 by 8 kilometres (25 by 5 miles), and is 4 km (2 miles) from the coast of the ancient region of Caria in Turkey. Administratively, Kos constitutes a municipality within the Kos regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Kos town.

Name

The name Kos (Greek: Κῶς, genitive Κῶ) is first attested in the Iliad, and has been in continuous use since. Other ancient names include Meropis, Cea, and Nymphaea.

In many Romance languages, Kos was formerly known as Stancho, Stanchio, or Stinco, and in Ottoman and modern Turkish it is known as İstanköy, all from the Greek expression εις την Κω 'to Kos';cf. the similar Stamboul and Stimpoli, Crete. Under the rule of the Knights Hospitaller of Rhodes, it was known as Lango or Langò, presumably because of its length. In The Travels of Sir John Mandeville, the author misunderstands this, and treats Lango and Kos as distinct islands.

Kos-

The Slavic word for "blackbird", kos (kosъ, кос) also appears in various toponyms:


  • Kosovo (toponym)
  • Kosovo, a partially recognized country in the Balkans.
  • Kosovo Polje
  • Kosin, a name of five villages in Poland
  • Kosiv, a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine
  • Kosov
  • Kosów Lacki, a town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
  • Kosów, a name of three villages in Poland
  • Kosov, a place in Slovakia
  • Kosova Hora, a village in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
  • Kosovets
  • Kosovka
  • Kosovka, a place in Minsk Voblast, Belarus.
  • Kosivka, a village in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
  • Kosivka, a village in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.
  • Ákos

    Ákos is a Hungarian name. Today, it is mainly a masculine given name.

    It may refer to:

    Middle Ages

  • Ákos (genus), a medieval Hungarian clan
  • Ákos (chronicler) (d. after 1273)
  • Ernye Ákos (d. after 1275)
  • Given name

  • Ákos Kovács (radiologist), Hungarian radiologist
  • Ákos Kovács (singer), Hungarian singer
  • Ákos Buzsáky, Hungarian footballer
  • Ákos Ráthonyi, film director and screenwriter
  • Ákos Elek, Hungarian footballer
  • Ákos Vereckei, sprint canoer
  • See also

  • Ákos, the Hungarian name for Acâș, a commune in Satu Mare County, Romania
  • Ákosfalva, the Hungarian name for Acățari, a commune in Mureş County, Romania
  • Podcasts:

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    Battles

    by: Axe

    I often dream of nights that set
    and watch the rising sun
    And I spoke to you of life and of the battles I had won
    a warm wind blowin' memories, makes me long for home
    but a cold wind blows much harder and makes me wanna roam
    (Chorus)
    Let me go, From this lonely land,
    before my dreams all vanish, Like water in the sand
    Let me run from this lonely place before my dreams are shattered,
    By love I can't erase
    I searched to find your meaning of the path that I am on
    and i hope that my direction will not make me walk alone
    I stumble for the answers, to the questions that remain,
    around the world I've touched the sun and now I'm back again.
    (Chorus)(3)




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