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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, a partially recognized country in the Balkans.
- Kosovo Polje
- Kosów Lacki, a town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Kosów, a name of three villages in Poland
- Kosov, a place in Slovakia
- Kosovka, a place in Minsk Voblast, Belarus.
- Kosivka, a village in Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
- Kosivka, a village in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine.
- Kosovka, a river in Russia.
- Kosovka Devojka
- Kosówka, a name of three villages in Poland
Ákos
Ákos is a Hungarian name. Today, it is mainly a masculine given name.
It may refer to:
Middle Ages
- Ákos (chronicler) (d. after 1273)
- Ernye Ákos (d. after 1275)
