Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient city of Mesopotamia in the Euphrates River valley of present-day central Iraq. Its extensive ruins have yielded valuable archaeological evidence about Sumerian culture.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large basket.
- noun In metallurgy, a name given by furnacemen to the graphite which appears on the surface of the iron in the blast-furnace during the process of tapping.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun An ancient city of
Sumer , located some 12 km east ofBabylon , and 80 km south ofBaghdad .
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Last week the Fourth Department issued a very interesting decision in Kish v Graham,
Fourth Department 2008
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Last week the Fourth Department issued a very interesting decision in Kish v Graham,
Medical Malpractice 2007
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Moreover, the father of Kish is said (1Sa 9: 1) to have been Abiel, the son of Zeror, whence it would seem that Abiel and Ner were names of the same person.
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The males are all classed in two parties or bands -- one called Kish-ko-guis, or long hairs; the other Osh-cushis or braves, the former being considered something more than brave.
Great Indian Chief of the West Or, Life and Adventures of Black Hawk Benjamin Drake 1817
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The two are quickly becoming BFFs and Kish is helping the tone deaf Indian cruise through the competition, “Do your thing and just be yourself out there” and “Don’t listen to what people have to say.”
Lakisha Jones Married Larry Davis; Lakisha Jones Wedding Picture 2007
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Abraham or Ibrahim only through the Babylonians; for the ancient religion of all the countries from the Euphrates to the Oxus was called Kish Ibrahim or Milat
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U.S. officials believe the man disappeared several weeks ago from the island of Kish, which is a popular tourist stop off the southern coast of Iran.
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Tigris, and one goes down the river which falls into the Indian Ocean unto an island called Kish [170].
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela
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He was encamped with his tribe at a place which the Indians called Kish-wa-cokee.
General Scott Wright, Gen Marcus J 1893
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Iranian resort island called Kish pronounced Keesh.
American Products Sold in Iran, Despite Economic Sanctions - CNBC 2010
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