"Kush" meaning in All languages combined

See Kush on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew כוש. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|hbo|כוש|sc=Hebr}} Biblical Hebrew כוש Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Kush
  1. Alternative spelling of Cush Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Cush Derived forms: Kushite
    Sense id: en-Kush-en-name-SfBTg1a9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bible, Marijuana, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 15 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 32 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 24 6 Disambiguation of Bible: 52 33 15 Disambiguation of Marijuana: 74 3 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [English]

Forms: Kushes [plural]
Etymology: Respelling of German Kusch. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Kusch}} German Kusch Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Kush (plural Kushes)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Kush-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Kush (uncountable)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of kush Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: kush
    Sense id: en-Kush-en-noun-JAaZNIkg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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