"Cush" meaning in All languages combined

See Cush on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /kʌʃ/, /kʊʃ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כוש (kûš, “Ethiopia, Ethiopians”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|hbo|כוש||Ethiopia, Ethiopians|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=kûš|ts=}} Biblical Hebrew כוש (kûš, “Ethiopia, Ethiopians”), {{bor+|en|hbo|כוש|t=Ethiopia, Ethiopians|tr=kûš}} Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כוש (kûš, “Ethiopia, Ethiopians”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cush
  1. (biblical) The son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples. Categories (topical): Bible Translations (son of Ham): كُوش (kūš) [masculine] (Arabic), كُوش بْن حَام (kūš bn ḥām) [masculine] (Arabic), Cúc (Vietnamese), Cút (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Cush-en-name-C1TnDZD8 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'son of Ham': 75 6 18
  2. (biblical) A Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7. Categories (topical): Bible
    Sense id: en-Cush-en-name-u6K2SdEH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 48 18 8 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  3. An Iron Age kingdom on the middle Nile, in what is now northern Sudan. Translations (ancient kingdom): كُوش (kūš) [feminine] (Arabic), مَمْلَكَة كُوش (alt: mamlaka(t) kūš) [feminine] (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-Cush-en-name-ODgrdIKj Disambiguation of 'ancient kingdom': 8 5 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cushite, Cushitic Related terms: Nubia, Sudan, Egypt
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Cush (uncountable)
  1. Alternative form of kush (“marijuana”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: kush (extra: marijuana) Synonyms: Kush
    Sense id: en-Cush-en-noun-pYysl4Pb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for Cush meaning in All languages combined (5.5kB)

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