"Cush" meaning in English

See Cush in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kʌʃ/, /kʊʃ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כוש (kûš, “Ethiopia, Ethiopians”). Etymology templates: {{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. Wikidata QID: Q1138595 Categories (topical): Biblical characters 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-en:Q1138595 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 39 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 29 33 38 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 39 35 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 45 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 43 25 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 44 31 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 29 33 38 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), k-A-S:N25 (kꜣš) (Egyptian)
    Sense id: en-Cush-en-name-ODgrdIKj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Egyptian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 39 35 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 28 30 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian translations: 27 29 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of 'ancient kingdom': 8 5 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Cushite, Cushitic Related terms: Nubia, Sudan, Egypt
Etymology number: 1

Noun

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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 39 35 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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