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PRONUNCIATION OF KAVASS

kavass  [kəˈvɑːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KAVASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kavass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KAVASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kavass

Kavass is a Turkish name for an armed police-officer, also for a courier such as it is usual to engage when travelling in Turkey. The name is used, inter alia, for the guards that traditionally preserve public order at the important worship spots of the Holy Land, such as the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem and the Nativity Church in Bethlehem. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed.. Encyclopædia Britannica. Cambridge University Press. ...

Definition of kavass in the English dictionary

The definition of kavass in the dictionary is an armed Turkish constable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KAVASS


Artigas
ɑːˈtiːɡɑːs
bluegrass
ˈbluːˌɡrɑːs
brass
brɑːs
bypass
ˈbaɪˌpɑːs
cavass
kɑːˈvɑːs
class
klɑːs
fiberglass
ˈfaɪbəɡlɑːs
first-class
ˈfɜːstˌklɑːs
glass
ɡlɑːs
grass
ɡrɑːs
hourglass
ˈaʊəˌɡlɑːs
kuvasz
ˈkʊvɑːs
kvas
kvɑːs
kvass
kvɑːs
litas
ˈliːtɑːs
maas
mɑːs
mas
mɑːs
middle-class
ˈmɪdəl klɑːs
pass
pɑːs
quass
kvɑːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KAVASS

kaumatua
Kaunas
Kaunda
kaupapa
Kaur
kauri
kauri gum
kauru
kava
Kaveri
Kavir Desert
kawa
Kawabata
kawaii
kawakawa
kawanatanga
Kawasaki
Kawasaki´s disease
kawau

WORDS THAT END LIKE KAVASS

ass
badass
bass
biomass
black bass
canvass
come to pass
compass
encompass
first class
in the mass
kick ass
kick-ass
lass
mass
middle class
stained glass
strass
sunglass
world-class

Synonyms and antonyms of kavass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kavass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KAVASS

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The translations of kavass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kavass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

kavass
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kavass
570 millions of speakers

English

kavass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kavass
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

kavass
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

kavass
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kavass
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

kavass
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cavas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kavass
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kawaß
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

kavass
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kavass
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kavass
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kavass
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kavass
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कावस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kavas
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kavass
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kavass
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

kavass
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kavass
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

kavass
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kavass
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kavass
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kavass
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kavass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KAVASS»

The term «kavass» is normally little used and occupies the 120.862 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KAVASS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kavass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KAVASS»

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Artists in Love: From Picasso & Gilot to Christo & ...
A visual tour of some of the art world's most provocative romances offers insight into how the ups and downs of their relationships influenced their work, providing coverage of such couples as Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Jackson Pollock ...
Veronica Kavass, 2012
2
United States Legislation on Foreign Relations and ...
First six volumes cover United States legislation form the 1st Congress in 1789 through the 99th Congress in 1986; starting with volume 7 it is a collection of the texts of the major legislative measures and statement on international ...
Igor I. Kavass, Michael J. Blake, Howard A. Hood, 1996
3
Latvia in World War II
E. Zagars, Socialist Transformation, 49; Steimanis, 143; Rei, The Drama of the Baltic Peoples, 298; Ceichners, 174-77; Tarulis, 251-53; Kavass and Sprudzs, 303-04; Vizulis, Nations under Duress, 50-51. 77. E. Zagars, Socialist Transformation ...
Valdis O. Lumans, 2006
4
The Autobiography of Maud Gonne: A Servant of the Queen
Sometimes Lilla and I went for walks, but always preceded by a Kavass in gorgeous uniform with a long staff who pushed people off the footpaths before us if they didn't move off quick enough. They would scowl and mutter and I hated it.
Maud Gonne, A. Norman Jeffares, Anna MacBride White, 1994
5
Kavass's Current Treaty Index
Companion service to: The United States treaty index : 1776-1990 consolidation; and: Consolidation... supplement.
Igor I. Kavass, 2008
6
Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences
Any attempt to provide information on the bibliography concerning the Russian legal system would be rather poor without reference to the life work of KAVASS. The author has produced, up to now, a series of four bibliographical listings of ...
Jonathan Michie, 2014
7
American Consuls in the Holy Land, 1832-1914
... Apr 1873 Turkish 1873-76 Friedrich dragoman 15Arpl873 German 1873-76 Keller Mahmud Renno kavass 15 Apr 1873 Turkish 1873-76 Mahmud Zaidan kavass 15 Apr 1873 Turkish 1873-76 Yusuf Rizq interpreter 1876 Abdel Kader kavass ...
Ruth Kark, 1994
8
The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916: ...
The Kavass of the Local Branch of the Ottoman Bank at Trebizond, a Montenegrin, who left Trebizond in Signor Gorrini's company and is at the present moment in Cairo, has made the following statement to Mr. Malezian, Secretary of the ...
Ara Sarafian, Arnold Toynbee, 2000
9
The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: Documents ...
74. TREBIZOND: NARRATIVE OF THE MONTENEGRIN KAVASS OFTHELOCALBRANCHOFTHEOTTOMANBANK,PUBLISHED IN THE ARMENIAN JOURNAL “AREV“ OF ALEXANDRIA, 2nd OCTOBER, 1915. The Kavass of the Local Branch ...
‎2008
10
Information Sources in Law
Izvestiia soveta deputatov goroda Moskvy. (1940—1992?) Moscow: Moscow Chamber of Deputies. Continued by Vestnik merii Moskvy. Kadastr. (1991—) Moscow: Informbank Agency. Kavass, Igor I. (1988) Soviet law in English: research ...
J.R. Winterton, Elizabeth M. Moys, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KAVASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kavass is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Appetites: 5 things to know about fermentation
Two house-made fermented drinks available at GYST include a kombucha made with a white tea base and a beet kavass Tuesday, May 26, ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, May 15»
2
BiZoHa (in Uganda): the World's First Atheist Orphanage
“Bi” is Biba Kavass, an award-winning Economics teacher at Southwind High School in Memphis, Tennessee, where she established the ... «Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, May 15»
3
Turkey through a traveler's eyes: Frances Elliot, an 'idle woman in …
Travelling only with her maid, Elliot was relieved to be met at İstanbul Sirkeci Terminal by a splendidly dressed Greek kavass (consular guard) ... «Today's Zaman, Mar 15»
4
"Coyote Dreams" in Dark Fairy Tales
“Coyote Dreams” in Dark Fairy Tales. By Veronica Kavass (mnartists.org) | February 23, 2015. Print Email. Julie Buffalohead, If You Make This World Bad and ... «Twin Cities Daily Planet, Feb 15»
5
Best New Curator
Whip-smart and talented, Ann Catherine Carter was a regular fixture at art events when she was a Watkins student, and after taking over from Veronica Kavass ... «Nashville Scene, Oct 14»
6
Sherrick and Paul Inaugural Exhibition Lineup Includes Hiroshi …
... and our critic Veronica Kavass praised the Tinney show, saying that Sherrick is "perhaps the only dealer in Nashville who can put together a ... «Nashville Scene, Aug 14»
7
Spirit of a Proud Nation: What We Can Learn from the Lakota
Biba S. Kavass is an economics teacher at Southwind High School in Memphis, Tennessee. She is also the founder and advisor to a grant ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Aug 14»
8
Williams, Clay and Holland Shine at Wedgewood/Houston
Over at the Packing Plant, curator Veronica Kavass pulled off her last and best show at the space, booking Nashville artist Jessica Clay's 507 ... «Nashville Scene, Jun 14»
9
Memphis teen one of 23 worldwide selected for internship
And that is thanks to Biba Kavass, Johnson's economics teacher, who was an advisory member at Kiva.org, the San Francisco nonprofit which ... «Memphis Commercial Appeal, May 14»
10
The May Art Crawl finds First Saturday growing like a weed
Veronica Kavass has handed over her curatorial duties at the Packing Plant for the month of May to former Nashvillian Mike Calway-Fagen and ... «Nashville Scene, May 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Kavass [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kavass>. May 2024 ».
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