Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kosa

/kˈoʊsˌɑ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: kosa
IPA: /kˈoʊsˌɑ/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

Acronym of Kids Online Safety Act.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Buried in the article – meant to demonstrate the urgent need of adopting KOSA by linking minors’ online presence with anything from anxiety and depression to cognitive decline, sex trafficking, and death by overdose – is the mention of one of the key criticisms of the bill, namely, that it will bring in even more censorship."

Etymology

Various: # From a Slavic language, e.g. Polish Kosa, Slovak Kosa, Ukrainian коса (kosa); from Proto-Slavic *kosa. # From Hungarian Kósa.

Origin

Source language: Polish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, Kosa, коса, *kosa, Kósa

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

Kosas (plural)

Rhymes With

stoklosa

Questions

How do you pronounce kosa?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈoʊsˌɑ/.
What does kosa mean?: A surname.
Where does kosa come from?: It is traced to Polish.

How to pronounce kosa

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