How to Pronounce Coos
KOH-ahs
Coos is pronounced KOH-ahs (ˈkəʊɑs): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Coos mean?
Coos means “top, summit”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Coos?
(written Cos in the R.V.), a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in the north-west of Rhodes, off the coast of Caria. Paul on his return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here after sailing from Miletus (Acts 21:1). It is now called Stanchio.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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