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Cush.

The son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/kʌʃ//kʊʃ/
  1. The son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples.

  2. A Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7.

  3. An Iron Age kingdom on the middle Nile, in what is now northern Sudan.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כוש (kûš, “Ethiopia, Ethiopians”).

noun
  1. Alternative form of kush (“marijuana”).

    alt-of · alternative · uncountable
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