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conus

/ˈkəʊnəs/

conus noun: a cone.

Noun

conus (plural coni)

  1. (obsolete) A cone.

Proper noun capitalized: CONUS

CONUS

  1. (US, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of the contiguous United States, the 48 states between Canada and Mexico, including the District of Columbia.
    • […] and those who reside in the CONUS, Alaska, or Hawaii are authorized to travel to oversea areas and return on ASIF missions for humanitarian reasons upon approval of the Chief of Staff[…]1984, Jerry Q. Cole, Air Passenger Specialist (AFSC 60550), page 194

Forms of conus

pluralconi

Origin of conus

Latin cōnus (“cone”)

Phrases with conus

Questions about conus

What does conus mean?
Conus means a cone.
What part of speech is conus?
Conus can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce conus?
Conus is pronounced /ˈkəʊnəs/.
What is the plural of conus?
The plural of conus is coni.

Words near conus in the dictionary

  1. conurbations
  2. conurbia
  3. conurbias
  4. conure
  5. conures
  6. conus
  7. conus arteriosus
  8. conus medullaris
  9. conus medullaris syndrome
  10. conusable
  11. conusance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: conus (page history and authors); CONUS (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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