Kash

/kæʃ/

Kash proper noun: a male given name of modern usage.

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Proper noun (1)

Kash

A male given name of modern usage.
- In a statement posted on social media, Bondi said that the man, identified in court documents as 37-year-old Sean Charles Dunn, has since been fired. […] On Wednesday night, the FBI director, Kash Patel, said that Dunn had been charged with felony assault on a federal officer.2025 August 14, Anna Betts, “Alleged DC sandwich-thrower worked at justice department, attorney general says”, in The Guardian
A surname.

Kash

A river in Xinjiang, China, a tributary of the Ili.
- OUR previous survey, including the expedition up the Yurungkash gorge, had cleared up the important question as to the true origin and course of the main feeder of the Khotan River. The next and equally interesting task was to map the headwaters of the streams which drain the portion of the...1903, Aurel Stein, “Over the Kara-kash Ranges”, in Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan, published 2005, →OCLC, page 225
- We left Kuldja on 31 July 1928 and went up the right side of the broad cultivated Ili valley. Just below Mazar, a village with a large and frequented shrine built in the Tungan style, the Kash river flows through a gorge into the Kunges, and the united stream is called the Ili river. Continuing up...1930 July, Reginald C. F. Schomberg, “Three Journeys in the Tien Shan, 1928–1929”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXXVI, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25

It was said to lead to the Nissa Valley, whence a track could be found to the mountains on the upper Kara-kash River.1903, Aurel Stein, “Over the Kara-kash Ranges”, in Sand-Buried Ruins of Khotan, published 2005, →OCLC, page 225:
Just below Mazar, a village with a large and frequented shrine built in the Tungan style, the Kash river flows through a gorge into the Kunges, and the united stream is called the Ili river.1930 July, Reginald C. F. Schomberg, “Three Journeys in the Tien Shan, 1928–1929”, in The Geographical Journal, volume LXXVI, number 1...
In the Chinese part of the river basin, three hydroelectric power plants have been constructed (i.e., one on the Kash River, and two on the Kenes River).2004, V.M. Starodubtsev, O.L. Fedorenko, M.Zh. Burlibaev, “Assessment of the Influence of River Runoff Regulation on Ecological Situation”...

Re-spelling of Cash.

From Russian Каш (Kaš) and Chinese 喀什 (Kāshí), from Mongolian Хаш (Xaš), from Mongolian хаш (xaš, “jade”).

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What does Kash mean?: Kash means a male given name of modern usage.
How do you use Kash in a sentence?: It was said to lead to the Nissa Valley, whence a track could be found to the mountains on the upper Kara-kash River.
What part of speech is Kash?: Kash is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kash?: Kash is pronounced /kæʃ/.

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