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kavas

kavas is the alternative spelling of kavass.

kavas is the plural of kava.

Meaning of kavass

Noun

kavass (plural kavasses)

  1. A Turkish armed policeman or courier

Meaning of kava

Noun

kava (countable and uncountable, plural kavas)

  1. Any member of the species Piper methysticum, a plant from the South Pacific.
  2. An intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.
    • The roots produce a liqueur called kava. Kava has a mild aphrodisiac effect.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 132

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Forms of kavas

pluralkavases

Questions about kavas

What is kavas the alternative spelling of?
Kavas is the alternative spelling of kavass.

Words near kavas in the dictionary

  1. Kavangoland
  2. kavapyrone
  3. kavapyrones
  4. Kavaratti
  5. Kavarskas
  6. kavas
  7. kavases
  8. kavass
  9. kavasses
  10. Kaveney
  11. Kavenna

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