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Kishi

Kishi is the alternative form of Kissi.

Meaning of Kissi

Proper noun (1)

Kissi

  1. The Mel language of these people.

Proper noun (2)

Kissi

  1. (historical) A Phoenician and Carthaginian colony in what is now Djinet in Algeria.

See all 3 meanings of Kissi

Proper noun

Kishi (plural Kishis)

  1. A surname from Japanese.

Forms of Kishi

pluralKishis

Origin of Kishi

Borrowed from Japanese 岸 (Kishi).

Questions about Kishi

What does Kishi mean?
Kishi means a surname from Japanese.
What is Kishi the alternative form of?
Kishi is the alternative form of Kissi.
What part of speech is Kishi?
Kishi is a proper noun.

Words near Kishi in the dictionary

  1. Kishanganj
  2. Kishar
  3. Kishbaugh
  4. Kishbaughs
  5. kishes
  6. Kishi
  7. Kishinev
  8. Kishino
  9. Kishinos
  10. Kishinyov
  11. Kishis

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Kishi (page history and authors); Kissi (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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