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Kohinoor

Kohinoor is the alternative form of Koh-i-Noor.

Meaning of Koh-i-Noor

Proper noun

the Koh-i-Noor

  1. One of the largest cut diamonds in the world, originating from India and weighing 105.6 carats (21.12 g). It changed hands between various factions in south and west Asia until being ceded to Queen Victoria after the British annexation of the Punjab in 1849.

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Questions about Kohinoor

What is Kohinoor the alternative form of?
Kohinoor is the alternative form of Koh-i-Noor.

Words near Kohinoor in the dictionary

  1. kohen
  2. Kohen Gadol
  3. kohens
  4. Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
  5. Kohima
  6. Kohinoor
  7. Kohinor
  8. Kohistan
  9. Kohistani
  10. Kohistani Shina
  11. Kohistanis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kohinoor (page history and authors); Koh-i-Noor (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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