Definitions for kishkɪʃ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Kishkɪʃ(n.)

  1. an ancient Sumerian and Akkadian city: its site is 8 mi. (13 km) east of the site of Babylon in S Iraq.

    Category: Ancient History, Geography (places), Western History

Wiktionary

  1. kish(Noun)

    a basket used in Ireland, mainly for carrying turf

  2. Kish(ProperNoun)

    An ancient city of Sumer, located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad.

  3. Origin: From cis, ceis.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Kish(noun)

    a workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting


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