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Definition: Cocos

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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"Cocos" is a common misspelling or typo for: cocoa, cocks, dodos, cocoas.

Date "Cocos" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1773. (references)

Common Expressions: Cocos

Expressions Definition
Attempted pro-Japanese rebellion in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands during WWII The islands became famous for the first time on 9 November 1914, when an Australian HMAS cruiser Sydney managed to surprise and sank a German pirate SMS cruiser Emden, near North Keeling Island. (references)
Battle of Cocos The Battle of Cocos was a naval action which took place during World War I off the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, in the north east Indian Ocean, on November 9, 1914. (references)
Cocos Island (Guam) Cocos Island is an island off the southern tip of Guam. (references)
Cocos nucifera Tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Cocos Plate The Cocos Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of Central America, named for Cocos Island, which rides upon it. (references)
Genus Cocos Coconut palms. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
King of the Cocos Islands John Clunies-Ross, a Scottish sea captain, proclaimed himself King Ross I of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 1827. Queen Victoria granted the islands in perpetuity to the Clunies-Ross family in 1886. Thus, the royal title was claimed by his descendants until 1978 when King Ross V sold the islands to the Australian federal government, which had already been administering them since 1955. (references)
Orang Cocos The Orang Cocos are an ethnic group residing in Sabah, eastern Malaysia on the island of Borneo. . They primarily reside in Kampung Cocos near Lahad Datu in Tawau Division. Originally from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (now part of Australia), they settled this area in the 1950s. Their current population of around 4000 is about 10 times larger than the population remaining in the Cocos Islands themselves. They are accorded bumiputra status by the federal government. Their language, a variant of standard Malay, has the ISO designation of ISO 639-3 coa. (references)
Transport in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Information from the CIA World Factbook, 2003 edition. (references)

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Specialty Expressions: Cocos

Expressions Domain Definition
Cocos nucifera Botanical 1: "Coconut" "niu" (references)
    2: No palm is more useful and better known than the coconut, the money crop in San Blas, where it serves as well as a nickel in fiscal transactions. An acre of coconut plantation may yield 5,000 to 10,000 nuts a year. The liquid in the center of the coconut when immature is nearly 95% water, the rest sugar. At this stage, it is called a pipa, and these are consumed wherever there are coconuts. Panama analyzes of pipas reveals 92% water, 5a% carbohydrates, 1% protein, 1% oil, and 1% mineral. The pipa juice is often used as a "chaser" with seco in Darien (!). As the nut approaches maturity, the milk should not be drunk in quantity as it tends to be diuretic. Cuna Indians, when piercing the ears and noses of newly born girls, draw a string soaked in coconut mild through the hole to hasten healing. Before it matures, coconut meat is like a custard in flavor and consistency (!). The white meat underneath the ripe husk is very nutritious, containing about 40% oil, 10% carbohydrate, 3% protein, 1% inorganic matter, the rest mostly water. Panama analyzes of the white meat reveal 51% water and 32% oil, while sun-dried copra exported from Sun Blas to Panama for oil extraction has 12% water and 60% oil. A rich liquid is squeezed out of grated coconut meat. Panamanians call this cream leche de coco. Analysis reveals 86% water, 4-5% oil, 3-4% protein, 4-5% carbohydrate, and 1% mineral, very close to cow's milk. It is boiled with rice to make Panama's famous arroz con coco with taro leaves to make a South Seas dish, and with game to make creamed meat dishes. It has been used as a substitute for cream in coffee. Natives mash up the meat in water and squeeze it through a sieve. The exudate is then boiled, the oil ladled off the top. Fresh oil may be used to fry food. The oil keeps poorly and should be used shortly for cooking. It may be used for smokeless illumination after it has become rancid; rancid oil is put in a seashell and a wick is floated therein. Candles may be made of coconut butter or oil. The flowers are enveloped in a large leafy spathe, which ruptures when the flower opens. Elsewhere, natives tie it together and make a small cut near the tip so that gravity will direct the juices into a bucket tied to it. They let it "bleed" a few days and then make a new cut. The fresh juice or "toddy" tastes like apple cider. Fermenting produces wine or vinegar, which may be strengthened by distillation. Some Asian Indians believe that if the toddy is used regularly by pregnant women, the child will have a lighter complexion than the parent. The sap, boiled until it becomes brown and thick, is called "coconut molasses." the thick residue on the bottom may then be sun dried to form a brown lump sugar.the molasses and grated coconut meat are mixed and allowed to harden into candy. The terminal foliage bud of the plant is edible cooked like cabbage, or raw as a "millionaire's salad", so named because cutting off the terminal bud kills a very valuable plant. Fallen nuts may germinate where they lie. In germinating nuts, the cavity is filled with a spongy mass called bread, which is eaten raw or toasted in a shell over the fire. Sprouting seeds may be eaten like celery. There is some starch in the pith of the stems, which can be extracted by mashing up the pith, extracting the fibrous parts, and letting the starch settle. This starch can be used to make bread. The pith from the top of the tree can be pickled in coconut vinegar. Scorched roots of the coconut tree have served as a coffee substitute. Dried leaves furnish short-lived torches, one being lit from the other. The San Blas often use coconut to bait their fish baskets. Halved coconut shells make very suitable utensils. Food is wrapped in leaves between two halves of a split coconut, which are placed over a fire. When the shells have nearly burned through, the food is removed. Drinking from a halved coconut vessel is supposed to impart good health.in New Guinea, natives sometimes travel on raft made of coconut logs. Coconuts stuffed in the clothing serve as buoyant life preservers. Tropical houses can be made of coconut stems and leaves, although other species often play the role. Commercial fiber, resistant to salt-water damage, is produced from the husk. A commercial plant established in about 1957 in Pico Feo, San Blas, turned out about a ton a day, which commanded $140 per ton in Europe. Soaps made from coconut oil float and lather in salt water. Elsewhere, natives make soap of coconut oil and wood ashes. Ash of coconut leaf stalks may be used since it contains much potash. Placing palm fronds coated with mud over embers preserves fire overnight. Husks are used as fuel and mosquito smudges. Shells make good heat reflectors. Buttons have been fashioned from strands stripped from coconut leaves, needles being fashioned out of thorns of other palms or from bamboo slivers. Fish traps have been made from the ribs of the leaves, and crab traps from the leaf stalks. Boiling of the toddy yields a sugar water known as "jaggery", which, mixed with lime, makes an excellent cement. A resin, extracted by heating the inner husk of the coconut, is used to treat toothache among the Maje Choco. Coconut oil is used to treat alopecia, as an alexeritic, to treat burns, and as an insect repellent. The Maje Choco take the oil, mixed with honey, and monkey and chicken fat, for asthma. The milk is believed febrifugal. Coconut water is used as an antiemetic; fermented, it is used for constipation and consumption. The down at the base of the leaves is used to stop bleeding. The bark is regarded as antiotitic and antiseptic.the flowers are said to be astringent. The roots are believed to be antiblennorrhagic, antibronchitic, antidysenteric, febrifugal, and antigingivitis. (references)

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Cocos

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry Source Expression Field
COCOS English Co-ordinating Committee for Manufacturers of Static Converters in the Common Market Countries Industry
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Extended Definition: Cocos

Cocos Island

Island(s) called Cocos, Coco or Coconut include the following:

Cocos

  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands is a territory of Australia.
  • Cocos Island is an island one mile off the southern tip of Guam.
  • Cocos Island is an island located off the shore of Costa Rica.

Coco

  • Coco Islands administed by Burma, in the Indian Ocean are separated from North Andaman Island (India) by the Coco Channel.

Coconut

  • Coconut Island is an 28 acre (113,000 m²) island in Kaneohe Bay off the island of O'ahu in the state of Hawai'i, USA.
  • Coconut Island (Poruma Island) is an island 130km North East of Thursday Island Queensland, Australia in the Great North East Channel near Cumberland Passage Torres Strait.

See also

  • Cocos (genus) is a genus of palms in Palmae or Arecaceae family.

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Extended Definition: Cocos

Cocos

Cocos can refer to:

  • Coconut, the Coconut Palm tree, and its attendant fruit
  • Cocos Island, Costa Rica
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands a territory of Australia

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Topics by Level of Interest: Cocos

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Cocos 173     Île aux Cocos 3
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 90     Banknotes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5
Cocos Island 52     Bantam, Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2
Fauna of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 30     Battle of Cocos 15
Cocos (Keeling) Islands national football team 29     Cocos 173
Cocos Islands Mutiny 16     Cocos (Keeling) Island International Airport 6
Battle of Cocos 15     Cocos (Keeling) Islands 90
List of mammals in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 11     Cocos (Keeling) Islands national football team 29
Cocos Buff-banded Rail 10     Cocos Buff-banded Rail 10
Islam in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 10     Cocos Cuckoo 5
Demographics of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 9     Cocos Flycatcher 6
Cocos Plate 9     Cocos Island 52
Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 7     Cocos Island (alternative meanings) 3
Transport in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 7     Cocos Island (Guam) 7
Orang Cocos 7     Cocos Island Finch 6
Cocos Island (Guam) 7     Cocos Islands Mutiny 16
Shire of Cocos 7     Cocos Malays 6
Cocos (Keeling) Island International Airport 6     Cocos Plate 9
Cocos Island Finch 6     Demographics of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 9
Cocos Malays 6     Fauna of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 30
Cocos Flycatcher 6     Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 7
Cocos Cuckoo 5     Islam in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 10
Banknotes of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5     King of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5
King of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 5     List of mammals in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 11
Pseudoepicoccum cocos 5     Macrosporium cocos 4
Macrosporium cocos 4     Orang Cocos 7
Poria cocos 4     Poria cocos 4
Cocos Island (alternative meanings) 3     Pseudoepicoccum cocos 5
Île aux Cocos 3     Shire of Cocos 7
West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands 3     Transport in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 7
Bantam, Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2     West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands 3

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Translations: Cocos

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Al Arabiya أَرْجِيلَة (coco, cocoanut, coconut, coconuts, Cocos). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Al Fus-Ha أَرْجِيلَة (coco, cocoanut, coconut, coconuts, Cocos). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Arabic أَرْجِيلَة (coco, cocoanut, coconut, coconuts, Cocos). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Íslenska Kókoseyjar (Cocos). Additional references: Íslenska, Iceland, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian kokosové palmy (cocoas, cocos), Kokosovi otoci (Cocos Islands). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina kokosové palmy (cocoas, cocos), Kokosovi otoci (Cocos Islands). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 椰子树 (cocos, coco), 茯 (China root, Pachyma cocos). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 椰子樹 (cocos, coco), 茯 (China root, Pachyma cocos), 椰子 (coconut, coco, coconuts, coconut palm, cocos nucifera). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech kokosové palmy (cocoas, cocos), Kokosovi otoci (Cocos Islands). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch Kokospalmen (Cocos), Kokosinseln (Cocos Islands, Cocos), Cocos-Insel (Cocos Island). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch Cocoseilanden (cocos Islands, Cocos), Cocoseiland (Cocos Island), Cocos Eilanden (cocos Islands). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Finnish Kookossaaret (Cocos). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Français Îles Cocos (Cocos), tyranneau de Cocos (Cocos flycatcher), spizin de Cocos (Cocos finch), coulicou de Cocos (Cocos cuckoo), Île Cocos (Cocos Island). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
French Îles Cocos (Cocos), tyranneau de Cocos (Cocos flycatcher), spizin de Cocos (Cocos finch), coulicou de Cocos (Cocos cuckoo), Île Cocos (Cocos Island). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Galego Illas Cocos (Cocos). Additional references: Galego, Spain, Portugal, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Galician Illas Cocos (Cocos). Additional references: Galician, Spain, Portugal, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Gallego Illas Cocos (Cocos). Additional references: Gallego, Spain, Portugal, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
German Kokospalmen (Cocos), Kokosinseln (Cocos Islands, Cocos), Cocos-Insel (Cocos Island). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Hebrew איי קוקוס (Cocos). Additional references: Hebrew, Israel, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
High Arabic أَرْجِيلَة (coco, cocoanut, coconut, coconuts, Cocos). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
High German Kokospalmen (Cocos), Kokosinseln (Cocos Islands, Cocos), Cocos-Insel (Cocos Island). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch Kokospalmen (Cocos), Kokosinseln (Cocos Islands, Cocos), Cocos-Insel (Cocos Island). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Icelandic Kókoseyjar (Cocos). Additional references: Icelandic, Iceland, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Ivrit איי קוקוס (Cocos). Additional references: Ivrit, Israel, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ココス諸島 (cocos), ココスしょとう (Cocos). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese Ilhas Cocos (Cocos), Placa de Cocos (Cocos Plate). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi Kokosöarna (Cocos). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomea Kookossaaret (Cocos). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Suomi Kookossaaret (Cocos). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska Kokosöarna (Cocos). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish Kokosöarna (Cocos). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, Cocos. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Cocos

Language Translations for “Cocos” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Cathagocathagos (Cocos). Additional references: Athag, Cocos. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Cagocagos (Cocos). Additional references: Double Dutch, Cocos. (volunteer)
Esperanto Kokosinsuloj (cocos Islands, Cocos). Additional references: Esperanto, Cocos. (volunteer)
Leet <¤<¤z (Cocos). Additional references: Leet, Cocos. (volunteer)
Oppish Copocopos (Cocos). Additional references: Oppish, Cocos. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Ocoscay (Cocos). Additional references: Pig Latin, Cocos. (volunteer)
Terran B Kokoseala (cocos). Additional references: Terran B, Cocos. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Cubocubos (Cocos). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Cocos. (volunteer)
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