Kama


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Ka·ma 1

 (kä′mə)
n. Hinduism
The god of love.

[Sanskrit kāmaḥ, love, desire, Kama; see kā- in Indo-European roots.]

Ka·ma 2

 (kä′mə)
A river of west-central Russia rising west of the Ural Mountains and flowing about 2,030 km (1,260 mi) to the Volga River. It is the chief tributary of the Volga.
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Kama

(Russian ˈkamə)
n
(Placename) a river in central Russia, rising in the Ural Mountains and flowing to the River Volga, of which it is the largest tributary. Length: 2030 km (1260 miles)

Kama

(ˈkɑːmə)
n
(Hinduism) the Hindu god of love
[from Sanskrit]
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Ka•ma

(ˈkɑ mə)

n.
a river in the E Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SW from the central Ural Mountains region into the Volga River S of Kazan. 1200 mi. (1930 km) long.

Ka•ma

(ˈkɑ mə)

n.
the Hindu god of erotic love.
[< Skt kāma]
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Noun1.Kama - Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara
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Kama stood outside by the sled, a long, narrow affair, sixteen inches wide and seven and a half feet in length, its slatted bottom raised six inches above the steel-shod runners.
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