Bible Dictionary

Coos

The name Coos means “top, summit”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

(written Cos in the R.V.), a small island, one of the Sporades in the Aegean Sea, in the north-west of Rhodes, off the coast of Caria. Paul on his return from his third missionary journey, passed the night here after sailing from Miletus (Acts 21:1). It is now called Stanchio.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863