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/ˈkuːmɪs/ · noun
A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes..
[Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss.
Here, for example—a Scythian koumiss vessel, third century B.C. You can clearly see the Greek influence, especially in the friezework.
Use koumiss when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Koumiss means A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes..
Common synonyms include kumis.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss.
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