Kasos (; , ), also Casos, is a

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in the

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. It is the southernmost island in the

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, and is part of the regional unit

Karpathos-Kasos Karpathos-Kasos (, literally: "Regional Unit of Karpathos - Heroic Island of Kasos") is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of South Aegean. The regional unit covers the islands of Karpathos, Kasos, Saria and several small ...

. The capital of the island is Fri. , its population was 1,223.

Names

There are several references to the island in the works of ancient authors, including as Amphe (), Astrabe (), and Achni (). Concerning Kasos (),

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(1674) and

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(1902) suggested that it could derive from the Canaanite word ''kas'' , and that it is a

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