kuvasz

[ koov-ahs, koo-vahs ]

noun

, plural ku·va·szok [koov, -ah-sawk, koo, -vah-].

1. one of a Hungarian breed of large dogs having a short, slightly wavy, white coat, used for herding sheep and as watchdogs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kuvasz¹

1930–35; < Hungarian < Turkish kavas guard < Arabic qawwās bowman

Example Sentences

In the distance, we saw a shepherd with his two Kuvasz herding dogs and headed toward them.

From Washington Post

To keep her company, and to help at the times when they needed to split up the flocks, they got Moses, a Kuvasz.

From The Guardian

Kuvasz almost disappeared in the second world war, when many were killed by German or Russian soldiers for protecting their families.

From The Guardian

Tanner is the top-winning kuvasz in breed history.

From Slate

Other Old World breeds are beginning to appear on U.S. ranches as well: the Anatolian shepherd; the Great Pyrenees from the mountains between France and Spain; the Italian Maremma; the Yugoslavian shepherd of Shar Planinetz; and the Kuvasz, a short-haired Hungarian cousin of the Komondor.

From Time Magazine Archive