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OKA
oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata
(noun) South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers
oka
(noun) a Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints
oka
(noun) a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Proper noun
Oka
A river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Oka
A small village, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Noun
Oka (uncountable)
(Canadian) A kind of pungent, semi-soft cheese, originally made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec.
Etymology 3
Proper noun
Oka
An ancient town in Bithynia in modern Turkey.
The capital city of the Akoko South-West, Ondo, Nigeria.
An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
A common family/surname among Marathi Chitpawan Brahmins of Western India. Also spelt as Oke and Oak.
Anagrams
• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, koa, oak
Etymology
Noun
oka (plural okas)
(historical) A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram.
A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
Meronyms
• (subdivisions of the unit of weight): dirhem or dram; ounce; cheki; rottol or rotl
• (superdivisions of the unit of weight): batman; kantar or quintal
Anagrams
• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, koa, oak
Source: Wiktionary
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