tanka
(noun) a Tibetan religious painting on fabric
tanka
(noun) a form of Japanese poetry; the 1st and 3rd lines have five syllables and the 2nd, 4th, and 5th have seven syllables
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Tanka (plural Tankas)
A member of a group of people in southern China who traditionally live on junks.
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tanka
A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.
tanka
a strong, forceful expression
a Tibetan painting of the Buddha on fabric.
tanka (plural tankas)
An ethnic group of boat people in the Canton area.
A kind of boat used in Canton, about 25 feet long and often rowed by tanka women; junk.
tanka (plural tankas)
(historical) A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia.
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Source: Wiktionary
Tan"ka, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia. S. W. Williams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
