Definitions for okaˈoʊ kə

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•kaˈoʊ kə(n.)(pl.)o•kas.

also oke, 1

a unit of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2¾ pounds (1.25 kilograms).
Category: Weights and Measures
a unit of liquid measure, equal to about 1? U.S. liquid quarts (1.26 liters).
Category: Weights and Measures

Origin of oka:

1615–25; < It occa < Turkish okka < Ar (cf. ūquiyya) < Gk ounkíā, c. L uncia; see ounce1

o•kaˈoʊ kə(n.)(pl.)o•kas.

Category: Botany, Plants
Ref: oca .

O•kaoʊˈkɑ(n.)

a river in the central Russian Federation in Europe, flowing NE to the Volga at Nizhni Novgorod. 950 mi. (1530 km) long.
Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

oka(noun)
a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds
oka(noun)
a Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints
oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata(noun)
South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers

Wiktionary

oka(Noun)
A unit of weight in the Ottoman Empire and certain successor states, of variable value, but generally about 1u00BC kilograms (2u00BE pounds).
oka(Noun)
A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
Oka(Noun)
A kind of pungent, semi-soft cheese, originally made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec.
Oka(ProperNoun)
A river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.
Oka(ProperNoun)
w:Oka, Quebec, a Canadian village.

Origin: From oca, from oque, from okka. The Turkish is sometimes said to be from وقية, but some dispute this, since the latter denotes a much smaller weight. The Arabic is probably through Syriac from ουγκιά, from uncia, from unus.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Oka
a river of Central Russia, which rises in Orel and flows N., then E., then N. again, joining the Volga at Nijni-Novgorod after a course of over 700 m., navigable nearly all the way; on its banks are Orel, Kaluga, and Riazan, while Moscow stands on an affluent.