Definitions for okaˈoʊ kə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

o•kaˈoʊ kə(n.)(pl.)o•kas.

also oke, 1

  1. a unit of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2¾ pounds (1.25 kilograms).

    Category: Weights and Measures

  2. 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.

  1. Category: Botany, Plants

    Ref: oca .

O•kaoʊˈkɑ(n.)

  1. 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

  1. oka(noun)

    a Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds

  2. oka(noun)

    a Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints

  3. oca, oka, Oxalis tuberosa, Oxalis crenata(noun)

    South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers

Wiktionary

  1. oka(Noun)

    A unit of weight in the Ottoman Empire and certain successor states, of variable value, but generally about 1u00BC kilograms (2u00BE pounds).

  2. oka(Noun)

    A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.

  3. Oka(Noun)

    A kind of pungent, semi-soft cheese, originally made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec.

  4. Oka(ProperNoun)

    A river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.

  5. Oka(ProperNoun)

    w:Oka, Quebec, a Canadian village.

  6. 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

  1. 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.


Translations for oka

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

put on(adjective)

to add or increase

The car put on speed; I've put on weight.

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