oka

¹ American  

[oh-kuh] / ˈoʊ kə /

noun

1. 1. Also called old oka.  a former measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, equal to about 2.75 pounds (1.25 kilograms).

   2. Also called new oka.  a modern measure of weight in Turkey and neighboring countries, standarized as equal to the kilogram.

2. a form unit of liquid measure, equal to about 1.33 U.S. liquid quarts (1.26 liters).

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oka ² American  

[oh-kuh] / ˈoʊ kə /

noun

1. oca.

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Oka ³ American  

[oh-kah, uh-kah] / oʊˈkɑ, ʌˈkɑ /

noun

1. a river in the central Russian Federation in Europe, flowing NE to the Volga at Nizhni Novgorod. 950 miles (1,530 km) long.

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oka ¹ British  

/ ˈəʊkə, əʊk /

noun

1. a unit of weight used in Turkey, equal to about 2.75 pounds or 1.24 kilograms

2. a unit of liquid measure used in Turkey, equal to about 1.3 pints or 0.75 litres

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Oka ² British  

/ ˈəʊkə /

noun

1. a brine-cured Canadian cheese

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Etymology

Origin of oka

1615–25; < Italian occa < Turkish okka < Arabic (compare ūquiyya ) < Greek ounkíā; cognate with Latin uncia; ounce ¹

Example Sentences

Pomaded dandies and taxi-dancers foxtrot in crowded dance-halls to the melancholy strains of ikoku no oka, "the hills of a strange land"�a hit-parade lament about Japan's 400,000 strong P.W.s still held in Soviet Siberia.

From Time Magazine Archive

The copper is so much per oka, the workmanship so much; every article is weighed by a sworn weigher and a ticket sent with it. 

From Letters from Egypt by Ross, Janet

At a quarter to eight Je kvarono antaŭ la oka yeh kvahro'no ahn'tahw la oh-kah At nine a.m.

From Esperanto Self-Taught with Phonetic Pronunciation by Mann, William W.

Gesinjoroj M. havas la honoron inviti Gesinjorojn N. kaj ilian filinon al vespermanĝo ĵaŭdon venontan je la oka horo.

From The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary by Cox, George

E hoi ka makani Let the wind fly A ka maka oka opua Before the face of the clouds.

From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles