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tanka


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tanka  \Tan"ka\,  n.  (Naut.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tanka 
  n  :  a  form  of  Japanese  poetry;  the  1st  and  3rd  lines  have  five 
  syllables  and  the  2nd,  4th,  and  5th  have  seven  syllables 




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