Tanka (短歌, "short poem") is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Originally, in the time of the influential...

The Tankas or boat people are a sinicised ethnic group in Southern China who traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian...

Tanka Tanka can mean: Tanka Tanka (La Paz), a mountain in La Paz Department, Bolivia Tanka Tanka (Oruro), a mountain in Oruro Department, Bolivia Tanqa...

Look up tanka or tänka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry. Tanka may also refer to: Tanka people, an ethnic group...

Machu Tanka Tanka (possibly from Quechua machu old, Aymara tanka hat and biretta of priests, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex...

Wayna Tanka Tanka (possibly from Quechua wayna young, Aymara tanka hat and biretta of priests, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex...

Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta, the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)", also spelled Tankha...

of tanka in English begins at the end of the nineteenth century in England and the United States. Translations into English of classic Japanese tanka (traditionally...

In Lakota spirituality, Wakan Tanka (Standard Lakota Orthography: Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) is the term for the sacred or the divine. This is usually translated...

Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta, the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)") is a 4,643-metre-high...

Tanka torani (Odia: ଟଙ୍କ ତୋରାଣି taṅka torāṇi) is a drink made from one-day-old cooked rice known as anna which is a part of Mahaprasada offered to Lord...

Bigfoot (/ˈbɪɡfʊt/), also commonly referred to as Sasquatch (/ˈsæskwætʃ, ˈsæskwɒtʃ/), is a large, hairy mythical creature said to inhabit forests in North...

Spirit is known as Wakan Tanka. According to Lakota activist Russell Means, a more semantically accurate translation of Wakan Tanka is the Great Mystery....

associated with the natural forces of the Earth). In the beginning, Wakáŋ Taŋka, The Great Mystery, reflected upon itself and created the four Superior...

Fuzhou Tanka (Fuzhou dialect: 曲蹄; Foochow Romanized: Kuóh-dà̤ Kuóh-dà̤; Simplified Chinese: 福州疍民 Hók-ciŭ Dáng-mìng; 江妹仔 Gĕ̤ng-muói-giāng; 曲蹄婆 Kuóh-dà̤-bò̤)...

Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake [tˣaˈtˣə̃ka ˈijɔtakɛ]; c. 1831–1837 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during...

The taka, also known as the tanka or tangka, was one of the major historical currencies of Asia, particularly in the Indian subcontinent and Tibet. It...

Chuqi Tanka (Aymara chuqi gold, tanka hat or biretta, "gold hat", also spelled Choquetanga) is a 4,686-metre-high (15,374 ft) mountain in the Andes of...

Phaq'u Tanka (Aymara phaq'u, paqu, p'aqu light brown, reddish, blond, dark chestnut, tanka hat or biretta, "chestnut coloured hat (or biretta)", Hispanicized...

synonymous with tanka, and the word tanka fell out of use until it was revived at the end of the nineteenth century (see Tanka). Tanka (hereafter referred...

koiguchi o kiru (鯉口を切る), nukitsuke (抜き付け), or tanka o kiru (啖呵を切る) "clearing the tanka". The expression "tanka o kiru" is now widely used in Japan, in the...

Tanka (Aymara for tanka hat or biretta, Quechua for fork, Hispanicized spelling Tanca) is a 4,783-metre-high (15,692 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru...

P'aqla Tanka (Quechua p'aqla bald, tanka a deep bifurcation, fork, also spelled Pagletanca) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,700 ft)...

Brothels". The Tanka people, an ethnic minority in coastal South China, were a source of prostitutes for the sailors of the British Empire. The Tanka in Hong...

Tanka Bahadur Subba is currently the visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar. He was the second vice chancellor of...

The Antonov A-40 Krylya Tanka (Russian: крылья танка, meaning "tank wings") was a Soviet attempt to allow a tank to glide onto a battlefield after being...

Storage tanks are containers that hold liquids or compressed gases. The term can be used for reservoirs (artificial lakes and ponds), and for manufactured...

general term waka ("Japanese poetry") came to be used exclusively for tanka. Tanka are still widely written today. Haiku is a popular form of unrhymed Japanese...

a Japanese poet of the Taishō period, a member of the Araragi school of tanka, and a psychiatrist. Mokichi was born in the village of Kanakame, now part...

most famous as a contemporary poet. She is credited with revitalizing the tanka for modern Japanese audiences.[citation needed] Her skill as a translator...