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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta, the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)", also spelled Tankha...
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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...
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In Lakota spirituality, Wakan Tanka (Standard Lakota Orthography: Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) is the term for the sacred or the divine. This is usually translated...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Bigfoot (redirect from Chiye-tanka)
Bigfoot (/ˈbɪɡfʊt/), also commonly referred to as Sasquatch (/ˈsæskwætʃ, ˈsæskwɒtʃ/), is a large, hairy mythical creature said to inhabit forests in North...
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Skan (redirect from Nagi Tanka)
associated with the natural forces of the Earth). In the beginning, Wakáŋ Taŋka, The Great Mystery, reflected upon itself and created the four Superior...
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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...
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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...
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Great Spirit (section Wakan Tanka)
Spirit is known as Wakan Tanka. According to Lakota activist Russell Means, a more semantically accurate translation of Wakan Tanka is the Great Mystery....
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Sitting Bull (redirect from Ta Tanka I Yotank)
Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake [tˣaˈtˣə̃ka ˈijɔtakɛ]; c. 1831–1837 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during...
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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)...
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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)...
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Japanese sword mountings (redirect from Tanka o kiru)
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...
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History of the taka (redirect from Tanka (currency))
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...
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Si Tanka University is an unaccredited private online university headquartered in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, United States. Chartered by Sioux Tribe in...
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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...
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Antonov A-40 (redirect from Krylya Tanka)
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...
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Prostitution in Hong Kong (section Tanka prostitutes)
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...
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Storage tank (redirect from Atmospheric tanka)
Storage tanks are containers that hold liquids or compressed gases. The term can be used for reservoirs (artificial lakes and ponds), and for manufactured...
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Tanka Bahadur Subba is currently the visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar. He was the second vice chancellor of...
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Share taxi (redirect from Tanka tanka)
A share taxi, shared taxi, taxibus, or jitney or dollar van in the US, or marshrutka in former Soviet countries, is a mode of transport which falls between...
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