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ekka
/ˈɛkə/
noun 1name 1
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4ADJ.
ordinary
VERB + EKKA
questioned
EKKA + NOUN
-, day, exhibition
PREP.
in, on, throughout
Definitions
noun
1
A small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
He said that he was ‘going to shoot big game’, and left at half-past ten o'clock in an ekka.
Throughout India the ekka is the ordinary vehicle in which the natives travel, and until recent times was the only one available to Europeans.
name
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The Royal Queensland Show.
The Queensland Chamber of Commerce questioned the Ekka (the Exhibition - Brisbane′s annual show) public holiday, complaining of loss of productivity.
Hundreds came to Rock Against The Queen (on the Queen's Birthday) or the Ekka (on Exhibition Day in August).
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He said that he was ‘going to shoot big game’, and left at half-past ten o'clock in an ekka.
Wiktionary02
Throughout India the ekka is the ordinary vehicle in which the natives travel, and until recent times was the only one available to Europeans.
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The Queensland Chamber of Commerce questioned the Ekka (the Exhibition - Brisbane′s annual show) public holiday, complaining of loss of productivity.
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Hundreds came to Rock Against The Queen (on the Queen's Birthday) or the Ekka (on Exhibition Day in August).
Wiktionary05
At this point the Exhibition Grounds remained the only reasonable choice but when the Queensland Royal National Association also refused permission, the Queensland Cabinet declared a State of Emergenc
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