Associations to the word «Oka»

Wiktionary

OKA, noun. A unit of weight in the Ottoman Empire and certain successor states, equal to 400 dirhams. Variably equivalent to about 1.25 kilograms (2.75 pounds).
OKA, noun. A unit of volume in Egypt (and formerly Turkey) corresponding to about 1.2 litres.
OKA, proper noun. A river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.
OKA, proper noun. A certain village in the Canadian province of Quebec.
OKA, noun. (Canadian) A kind of pungent, semi-soft cheese, originally made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec.

Dictionary definition

OKA, noun. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 pounds.
OKA, noun. A Turkish liquid unit equal to 1.3 pints.
OKA, noun. South American wood sorrel cultivated for its edible tubers.

Wise words

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