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ekka

/ˈɛkə/

ekka noun: a small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.

Noun

ekka (plural ekkas)

  1. (India) 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.1888, Rudyard Kipling, “Thrown Away”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio Society, published 2005, page 19
    • Throughout India the ekka is the ordinary vehicle in which the natives travel, and until recent times was the only one available to Europeans.2007, J.A. Hammerton, Peoples of All Nations: Their Life Today and Story of Their Past (in 14 Volumes), page 2779

Proper noun capitalized: Ekka

the Ekka

  1. (Australia, colloquial, chiefly Queensland) 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.1995, The Bulletin, numbers 5977-5985, page 98
    • Hundreds came to Rock Against The Queen (on the Queen's Birthday) or the Ekka (on Exhibition Day in August).2006, Andrew Stafford, Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden, page 231

ekka meaning in Tamil

ekka in Tamil

சிறிய ஒற்றைக் குதிரைவண்டி

Forms of ekka

pluralekkas
alternative formecka
alternative formekha

Origin of ekka

Borrowed from Hindi एक्का (ekkā).

Shortened from exhibition; the show was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition.

Phrases with ekka

Words that rhyme with ekka

Questions about ekka

What does ekka mean?
Ekka means a small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
What is ekka in Tamil?
Ekka in Tamil is சிறிய ஒற்றைக் குதிரைவண்டி. See Ekka meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ekka?
Ekka can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ekka?
Ekka is pronounced /ˈɛkə/.
What is the plural of ekka?
The plural of ekka is ekkas.

Words near ekka in the dictionary

  1. ekistically
  2. ekistician
  3. ekisticians
  4. ekistics
  5. Ekiti
  6. ekka
  7. Ekka flu
  8. ekkas
  9. ekker
  10. ekkers
  11. ekki

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ekka (page history and authors); Ekka (page history and authors); ekka (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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