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kokle

kokle noun: a dove of southern Asia.

Noun (1)

kokle (plural kokles)

  1. A dove of southern Asia
    • When listening to the song of the kokle, its melancholy cadences, and abrupt termination, always impressed my mind with the idea, that the broken strains were snatches of some mournful story, too full of wo to be told at once.Footnote to Kishen Kower in Letitia Elizabeth Landon's The Zenana. Quoted from Emma Roberts, Oriental Scenes

Noun (2)

kokle (plural kokles)

  1. A stringed instrument from the Baltic region, especially Latvia

Forms of kokle

pluralkokles
alternative form (obsolete)kokles

Origin of kokle

From Latvian kokle.

Questions about kokle

What does kokle mean?
Kokle means a dove of southern Asia.
What part of speech is kokle?
Kokle is a noun.
What is the plural of kokle?
The plural of kokle is kokles.

Words near kokle in the dictionary

  1. kokkaloorie
  2. kokkaloories
  3. koklas
  4. koklass
  5. koklasses
  6. kokle
  7. kokles
  8. koko
  9. Koko Nor
  10. Koko Yimidir
  11. Koko-Bera

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