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lancaran

lancaran noun: a kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.

Noun

lancaran (plural lancarans)

  1. (historical) A kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.
  2. In gamelan music, a cycle of 16 beats in the sequence TWTN TPTN TPTN TPTG, where T indicates the strike of the ketuk, P the kempul, N the kenong, G the simultaneous gong and kenong, and W the wela, the pause where the kempul is omitted.

Forms of lancaran

plurallancarans
alternative formlanchara

Questions about lancaran

What does lancaran mean?
Lancaran means a kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.
What part of speech is lancaran?
Lancaran is a noun.
What is the plural of lancaran?
The plural of lancaran is lancarans.

Words near lancaran in the dictionary

  1. Lanaudière
  2. Lanc
  3. Lanc.
  4. lancang
  5. lancangs
  6. lancaran
  7. lancarans
  8. Lancashire
  9. Lancashire boiler
  10. Lancashire boilers
  11. Lancashire Heeler

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