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tachanka

tachanka noun: a horse-drawn machine gun, usually a cart or open wagon with the gun installed in the back.

Noun

tachanka (plural tachankas)

  1. (historical) A horse-drawn machine gun, usually a cart or open wagon with the gun installed in the back.

Forms of tachanka

pluraltachankas

Origin of tachanka

From Russian тачанка (tačanka) or Ukrainian тачанка (tačanka).

Questions about tachanka

What does tachanka mean?
Tachanka means a horse-drawn machine gun, usually a cart or open wagon with the gun installed in the back.
What part of speech is tachanka?
Tachanka is a noun.
What is the plural of tachanka?
The plural of tachanka is tachankas.

Words near tachanka in the dictionary

  1. tacet
  2. Tacey
  3. tach
  4. tach up
  5. Tachai
  6. tachanka
  7. tachankas
  8. tachanun
  9. tacharanite
  10. tacharanites
  11. tache

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