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wakas

wakas is the plural of waka.

Meaning of waka

Noun (1)

waka (plural wakas or waka)

  1. A kind of classical Japanese poem.
    • “Hey, look. There's one of those Jap waka poems on the back of this cigarette package.”1962, Philip K. Dick, “The Man in the High Castle”, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America, published 2007, page 122

Noun (2)

waka (plural wakas or waka)

  1. (New Zealand) A Maori canoe.
  2. (New Zealand) A broad Maori community consisting of numerous Maori tribes, all sharing common ancestors thought to have come to New Zealand in a particular canoe. (A waka is divided into several iwi.)
    • On occasion this orientation would extend to wider tribal units […] or even to waka federations such as Tainui, Te Arawa or Mataatua.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 235

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Proper noun capitalized: Wakas

Wakas

  1. A barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.

Questions about wakas

What does wakas mean?
Wakas means a barangay of Tayabas, Quezon, Philippines.
What is wakas the plural of?
Wakas is the plural of waka.
What part of speech is wakas?
Wakas is a proper noun.

Words near wakas in the dictionary

  1. Wakan Thanka
  2. Wakana
  3. Wakanda
  4. Wakandan
  5. Wakarusa
  6. wakas
  7. wakasagi
  8. Wakashan
  9. Wakashanist
  10. Wakashanists
  11. wakashu

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