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Webster 1913 Edition


Palanka

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Pa-lan′ka

(pȧ-lȧṉ′kȧ)
,
Noun.
[Cf. It., Pg., & Sp.
palanca
, fr. L.
palanga
,
phalanga
a pole, Gr.
φάλαγξ
.]
(Mil.)
A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.