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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.

Definition 2024

palaṅka

palaṅka

See also: palanka

Old Javanese

Noun

palaṅka

couch, seat, bench, throne