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palanca.

slat, plank or stake

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[paˈɫaŋ.ka]Classical-Latin[paˈlaŋ.ka]
  1. slat, plank or stake

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

Variant of phalanga.

noun[paˈɫaŋ.ka]Classical-Latin[paˈlaŋ.ka]
  1. palanka, a palisaded frontier camp

    New-Latin · declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Ottoman Turkish پلانقه (palanka) and Serbo-Croatian па̀ла̄нка / pàlānka, from Hungarian palánk, from German Planke, from Old French planke, from the word above.

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