Usually means: Japanese poem, five lines structured.
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General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. tanka: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. tanka, tanka: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Tanka, tanka, tanka: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. tanka: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tanka: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tanka, tanka: Wordnik
  7. Tanka, tanka: Wiktionary
  8. tanka: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. tanka: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. tanka: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. tanka: Dictionary.com
  12. Tanka (disambiguation), Tanka (ethnic group), Tanka (poetry), Tanka: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Tanka: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. tanka: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. tanka: Rhymezone
  16. Tanka: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. tanka: Free Dictionary
  18. tanka: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. Tanka: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tanka: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. TANKA: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tanka: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Tanka: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tanka)

noun:  A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae.
noun:  A kind of boat used in Guangdong, about 25 feet long and often rowed by Tanka women; junk.
noun:  (historical) A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia.
noun:  A member of a group of people in southern China who traditionally live on junks.
noun:  Alternative form of thangka (“Tibetan religious artwork”) [A painted or embroidered linen banner, usually depicting Buddhist themes, originating in Tibet; a prayer flag.]
noun:  Alternative form of Tanka (“ethnic group of boat people living in China”) [A member of a group of people in southern China who traditionally live on junks.]

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