Etymology

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Today it means: A former Turkish, Egyptian, Hungarian, and Romanian unit of weight, usually of a little more than a kilogram. Full definition →

Italian oca ← French oque ← Ottoman Turkish اوقه
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oka · noun1

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromاوقه
  2. French · derived fromoque
  3. Italian · borrowed fromoca
  4. English todayoka

From Italian oca, from French oque, from Ottoman Turkish اوقه (okka). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

Oka · proper noun2

  1. Russian · derived fromОка́
  2. English todayOka

From Russian Ока́ (Oká). Probably cognate with Sanskrit ओघ (ogha, “stream, flood, torrent of water”).

Oka · proper noun, noun3

  1. Mohawk · derived from[Term?]“a kind of pike [fish]”
  2. English todayOka

From French, from Mohawk [Term?] (“a kind of pike [fish]”) . The cheese is named for the village.

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