Meaning of ekka | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small vehicle used in India, pulled by a single horse.
   India
2. The Royal Queensland Show.
   Australia, colloquial

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Examples

“He said that he was ‘going to shoot⟳ big game’, and left at half-past ten o'clock in an ekka.”

“Throughout India the ekka is the ordinary vehicle in which the natives travel⟳, and until recent times was the only one available to Europeans.”

“The Queensland Chamber of Commerce questioned the Ekka (the Exhibition - Brisbane′s annual show⟳) public holiday, complaining of loss of productivity.”

“Hundreds came to Rock Against The Queen (on the Queen's Birthday) or the Ekka (on Exhibition Day in August).”

“At this point⟳ the Exhibition Grounds remained the only reasonable choice but when the Queensland Royal National Association also refused permission, the Queensland Cabinet declared a State of Emergency in order⟳ to acquire⟳ the ground and to counter union boycotts which may have⟳ threatened the Ekka, the agricultural exhibition to be held in August.”

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