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

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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