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Meaning of gymkhana | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/d͡ʒɪmˈkɑnə/

Definitions

  1. A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
  2. A place of public resort for athletic games, etc.
    India, Myanmar, dated
  3. A meeting for such sports.
    India, Myanmar, dated
  4. Synonym of motorkhana.
  5. Any event, situation, etc., with a broad array of elements.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Français gymkhana

Examples

“In the afternoon the British held athletic sports, an impromptu military tournament, and a gymkhana, all of which caused much merriment and diversion, and the Boers profited by the cessation of the shell fire to shovel away at their trenches.”
“These privileged gentlemen have a fine club on the Fateh Maidan, a suburb of Hyderabad city, and they enjoy sports and races at the local gymkhana, in fact, they have a very good time, if one may judge by their appearance.”
“There was argument, public, private, and bar-parlor, with heated championship of one term or another on near-scientific, quasi-etymological, and a number of other grounds, but gradually one term began to dominate this philological gymkhana.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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