palanquin
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- palankeener noun
- palankeeningly adverb
- palanquiner noun
- palanquiningly adverb
Etymology
Origin of palanquin
1580–90; < Middle French < Dutch pallankin < Portuguese palanquim ≪ Pali pallaṅka, Sanskrit palyaṅka; compare Oriya pālaṅki
Example Sentences
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At the center of that room, you have this palanquin in silver, which was made in Seville, Spain.
From New York Times
Perveen has misgivings about other things, such as riding a palanquin, the only way to reach the palace.
From Seattle Times
On Sunday, in temperatures forecast to approach 100 degrees, soldiers were to carry the king in a palanquin along a nearly four-mile route to a series of Buddhist temples.
From Los Angeles Times
Visitors are greeted by life-size elephant mannequins, massive thrones, canopies, tents, palanquins, swings and swords that impress by their sheer weightiness.
From Seattle Times
The palanquin and queen is actually not a coffin, it was custom-made for an art gallery in Philadelphia in the US.
From BBC
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