Oka

See also: oka, öka, øka, oka', and ö'ka

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Oka

1. A river in central Russia, the largest right tributary of the Volga.

Translations

river

• Armenian: Օկա (Ōka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧卡河／奥卡河 (zh) (Àokǎ Hé)

• Russian: Ока́ (ru) f (Oká)

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Oka

1. A small village and suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Noun

Oka (uncountable)

1. (Canada) A kind of pungent, semi-soft cheese, originally made by Trappist monks in Oka, Quebec.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Oka

1. An ancient town in Bithynia, in modern Turkey.
2. The capital city of Akoko South-West, Ondo, Nigeria.
3. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
4. A common family/surname among Marathi Chitpawan Brahmins of Western India. Also spelt as Oke and Oak.

Further reading

• Oka, Quebec on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A-OK, AOK, Kao, OAK, koa, oak

Japanese

Romanization

Oka

1. Rōmaji transcription of おか