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lancaran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lan-car-an
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.

noun

In gamelan music, a cycle of 16 beats in the sequence TWTN TPTN TPTN TPTG, where T indicates the strike of the ketuk, P the kempul, N the kenong, G the simultaneous gong and kenong, and W the wela, the pause where the kempul is omitted.

Inflected Forms

lancarans (plural) lanchara (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

launch

Questions

What does lancaran mean?
A kind of sailing ship used in Maritime Southeast Asia, propelled by oars and sails with two quarter rudders, one on either side of the stern.

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