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PALANQUIN (pronounced palankeen, a See also: India and other Eastern countries
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It is usually some eight feet long by four feet in width and See also: depth, fitted with movable blinds or shutters, and slung on poles carried by four bearers
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See also: Indian and See also: Chinese See also: women of See also: rank always travelled in palanquin, and they were largely used by See also: European residents in India before the See also: railways
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The norimono of See also: Japan and the kiaotsu of See also: China differ from the Indian palanquin only in the method of attaching the poles to the See also: body of the See also: conveyance
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The word came into European use through See also: Port. palanquim, which represents an See also: East Indian word seen in several forms, e.g
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See also: Malay and Javanese palangki, Hindostani palki, See also: Pali pallanko, &c., all in the sense of litter, See also: couch, See also: bed
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The Sansk. paryanka, couch, bed, the source of all these words, is derived from parr, round, about, and anka, See also: hook
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The Nev rEnglish See also: Dictionary points out the curious resemblance of these words with the Latin use of phalanga (Gr
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ยข,aAayE) for a bearing or carrying See also: pole, whence the Span. palanca and palanquino, a See also: bearer
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