o|ka

o|ka «OH kuh», noun.

in Greece, Turkey, Egypt, and other areas of the Near East:

1. a unit of weight, equal to about 2¾ lbs.

2. a unit of liquid measure, equal to about 1¹/₃ United States quarts.

╂[< Turkish okka < Arabic ūqiya, ultimately < Greek ounkiā < Latin uncia. See etym. of doublets ounce¹ (Cf. ↑ounce), inch¹. (Cf. ↑inch)]

O|ka «OH kuh», noun.

a cheese cured with brine and similar to Port du Salut, made by Trappist monks in Oka, a village in Quebec.