gymkhana
(India, Myanmar, dated) A place of public resort for athletic games, etc.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(India, Myanmar, dated) A place of public resort for athletic games, etc.
These privileged gentlemen have a fine club on the Fateh Maidan, a suburb of Hyderabad city, and they enjoy sports and races at the local gymkhana, in fact, they have a very good time, if one may judge by their appearance.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(equestrianism) A competition where riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes.
In the afternoon the British held athletic sports, an impromptu military tournament, and a gymkhana, all of which caused much merriment and diversion, and the Boers profited by the cessation of the shell fire to shovel away at their tren…
Origin: From گیند خانہ / racquet court, from گیند / ball + خانہ / court. Influenced by gymnastics and gymnasium. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(India, Myanmar, dated) A meeting for such sports.
There was argument, public, private, and bar-parlor, with heated championship of one term or another on near-scientific, quasi-etymological, and a number of other grounds, but gradually one term began to dominate this philological gymkhana.
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