gymkhana
noun/dʒɪmˈkɑːnə/
/dʒɪmˈkɑːnə/
(British English)- an event in which people riding horses take part in various competitionsTopics Sports: other sportsc2
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- (Indian English) a public place with facilities for sports
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Urdu gendk̲ānah ‘racket court’, from Hindi geṁd ‘ball’ + Persian k̲ānah ‘house’, altered by association with gymnastic (see gymnastics).
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