"Ekka" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from exhibition; the show was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Ekka",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the Ekka"
      },
      "expansion": "the Ekka",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Queensland English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, The Bulletin, numbers 5977-5985, page 98:",
          "text": "The Queensland Chamber of Commerce questioned the Ekka (the Exhibition - Brisbane′s annual show) public holiday, complaining of loss of productivity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Andrew Stafford, Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden, page 231:",
          "text": "Hundreds came to Rock Against The Queen (on the Queen's Birthday) or the Ekka (on Exhibition Day in August).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Jennifer Clark, Aborigines & Activism: Race, Aborigines & the Coming of the Sixties to Australia, page 226:",
          "text": "At this point the Exhibition Grounds remained the only reasonable choice but when the Queensland Royal National Association also refused permission, the Queensland Cabinet declared a State of Emergency in order to acquire the ground and to counter union boycotts which may have threatened the Ekka, the agricultural exhibition to be held in August.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Royal Queensland Show."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ekka-en-name-23WgDoYG",
      "qualifier": "chiefly Queensland",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, chiefly Queensland, colloquial) The Royal Queensland Show."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Royal Queensland Show"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "ĕkə"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛkə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "EN-AU ck1 Ekka.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ekka"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Shortened from exhibition; the show was originally called the Brisbane Exhibition.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the Ekka",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "the Ekka"
      },
      "expansion": "the Ekka",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Australian English",
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Queensland English",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛkə",
        "Rhymes:English/ɛkə/2 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1995, The Bulletin, numbers 5977-5985, page 98:",
          "text": "The Queensland Chamber of Commerce questioned the Ekka (the Exhibition - Brisbane′s annual show) public holiday, complaining of loss of productivity.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Andrew Stafford, Pig City: From the Saints to Savage Garden, page 231:",
          "text": "Hundreds came to Rock Against The Queen (on the Queen's Birthday) or the Ekka (on Exhibition Day in August).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Jennifer Clark, Aborigines & Activism: Race, Aborigines & the Coming of the Sixties to Australia, page 226:",
          "text": "At this point the Exhibition Grounds remained the only reasonable choice but when the Queensland Royal National Association also refused permission, the Queensland Cabinet declared a State of Emergency in order to acquire the ground and to counter union boycotts which may have threatened the Ekka, the agricultural exhibition to be held in August.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The Royal Queensland Show."
      ],
      "qualifier": "chiefly Queensland",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Australia, chiefly Queensland, colloquial) The Royal Queensland Show."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Royal Queensland Show"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "ĕkə"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛkə/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛkə"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ekka"
}