Definition of Tambak

1. tombac [n -S] - See also: tombac

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tambak

tamarind
tamarind tree
tamarindo
tamarinds
tamarins
tamaris
tamarisk
tamarisk family
tamarisk gerbil
tamarisks
tamarugite
tamasha
tamashas
tambac
tambacs
tambak (current term)
tambaks
tambala
tambalas
tamber
tambers
tambon
tamborine
tambou
tambour
tambour sound
tamboura
tambouras
tamboured

Literary usage of Tambak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Straits Branch (1884)
"Jav., ter bak; Sund.,/««fc{ a fish-pond; tamest- kan, a dyke; Bat tambak, a square mound on a tomb Day., tambak, a mound; Tag. and Bi>. tambak, ..."

2. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1849)
"The relative value of the silver compared with the zink currency fluctuates very much—ordinarily two kwan are exchanged for one tambak tran. ..."

3. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bombay by Asiatic Society of Bombay (1876)
"... talak tambak a leaf of a tree fault, crime j*-*& shallow tobacco jf Uxi taksir ... AP tambak ka- shaga tambu to smoke tobacco j ' ', a tent }\u ..."

4. Managing Small-Scale Fisheries: Alternative Directions and Methods by Fikret Berkes (2001)
"... The Indonesian tambak, which were originally brackish-water fishponds, usually installed in delta systems and associated lagoons. ..."

5. Managing Small-Scale Fisheries: Alternative Directions and Methods by Fikret Berkes (2001)
"... The Indonesian tambak, which were originally brackish-water fishponds, ... brackish water aquaculture systems (tambak) and on into the coastal area, ..."

6. Decentralisation and Forest Management in Kapuas District, Central Kalimantan by John F. McCarthy (2001)
"tambak are usually located about a kilometre from the village beneath a giant forest tree. These graves are often marked with ironwood fences and can ..."

7. Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet by Sven Anders Hedin (1909)
"... over the Tagu-la and down the tambak valley. To the west the most northerly chain of the Himalayas made a magnificent display, and to the north-west lay ..."

8. The Fijians: A Study of the Decay of Custom by Basil Thomson, Bolton Glanvill Corney, James Stewart (1908)
"... to their relations, and the destruction of those who might breed warriors to avenge them. The most celebrated cannibals from liking were tambak- ..."

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