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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
palanquin /ˌpalənˈkiːn/ (also palankeen)

▶noun (in India and the East) a covered litter for one passenger, carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers.

– origin C16: from Port. palanquim, from Oriya pālaṅki, based on Sanskrit palyanka ‘bed, couch’.

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