Teke

Teke

Teke can refer to several things:
*Teke, a peak in Hungary.

*Telekinesis as in George R.R. Martin's Nightflyers."

*The Teke (Tekke) are a tribe of southern Turkmenistan most famous for their horses, the Akhal-Teke desert horse.

*Teke (see Beylik of Teke) is the name of an Anatolian Turkish Beylik centered in Antalya, Turkey, probably founded by an offshoot of the Turkmen clan mentioned above. Turkey's Antalya Province used to be called Teke Province till the early years of the Republic of Turkey.

*Teke is the English word for the Central African ethnic group the Bateke and their language Kiteke.

*The term is widely used in North America to refer to the members of Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity, otherwise known as TKE.


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  • teke — teke, boynuzundan yay yap ılan erkek geyik III, 102, 228 § teke sakal; teke sakall ı, köse adam III, 228 …   Divan-i Luqat-i it-Türk Dizini

  • Teke — (Schaftecke), s. Lausfliegen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Teke — Teke, Schafteke, s. Lausfliegen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Téké — ou Batéké populations vivant à la frontière de la rép. du Congo et de la rép. dém. du Congo (env. 1 500 000 personnes), ainsi qu au Gabon. Ils parlent une langue bantoue …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • téké — ou Batéké populations vivant à la frontière de la rép. du Congo et de la rép. dém. du Congo (env. 1 500 000 personnes), ainsi qu au Gabon. Ils parlent une langue bantoue …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Teke — Teke,   Bateke, Gruppe von Bantustämmen (Bali, Fumu, Lali, Shikuya, Teo, Tsaya u. a.) beiderseits des mittleren Kongo, zwischen Kwango und dem Quellgebiet des Ogowe, etwa 440 000 in der Republik Kongo, 360 000 in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo …   Universal-Lexikon

  • tėkė — tėkė̃ sf. (4) [K], LsB270, LVIV169, NdŽ, FrnW, KŽ; MŽ191 užutėkis …   Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • Téké — Tékés Tékés …   Wikipédia en Français

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