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‖ patana|ˈpatana| Also erron. patena, -ina. [Sinhalese patana, f. Skr. pat to descend, fall.] A glade in the jungle-covered mountainous districts of Ceylon, usually with sloping sides.
1854Baker Rifle & Hound in Ceylon viii. 218 Instead of taking across the patinas (plains), she [the elk] doubled back to an immense pathless jungle. 1859Tennent Ceylon I. 24 These verdant openings to which the natives have given the name of patenas generally occur about the middle elevation of the hills. 1880Mrs. E. H. Edwards Pezazi in Macm. Mag. No. 253. 79 In a small store standing alone on the patina. |