The love of public life, crowds, and activity. / The love of wide open empty spaces. / The love of the exotic and new. / A global perspective; a viewpoint that seeks to encompass the world.

Americans, as a group, are not especially intelligent and can be readily entertained or fooled to produce financial benefit for someone.

Alternative spelling of thangka / Alternative spelling of tanka

(obsolete) The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda), a game bird.