The name Tanka is of English origin. The meaning of Tanka is gracious. Tanka is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Tan-ka.
Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Scheme is a functional programming language and one of the two main dialects of the programming language Lisp. Unlike Common Lisp, the other main dialect, Scheme follows a minimalist design philosophy specifying a small standard core with powerful tools for language extension.
Schemes (from the Greek schÄma, form or shape) are figures of speech that change the ordinary or expected pattern of words. For example, the phrase, John, my best friend uses the scheme known as apposition.