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piragua

[ pi-rah-gwuh, -rag-wuh ]

noun

  1. Also a canoe made by hollowing out a tree trunk.
  2. a flat-bottomed sailing vessel having two masts.


piragua

/ -ˈræɡ-; pɪˈrɑːɡwə /

noun

  1. another word for pirogue
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of piragua1

1525–35; < Spanish < Carib: dugout
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Word History and Origins

Origin of piragua1

C17: via Spanish from Carib: dugout canoe
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Example Sentences

From the dugout have come the piragua, Rose's tobacco boat, and the Chesapeake Bay canoe and bugeye as we see them today.

Ageros's description of the construction of a piragua cannot be improved.

Their boats had the addition of another piragua, which they found lying at Chepillo.

Sawkins, whose canoe was disabled, went next into the piragua to meet Peralta, leaving the four canoes to harass the admiral.

An awning of brilliant cloths, running from stem to stern over the piragua, overshadowed and almost hid the rowers.

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