dahabeah

American  

[dah-huh-bee-uh] / ˌdɑ həˈbi ə /

Or dahabeeyah,

noun

1. a large boat used on the Nile as a houseboat or for conveying passengers.

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dahabeah British  

/ ˌdɑːhəˈbiːə /

noun

1. a houseboat used on the Nile

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Etymology

Origin of dahabeah

First recorded in 1840–50, dahabeah is from the Egyptian Arabic word dahabīyah

Example Sentences

"If there were a plot, as you are always imagining, the dahabeah would have to be near here, too," Monny laughed incredulously.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

I hear she has a magnificent electric dahabeah, and if she will let us charter it.

From Ziska by Corelli, Marie

He was just under thirty years, as good-looking as most men, with no one dependent upon him and an income that had withstood both the Maison Doree and a dahabeah on the Nile.

From Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr

One of Gordon's forms of recreation was to get out and help to pull his dahabeah.

From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

Strange stories are whispered by Arabs, of the Temple of M�t, and of the ghostly, golden dahabeah that, once a year, sails slowly by to a faint sound of music, on the Sacred Lake.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)