proa

Definitions

1. A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
2. A surname.

Equivalents

Examples

“1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form⟳ in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like⟳ Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders.”

“Malay ‘prahu’ or proa were said to be more than a match⟳ for British vessels.”

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