nau
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nau"
English
Etymology
Noun
nau (plural naus)
- (historical) Synonym of carrack
- 2008, Liam Matthew Brockey, Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World
- Bentley Duncan has even suggested that it was the prospect of trade rather than the doubtful facilities of the dockyard that persuaded so many naus to stop at Mozambique Island.
- 2008, Liam Matthew Brockey, Portuguese Colonial Cities in the Early Modern World
Aragonese
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “nau”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latin nāvis, nāvem, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
Derived terms
Related terms
Chuukese
Crimean Tatar
Fiji Hindi
References
- Fiji Hindi Dictionary
- Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, →ISBN, page 28
Lashi
Old Irish
Portuguese

nau
Alternative forms
- nao (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnaw/
- Rhymes: -aw
Noun
nau f (plural naus)
- A three or four-masted sailing ship used all along the 15th century and early 16th
- vessel
- carrack
Tahitian
Synonyms
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “nau” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Tok Pisin
Adverb
nau
- now
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:2:
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