proa
English
Noun
proa (plural proas)
- (nautical) A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
- 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,
- 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.
- 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,
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).
French
Further reading
- “proa” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).
Occitan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpru.a/
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), related to pro (“beginning, forward”). Compare Spanish proa, French proue.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈproɐ/
- Hyphenation: pro‧a
Synonyms
Antonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From prora, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɾoa/
Antonyms
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