pirogue
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pirogue
First recorded in 1655–65; from French, from Spanish piragua piragua
Vocabulary lists containing pirogue
Example Sentences
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At noon on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1806, five large canoes and a pirogue approached the township of St. Louis in the Louisiana Territory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
He recounted how once they boarded the pirogue, he and the other passengers were covered with a tarpaulin: "I closed my eyes and thought of my mother," he said.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
The IOM said around 300 people had boarded a wooden pirogue boat in Gambia, and spent seven days at sea before the boat capsized on 22 July.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court.
From New York Times • May 30, 2024
“I need the money now,” he said, though he was already steering the pirogue to shore.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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