dahabeah
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dahabeah
First recorded in 1840–50, dahabeah is from the Egyptian Arabic word dahabīyah
Example Sentences
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Yet, if you have just come from Egypt and three months on a dahabeah, you will not hesitate to call this luxurious mode of passing from Dan to Beersheba "roughing it in Palestine."
From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various
A steam dahabeah is what we want, so we won't be at the mercy of the wind.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
But Bedr thought that, if the Luxor plan had been a success, the steam dahabeah would have gone north from there instead of south.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
We chartered our dahabeah and travelled up to the Second Cataract.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
At one time, the only way of going up the Nile was by the dahabeah, a kind of yacht fitted up for the convenience of travellers, an expensive and dilatory mode of conveyance.
From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
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