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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And nobody knew if the steam dahabeah had hurried on before us, to anchor out of sight round the oblique fa�ade of Abu Simbel.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
The dahabeah moves only when the wind is in the right direction, and to go from Cairo to Assouan requires the greater part of a lifetime.
From In Pastures New by Ade, George
He was just under thirty years, as good-looking as most men, with no one dependent upon him and an income that had withstood both the Maison Doree and a dahabeah on the Nile.
From Graustark by McCutcheon, George Barr
All he wanted was permission to type one or two letters for his employers on the neighbouring dahabeah, which possessed no machine.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
As for inducing Miss Gilder to give up her dream of a private dahabeah, I foresaw that it would be like persuading the youngest lioness in the Cairo Zoo to surrender her cherished wooden ball.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
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