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dahabeah

American  
[dah-huh-bee-uh] / ˌdɑ həˈbi ə /
Or dahabeeyah,

noun

  1. a large boat used on the Nile as a houseboat or for conveying passengers.


dahabeah British  
/ ˌdɑːhəˈbiːə /

noun

  1. a houseboat used on the Nile

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dahabeah

First recorded in 1840–50, dahabeah is from the Egyptian Arabic word dahabīyah

Example Sentences

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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

What he did learn was this: a dragoman had come, in a small boat, from a steam dahabeah to the Enchantress Isis while we were away at Kasr Ibrim.

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)

I hope you'll be pleased that I've given up my dream of having a private dahabeah, and that we shall be with you on Sir Marcus Lark's boat.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Until a few years age the tourist going up the Nile had to take a dahabeah.

From In Pastures New by Ade, George