dahabeah
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dahabeah
First recorded in 1840–50, dahabeah is from the Egyptian Arabic word dahabīyah
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It was almost certain that a steam dahabeah could not unseen have passed the Enchantress Isis at Abu Simbel in broad daylight, going back toward Assuan.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
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 J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
One of Gordon's forms of recreation was to get out and help to pull his dahabeah.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Demetrius Charles Boulger
I regretted Miss Gilder's preference for a private dahabeah, so obvious, so millionairy!
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
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 George Barr McCutcheon
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