proa
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of proa
1575–85; < Malay pərahu, pərau (spelling perahu ) (< Kannada paḍahu, or a cognate Dravidian word); probably influenced by Spanish or Portuguese proa prow 1, bow
Example Sentences
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Three years later, Mr. Newick designed his version of an ancient Polynesian outrigger canoe known as a proa.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2013
It was late that day when the proa, after running coastwise all day, turned a quarter circle into one of the numerous bays indenting the coast.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
On the beach lay a big proa, a stout outrigger canoe; of the kind Karaki's own people used at Bougainville, so high of prow and stern as to be nearly crescent-shaped.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
Two days after Koyala had reported the murder of the Sadonger to Peter Gross a swift proa approached the harbor.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
She's equipped with a big marine engine imported from New York, I've heard; and built like a launch, though she's got the trimmings of a proa.
From The Argus Pheasant by John Charles Beecham
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