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almadie

almadie noun: a canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa.

Noun

almadie (plural almadies)

  1. (historical) A canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa.
  2. (historical) A boat formerly used by traders off the coast of India, about eighty feet long and six or seven feet wide.

Forms of almadie

pluralalmadies
alternative formalmadia

Origin of almadie

From French almadie (compare Spanish & Portuguese almadia), from Arabic مَعْدِيَة (maʕdiya, “ferry”).

Questions about almadie

What does almadie mean?
Almadie means a canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa.
What part of speech is almadie?
Almadie is a noun.
What is the plural of almadie?
The plural of almadie is almadies.

Words near almadie in the dictionary

  1. almacantar
  2. almacantars
  3. Almach
  4. almadia
  5. almadias
  6. almadie
  7. almadies
  8. almadraba
  9. almadrabas
  10. almae matres
  11. almagate

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