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caracca

caracca noun: a 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship.

Noun

caracca (plural caraccas)

  1. (historical) A 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship.
    • Christopher Columbus used to glance at caraccas waiting ashore when he was a young boy.

Forms of caracca

pluralcaraccas

Questions about caracca

What does caracca mean?
Caracca means a 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship.
What part of speech is caracca?
Caracca is a noun.
What is the plural of caracca?
The plural of caracca is caraccas.

Words near caracca in the dictionary

  1. caracara
  2. caracaras
  3. Caracas
  4. Caracasian
  5. Caracasians
  6. caracca
  7. caraccas
  8. Caracci
  9. Caracciolo
  10. Caracciolos
  11. Caraccis

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