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cayuco

cayuco noun: a sort of canoe or kayak.

Noun

cayuco (plural cayucos)

  1. A sort of canoe or kayak.
    • Officials like Mr. Mazzitelli, of the United Nations office in Dakar, say that while African immigrants are crossing thousands of miles of ocean in wooden or fiberglass cayucos, or fishing boats, crammed with 50 to 80 passengers, the South Asians are leaving West Africa in groups of at least 100...2007 February 19, Caroline Brothers, “South Asians Taking Risky Route to Europe: Via Africa”, in New York Times

Forms of cayuco

pluralcayucos

Questions about cayuco

What does cayuco mean?
Cayuco means a sort of canoe or kayak.
What part of speech is cayuco?
Cayuco is a noun.
What is the plural of cayuco?
The plural of cayuco is cayucos.

Words near cayuco in the dictionary

  1. Cayubaba
  2. Cayubabas
  3. cayuca
  4. cayucas
  5. Cayucay
  6. cayuco
  7. cayucos
  8. Cayuga
  9. Cayuga County
  10. Cayugan
  11. Cayugas

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