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dahabeeya

dahabeeya noun: a large, slow, flat-bottomed boat with a sail at one end, used on the Nile river for carrying passengers, hauling cargo, or as a houseboat.

Noun

dahabeeya (plural dahabeeyas)

  1. A large, slow, flat-bottomed boat with a sail at one end, used on the Nile river for carrying passengers, hauling cargo, or as a houseboat.
    • Together they organized an expedition by dahabeeya down the Nile, where they did considerable shooting and Cory made important additions to his collection of birds.1922, The Auk - Volume 39, page 153
    • Engaging William Prime's (q.v.) dragoman, he visits the bazaars, mosques, and Pyramids before sailing in the dahabeeya Rip Van Winkle up the Nile.1992, Martin R. Kalfatovic, Nile Notes of a Howadji, page 243

Forms of dahabeeya

pluraldahabeeyas

Questions about dahabeeya

What does dahabeeya mean?
Dahabeeya means a large, slow, flat-bottomed boat with a sail at one end, used on the Nile river for carrying passengers, hauling cargo, or as a houseboat.
What part of speech is dahabeeya?
Dahabeeya is a noun.
What is the plural of dahabeeya?
The plural of dahabeeya is dahabeeyas.

Words near dahabeeya in the dictionary

  1. Dahab
  2. dahabeah
  3. dahabeahs
  4. dahabeeah
  5. dahabeeahs
  6. dahabeeya
  7. dahabeeyah
  8. dahabeeyahs
  9. dahabeeyas
  10. dahabiah
  11. dahabiahs

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