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lorchas

lorchas is the plural of lorcha.

Meaning of lorcha

Noun

lorcha (plural lorchas)

  1. A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
    • At the same time, the fact must not be lost sight of, that the primary cause of the war was the affair on the lorcha "Arrow."1901, Charles S. Leavenworth, The Arrow War with China

Questions about lorchas

What is lorchas the plural of?
Lorchas is the plural of lorcha.

Words near lorchas in the dictionary

  1. Lorbers
  2. lorcainide
  3. Lorcan
  4. lorcaserin
  5. lorcha
  6. lorchas
  7. lorchel
  8. lorchels
  9. lorcinadol
  10. lord
  11. lord and master

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