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makoro

makoro is the alternative form of mokoro.

Meaning of mokoro

Noun

mokoro (plural mokoros or mekoro)

  1. A dugout canoe, especially as used in the Okavango Swamps of Botswana.
    • The mokoro owner I hired happily piled us all into a single, rather small craft and we set off over a flooded meadow, covered with barely half a metre of water.1987, Michael Main, Kalahari, page 74

Forms of makoro

pluralmakoros

Questions about makoro

What is makoro the alternative form of?
Makoro is the alternative form of mokoro.

Words near makoro in the dictionary

  1. Makogai
  2. makomako
  3. makomakos
  4. Makonde
  5. Makonikey
  6. makoro
  7. makoronyera
  8. makoros
  9. Makorra
  10. makos
  11. Makoske

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