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periagua

periagua noun: a dugout canoe.

Noun

periagua (plural periaguas)

  1. A dugout canoe.
    • That there were ſeventeen bearded Men there, and therefore, without any more Delay, I went to work with Friday to find out a great Tree proper to fell, and make a large Periagua or Canoe to undertake the Voyage.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC, page 269
    Synonyms:
    pirogue, dugout, logboat
  2. A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.
  3. A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.
  4. (broadly) Any small boat.

Synonyms of periagua

Forms of periagua

pluralperiaguas

Origin of periagua

From Spanish piragua, in turn from Kari'na [Term?] (“dugout”). Doublet of pirogue.

Questions about periagua

What does periagua mean?
Periagua means a dugout canoe.
What part of speech is periagua?
Periagua is a noun.
What is the plural of periagua?
The plural of periagua is periaguas.

Words near periagua in the dictionary

  1. periadnexial
  2. periadolescent
  3. periadrenal
  4. periadventitial
  5. periadventitially
  6. periagua
  7. periaguas
  8. periah
  9. periaktoi
  10. periaktos
  11. periallocortical

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