English Explanatory Dictionary

felucca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional wooden shallow-draught sailing boat used in the Mediterranean and along the Nile in Egypt, its rig consisting of one or two lateen sails.

Word forms

felucca feluccas

Etymology

From Italian feluca, from Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

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