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felucca
[ fuh-luhk-uh, -loo-kuh ]
noun
- a sailing vessel, lateen-rigged on two masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts.
- a small fishing boat formerly used in the San Francisco Bay area.
felucca
/ fɛˈlʌkə /
noun
- a narrow lateen-rigged vessel of the Mediterranean
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Word History and Origins
Origin of felucca1
1620–30; earlier falluca < Spanish faluca, earlier variant of falúa, perhaps < Catalan faluga < Arabic falūwah small cargo ship
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Word History and Origins
Origin of felucca1
C17: from Italian felucca , probably from obsolete Spanish faluca , probably from Arabic fulūk ships, from Greek epholkion small boat, from ephelkein to tow
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Example Sentences
Mrs. Armine stepped out of the felucca, helped by Ibrahim, and the felucca at once put off, and began to return across the Nile.
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It was not long before I discovered that there was a mystery of some sort attaching to the felucca that lay at anchor in the bay.
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But no sooner was the felucca seen and recognised than the whole place was thrown into a state of consternation.
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The breeze that had filled the sails of the felucca had either died down or was the possession of the river.
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The sailors set the great lateen sails of the felucca, which bellied out like things leaping into life.
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