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caique

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ca⋅ïque

[kah-eek]
–noun
1. a single-masted sailing vessel used on the eastern Mediterranean Sea, having a sprit mainsail, a square topsail, and two or more other sails.
2. a long, narrow rowboat used on the Bosporus.
Also, ca⋅ique.


Origin:
1615–25; < F < It caicco < Turk kayιk; r. caik < Turk kayιk
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ca·ïque   (kä-ēk')   
n.  
  1. A long narrow rowboat used in the Middle East.

  2. A small sailing vessel used in the eastern Mediterranean.


[French, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish qayïq, from Old Turkic qayghuq.]
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