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prahu

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pro⋅a

  [proh-uh]
–noun
any of various types of Indonesian boats, esp. a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.
Also, prao, prau, prahu.

Origin:
1575–85; < Malay pərahu, pərau (sp. perahu) (< Kannada paḍahu, or a cognate Dravidian word); prob. influenced by Sp or Pg proa prow 1 , bow
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pra·hu   (prä'ōō)   
n.  Variant of proa.
pro·a   (prō'ə)   
n.  A swift Malayan sailboat with a triangular sail and single outrigger.

[Malay perahu, probably from Marathi paḍāv.]
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