Etymology

caracoa

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Today it means: Any of various similar light vessels or proas used by the Malays, and the Indonesians and Filipinos, particularly for raiding. Full definition →

Malay kurakura ← Spanish caracóa
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromcaracóa
  2. Malay · borrowed fromkurakura
  3. English todaycaracoa

From Malay kurakura. This particular form appears to derive via Spanish caracóa. (Corocore derives via French, and korakora more closely approximates the Malay term.)

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