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- Portuguese · borrowed fromlorcha
- English todaylorcha
From Portuguese lorcha, of unclear origin; see the Portuguese entry for more.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lorcha
Today it means: A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk. Full definition →
Portuguese lorcha