almadie

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noun

A canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa.

OriginFrench almadie ← Arabic مَعْدِيَة →
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Meanings

nounalmadie (plural almadies)

plural almadies · alternative almadia

  1. historicalA canoe made from tree bark, formerly used in Africa.
  2. historicalA boat formerly used by traders off the coast of India, about eighty feet long and six or seven feet wide.

Origin

  1. Arabicمَعْدِيَة“ferry”
  2. Frenchalmadie
  3. Englishalmadie

From French almadie (compare Spanish & Portuguese almadia), from Arabic مَعْدِيَة (maʕdiya, “ferry”).

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Almeida
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APA

almadie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almadie

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “almadie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/almadie.

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