curiara

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noun

a dugout canoe used by indigenous people in South America

OriginSpanish curiara ← Cariban →
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Meanings

nouncuriara (plural curiaras)

plural curiaras

  1. a dugout canoe used by indigenous people in South America

Origin

  1. Cariban
  2. Spanishcuriara
  3. Englishcuriara

Borrowed from Spanish curiara, itself borrowed from a Cariban language; compare Kari'na kurijara, Ye'kwana kudiyada.

More words from Spanish, Cariban

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rauraci
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APA

curiara. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiara

MLA

“curiara.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiara. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curiara,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiara.

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