prahu

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A form of proa — A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.

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Meanings

nounprahu (plural prahus)

plural prahus

  1. alternativeAlternative form of proa.
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    Year after year the fleets of mat-sailed prahus left the islands in the Arafura Sea - the loveliest tropical scenery I know - and gracefully and quietly, as is their wont, floated with the monsoon to those wild and uncivilizied shores, bartering with the aboriginals for beche-de-mer, tortoise-shell, and the natural products of the jungle.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 268

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Hapur
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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