saic

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noun

A kind of ketch heavily used in the Black Sea, Tisa, Danube and Sava

OriginFrench saïque ← Italian saicca ← Ottoman Turkish شایقه →
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Meanings

saic1

nounsaic (plural saics)

plural saics · alternative obsolete saick

  1. A kind of ketch heavily used in the Black Sea, Tisa, Danube and Sava

SAIC2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Science Applications International Corporation, a defense contractor, one of the largest employee-owned companies in the USA.

Origin

  1. Proto-Slavic*čajьka
  2. Bulgarianша́йка
  3. Ottoman Turkishشایقه
  4. Italiansaicca
  5. Frenchsaïque
  6. Englishsaic

From French saïque, from Italian saicca, from Ottoman Turkish شایقه (şayka), from Bulgarian ша́йка (šájka) (a variant of Bulgarian ча́йка (čájka)), from Proto-Slavic *čajьka. Doublet of Czajka.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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