felucca
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- noun
- /fəˈluːkə/
- We took a relaxing ride on a traditional felucca as the sun set over the Nile.
Examples
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A cruise down the Egyptian Nile, ideally on a romantic felucca rather than a crowded tourist boat, reveals relics of one of the world's most ancient civilizations.
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Perhaps the most unusual of all is the "boat of the felucca men."
Academic text (2002) -
Following the camels is the small fleet of boats led by the felucca men.
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Let's see what Aswan will hold, although brace yourself for the felucca touts!
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felucca Stan
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felucca Stan
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From time to time, the white unfurled sail of a felucca glides silently over it.
Fiction book (2001) -
We are off down the Nile on a felucca (sailing boat) tomorrow for four days, inshallah.
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This iron hull, which was built specifically for the moulid and is never used on the Nile, bears no resemblance whatsoever to a felucca, a narrow, swift sailing vessel.
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PHOTO (COLOR): Boats towed in the moulid procession are quite unlike the modern feluccas that ply the Nile.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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A small boat that moves by wind using sails
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A small boat that uses sails to move and usually has one mast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Felucca comes from Arabic falūka, which means 'small boat' and was used for the slim sailing boats on the Nile and in the Mediterranean. Think of a narrow boat with a tall, triangular sail, and you can see why felucca today means a fast, narrow sailing boat.