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caracoa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cara-coa
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various similar light vessels or proas used by the Malays, and the Indonesians and Filipinos, particularly for raiding.

Etymology

From Malay kurakura. This particular form appears to derive via Spanish caracóa. (Corocore derives via French, and korakora more closely approximates the Malay term.)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: kurakura, caracóa

Inflected Forms

caracoas (plural) kora-kora (alternative) korakora (alternative) karakoa (alternative) corocoro (alternative) caracora (alternative) caracore (alternative) corocore (alternative) caracolle (alternative)

Questions

What does caracoa mean?
Any of various similar light vessels or proas used by the Malays, and the Indonesians and Filipinos, particularly for raiding.
Where does caracoa come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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