# periagua

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A dugout canoe.
2. A vessel made by cutting a canoe in two lengthwise and inserting a large plank.
3. A large keelless flat-bottomed boat for shoal-water navigation, decked at the ends only, propelled by rowing, or by sails on two masts capable of being struck.
4. Any small boat.

## Etymology
From Spanish piragua, in turn from Kari'na [Term?] (“dugout”). Doublet of pirogue.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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