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caïque

 
Dictionary: ca·ïque   (kä-ēk') pronunciation
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n.
  1. A long narrow rowboat used in the Middle East.
  2. A small sailing vessel used in the eastern Mediterranean.

[French, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish qayïq, from Old Turkic qayghuq.]


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Traditionally, small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail. Found around Greece and in the Aegean.
 
 
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