See also: práu

English edit

Noun edit

prau (plural praus)

  1. Alternative form of proa
    • 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim:
      ... they had collected there, coming from north and south and from the outskirts of the East, after treading the jungle paths, descending the rivers, coasting in praus along the shallows, crossing in small canoes from island to island, passing through suffering, meeting strange sights, beset by strange fears, upheld by one desire.

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Aragonese edit

Etymology edit

From Latin pratum.

Noun edit

prau

  1. meadow

Asturian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin prātum. Compare Spanish prado.

Noun edit

prau m (plural praos)

  1. meadow

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Chrau edit

Numeral edit

prau

  1. six

Javanese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Javanese parahu.

Noun edit

prau

  1. boat

Megleno-Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a (South) Slavic prachŭ or Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ. Compare Romanian praf.

Noun edit

prau n

  1. dust

Sicilian edit

Etymology edit

Possibly conflated with Aragonese prau, ultimately from Latin pratum. Cognate with Asturian prau.

Noun edit

prau m (plural prai)

  1. meadow

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