caracca
English edit
Noun edit
caracca (plural caraccas)
- (nautical, historical) A 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship.
- Christopher Columbus used to glance at caraccas waiting ashore when he was a young boy.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Arabic حَرَّاقَة (ḥarrāqa, “fireship”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
caracca f (plural caracche)