periagua C2+ Topic:Transportation US /ˌperiˈɑːɡwə/ UK /ˌperɪˈɑːɡwə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a dugout canoe or a larger boat made by widening a dugout with added planks The party crossed the forest lake in a rough periagua with a cow aboard. 2 noun a shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boat, sometimes rigged with two masts, used in coastal or inland waters The crew lowered the periagua's sails before entering the narrow creek. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a dugout canoe or a larger... piroguepiraguadugout canoe 2 noun · a shallow-draft,... pirogueshoal-water boat Word family Related forms piroguepiragua Etymology An archaic variant of piragua, transmitted through French and Spanish from a Cariban word for a dugout canoe. It is a doublet of pirogue. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # periagua **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌperiˈɑːɡwə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌperɪˈɑːɡwə/ ## Meanings 1. a dugout canoe or a larger boat made by widening a dugout with added planks 2. a shallow-draft, flat-bottomed boat, sometimes rigged with two masts, used in coastal or inland waters ## Examples - The party crossed the forest lake in a rough periagua with a cow aboard. - The crew lowered the periagua's sails before entering the narrow creek. ## Synonyms - pirogue - piragua - dugout canoe ## Related Forms - pirogue - piragua ## Etymology An archaic variant of piragua, transmitted through French and Spanish from a Cariban word for a dugout canoe. It is a doublet of pirogue. ## Topics - Transportation markdown