caique

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(kä ēk′)

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noun

  1. a light rowboat used on the Bosporus
  2. a kind of sailboat used esp. in the eastern Mediterranean

Origin: Fr < It caicco < Turk qayiq

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noun
  1. A long narrow rowboat used in the Middle East.
  2. A small sailing vessel used in the eastern Mediterranean.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian caicco

Origin: , from Ottoman Turkish qayïq

Origin: , from Old Turkic qayghuq

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