caracca
English
Noun
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
Etymology
Perhaps from Arabic حَرَّاقَة (ḥarrāqa, “fireship”).
Pronunciation
Noun
caracca f (plural caracche)