prau

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English

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Noun

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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.

Anagrams

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin pratum.

Noun

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prau

  1. meadow

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin prātum. Compare Spanish prado.

Noun

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prau m (plural praos)

  1. meadow
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Chrau

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Numeral

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prau

  1. six

Javanese

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Romanization

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prau

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦲꦸ

Megleno-Romanian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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prau n

  1. dust

Sicilian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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prau m (plural prai)

  1. meadow
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