Proa in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Proa

You can make 14 words from 'proa' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'proa'
• 3 letters words from 'proa'
• 2 letters words from 'proa'

4 letters words from 'proa'

PRAO 6

PROA 6

3 letters words from 'proa'

APO 5	OAR 3
ORA 3	PAR 5
POA 5	PRO 5
RAP 5

2 letters words from 'proa'

AR 2	OP 4
OR 2	PA 4
PO 4

Definitions and meaning of proa

proa

Alternative forms

• prau, prahu, perahu, prow

Etymology

From Malay perahu.

Noun

proa (plural proas)

1. A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII, [1]

     I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders.

Translations

Anagrams

• Paro, prao, rapo, roap

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Asturian

Noun

proa f (plural proes)

1. Alternative form of proba

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

Noun

proa f (plural proes)

1. prow, bow (front part of a ship)

Antonyms

• popa

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French

Noun

proa m (plural proas)

1. Alternative spelling of prao

Further reading

• “proa” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• prao

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

Antonyms

• popa

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Ladin

Etymology

From Latin proba.

Noun

proa f (plural [please provide])

1. test, experiment
2. proof

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpru.ɒ/

Noun

proa f (plural pruas)

1. bow, prow

Antonyms

• popa

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), related to pro (“beginning, forward”). Compare Spanish proa, French proue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈproɐ/
• Hyphenation: pro‧a

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

Synonyms

• vante

Antonyms

• popa

Derived terms

• aproar
• figura de proa
• proeiro

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Sardinian

Verb

proa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pròere

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Spanish

Etymology

From prora, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾoa/

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. (nautical) bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

Antonyms

• popa

Derived terms

• buena proa

Source: wiktionary.org

• a swift Malaysian sailing vessel.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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