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prau

See also: práu

English

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Noun

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prau (plural praus)

  1. Alternative form of proa.
    • 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 196:
      Being fully exposed to the sea-breezes in three directions it is healthy, and the soft sandy heath offers great facilities for hauling up the praus, in order to secure them from sea-worms and prepare them for the homeward voyage.
    • 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.

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Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin pratum. Compare Sicilian prau.

Noun

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prau

  1. meadow

Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin prātum. Compare Spanish prado and Sicilian prau.

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.

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prau n

  1. dust

Sicilian

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Etymology

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Likely borrowed from Aragonese prau (or another Occitan stratum), from an earlier sonorized *pradu (cf. poju), ultimately from Latin pratum. Cognate with Asturian prau, Spanish prado, Italian prato.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾa.u/, [ˈpɾa.ʊ], [ˈpɾaw]
  • Rhymes: -aʊ, -aw
  • Hyphenation: prà‧u

Noun

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prau m (plural prai)

  1. meadow

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