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Definition of dhow noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dhow

noun

/daʊ/

/daʊ/

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an Arab ship with one large sail in the shape of a triangleTopics Transport by waterc2
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Arabic dāwa, probably related to Marathi (a language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra) dāw.

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