pirogue

noun

pi·​rogue ˈpē-ˌrōg How to pronounce pirogue (audio)
1
2
: a boat like a canoe

Examples of pirogue in a Sentence

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As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply. Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024 Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court. Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 30 May 2024 Recommended The average age of a Senegalese person is 22, and in recent years, many young people like Mr. Faye have voted against this situation with their feet, setting out for Europe in wobbly canoes called pirogues or on long treks across the Sahara. Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2024 The Spanish migration advocacy group Walking Borders said the vessel was a large fishing boat, called a pirogue, which had left Senegal on July 10. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for pirogue 

Word History

Etymology

French, from Spanish piragua, from Carib piraua

First Known Use

1666, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pirogue was in 1666

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“Pirogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pirogue. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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pirogue

noun
pi·​rogue ˈpē-ˌrōg How to pronounce pirogue (audio)
1
2
: a boat like a canoe

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