cangian.
/ˈkandʒa/ A light boat used on the Nile.
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1715 London Gaz. No. 5306/2 Cangi a Bashes (which..are small Vessels fit for carrying and landing 40 Men).
1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1827) ii. 31 I resolved, after three or four days march along the banks of the Nile, to contend with its adverse current, myself in a light khandgea.
1859 All Year Round 30 July 334 A couple of cangias with large flapping sails.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xi. 300 Such ricketty, barbaric-looking craft as these Nubian cangias.
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