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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fe•luc•ca (fə luk′ə, -lo̅o̅′kə),USA pronunciation n. - Naval Termsa sailing vessel, lateen-rigged on two masts, used in the Mediterranean Sea and along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts.
- Naval Termsa small fishing boat formerly used in the San Francisco Bay area.
- Arabic falūwah small cargo ship
- Catalan faluga
- Spanish faluca, earlier variant of falúa, perh.
- earlier falluca 1620–30
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: felucca /fɛˈlʌkə/ n - a narrow lateen-rigged vessel of the Mediterranean
Etymology: 17th Century: from Italian felucca, probably from obsolete Spanish faluca, probably from Arabic fulūk ships, from Greek epholkion small boat, from ephelkein to tow |