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pirogue

/pəˈɹəʊɡ/
/pɪˈɹəʊɡ/

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From French pirogue, in turn from Spanish piragua, from Kari'na piraua. Doublet of periagua.

noun pirogues

A canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log. I was unable, however, to prevent them from chopping down a large tree, out of which they carved a pirogue to explore the shores of the continent which promised no shortage of abandoned cities to be plundered.
Similar: periagua
A small flat-bottom boat of shallow draft.
A boat-shaped food that is stuffed with seafood. There are even more elaborately prepared Cajun specialties, such as Bayou Bouillabaisse and pirogue of pasta and seafood.

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noun small dugout boat

Español	piragua
Ελληνικά	πιρόγα piróga

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@misc{pirogue_2026,
  title = {pirogue},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pirogue},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}