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Pirogue
Small boat, particularly dugout and native canoe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the type of boat. For the food, see Pirog. For the Senegalese film, see The Pirogue.
A pirogue (/pɪˈroʊɡ/ or /ˈpiːroʊɡ/),[1] also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and native canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish piragua [piˈɾaɣwa], which comes from the Carib piraua.
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