prau

See also: práu

English

Noun

prau (plural praus)

1. Alternative form of proa
   • 1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 2, in Lord Jim:

     ... they had collected there, coming from north and south and from the outskirts of the East, after treading the jungle paths, descending the rivers, coasting in praus along the shallows, crossing in small canoes from island to island, passing through suffering, meeting strange sights, beset by strange fears, upheld by one desire.

Anagrams

• ARPU, rupa

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin pratum.

Noun

prau

1. meadow

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin prātum. Compare Spanish prado and Sicilian prau.

Noun

prau m (plural praos)

1. meadow

Related terms

• pradería

Chrau

Numeral

prau

1. six

Javanese

Romanization

prau

1. Romanization of ꦥꦿꦲꦸ

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a (South) Slavic prachŭ or Old Church Slavonic прахъ (praxŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porxъ. Compare Romanian praf.

Noun

prau n

1. dust

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly conflated with Aragonese prau, ultimately from Latin pratum. Cognate with Asturian prau.

Noun

prau m (plural prai)

1. meadow

Related terms

• praja