caracca

English

Noun

caracca (plural caraccas)

1. (nautical, historical) A 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship.

   Christopher Columbus used to glance at caraccas waiting ashore when he was a young boy.

Italian

Etymology

Perhaps from Arabic حَرَّاقَة (ḥarrāqa, “fireship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrak.ka/
• Rhymes: -akka
• Hyphenation: ca‧ràc‧ca

Noun

caracca f (plural caracche)

1. (nautical) carrack