caracca

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

caracca f (plural caracche)

  1. (nautical) carrack
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