Definitions for proa

proa pro·a

Spelling: [proh-uh]
IPA: /ˈproʊ ə/

Proa is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in proa (aopr).

Definitions for proa

noun

  1. any of various types of Indonesian boats, especially a swift Malay sailing boat built with the lee side flat and balanced by a single outrigger.

Origin of proa

1575-85; Malay pərahu, pərau (spelling perahu) (Kannada paḍahu, or a cognate Dravidian word); probably influenced by Spanish or Portuguese proa prow1, bow

Examples for proa

The proa was slowly lagging forward; and with it the battle-line, wide-flung.

Even a Malay proa, manned by pirates, would have been welcomed.

I recognized the captain of the proa among those who had previously visited me.

In the proa, oily brown devils were laboring to reload the brass cannon.

She was a proa, and this would indicate that Phina Island was not far from Malaysia.

He was determined to ascertain, yes or no, if the proa had definitely left the island.

And as they brought her up a plume of smoke jetted from the bows of the proa.

Cries from the proa and the war-canoes echoed across the waters.

The poor man had been almost out of his mind with fright since he had seen the proa.

When sufficiently dried, it is stowed away in the hold of the proa.

Word Value for proa
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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