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catamaran

[kat-uh-muh-ran, kat-uh-muh-ran] / ˌkæt ə məˈræn, ˈkæt ə məˌræn /
NOUN
vessel
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Most regular guests arrive by the lengthy winding mountain road, or by catamaran from Lucerne followed by a spectacular funicular railway, 929 metres long and rising 434 metres.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

Most regular guests arrive by the lengthy winding mountain road, or by catamaran from Lucerne followed by a funicular railway, 929 metres long and rising 434 metres.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

They bought a $365,000 catamaran that became a remote office and their home in the Bahamas and Central America.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

A big Chevy Sub-urban and a white Cadillac are parked out front, a painstakingly restored ’69 Corvette sits in the garage, a thirty-foot cruising catamaran is moored at the dock.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

From an outdoor terrace in a lakeside Alpine village, we watched catamarans and windsurfers lean into the wind and fly across the water below.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2025

An alternative option would be to consider catamarans, which are far more fuel-efficient than single-hulled ships.

From BBC Dec. 30, 2024

The vast majority of the attacks were on sailboats or catamarans, with a handful involving fishing boats and motorboats.

From Scientific American May 24, 2023

“I mean such as Malay proas, catamarans, Arab dhows, Chinese sanpans, Japanese pilot boats, Turkish caiques, Esquimaux kiacks, Alaskan war canoes, the hooded boats of the Swiss Lakes, and so on.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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