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pirogue

[pi-rohg, pee-rohg] / pɪˈroʊg, ˈpi roʊg /
NOUN
canoe
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At a command, the pirogue and the canoes drew up together in formation, and three rounds were fired into the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The joy of having made it outweighed the difficulty some were having walking after days crammed into a pirogue.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

At the same event, competition is fierce to win the pirogue race.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2024

He followed my pirogue in the dark, found out where the camp was, went back into the forest, and brought these two out to meet me.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer


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