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: a narrow fast lateen-rigged sailing vessel chiefly of the Mediterranean area
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Find a seat and watch the traditional Egyptian felucca boats float by.
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Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
However, the exterior of the hospital would take on the shape of the felucca, the traditional wooden ship that was carried by the breeze along the Nile.
—Sushrut Jangi, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2014
The felucca arrived around the same time.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
Cairo residents might have coffee at a floating restaurant or board a felucca for an hourlong cruise; Nile water flows from their taps and grows their food.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
The felucca set sail without him but with his paintings still on board.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
Spend time visiting a local Nubian village, and board a felucca—a traditional wooden sailboat of the Nile—for a romantic evening cruise.
—National Geographic, 12 June 2019
Late afternoon departure from your hotel to the west side of the Nile by felucca sailing boat.
—Jim Berkeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
In Aswan, the group will visit the island temple of Philae and the Nubian Museum, drink afternoon tea at the Old Cataract Hotel and sail on a felucca.
—Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 30 Jan. 2018
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Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
However, the exterior of the hospital would take on the shape of the felucca, the traditional wooden ship that was carried by the breeze along the Nile.
—Sushrut Jangi, Foreign Affairs, 7 Dec. 2014
The felucca arrived around the same time.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
Cairo residents might have coffee at a floating restaurant or board a felucca for an hourlong cruise; Nile water flows from their taps and grows their food.
—New York Times, 2 Jan. 2021
The felucca set sail without him but with his paintings still on board.
—Teju Cole, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
Spend time visiting a local Nubian village, and board a felucca—a traditional wooden sailboat of the Nile—for a romantic evening cruise.
—National Geographic, 12 June 2019
Late afternoon departure from your hotel to the west side of the Nile by felucca sailing boat.
—Jim Berkeley, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
In Aswan, the group will visit the island temple of Philae and the Nubian Museum, drink afternoon tea at the Old Cataract Hotel and sail on a felucca.
—Rosemary McClure, latimes.com, 30 Jan. 2018
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“Felucca.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/felucca. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
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