Noun: cangia
Gender: f
Hyphenation: càn‧gia
| Singular f | cangia |
| Plural f | cange; cangie |
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Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَنْجَة (qanja), shortened from Ottoman Turkish قانجهباش (kancabaş, “ship of a curved prow”) from قانجه (kanca, “hook”) + باش (baş, “prow”), so called because of its prow being curved like a hook.
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