popa

Meaning

stern, poop (back of a boat or ship)

Concepts

stern

poop

💩

arse

bum

fanny

Puppis

toby

back

🔙

puppis

aft

Opposite of

proa

Synonyms

bomba

💣

Translations

poupe

💩

poppa

popa

Heck

popa

πρύμνη

achtersteven

puppis

Hintersteven

arrière

🔙

βλοσυρός

Hintern

πρύμη

Πρύμνη

Hyphenated as

po‧pa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpopa/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: popa

Inherited from Latin: puppis

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish popa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis (“stern”), possibly with influence from prora (“prow”).