Feminine
Meaning
bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)
Opposite of
popa
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pro‧a
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɾoa/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra (via dissimilation), borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. Compare Italian proda.
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