Dahabeeyah (noun)
daa-haa-bee-ah
A large passenger boat used on the Nile, typically with lateen sails.
Mid 19th century: from Arabic, literally ‘golden’, denoting the gilded state barge formerly used by the Muslim rulers of Egypt.
Example sentences
“She met him on a dahabeeyah on her Nile cruise and the rest is history!”
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