The Collaborative International Dictionary
Almadia
Almadia \Al`ma*di"a\, ||Almadie \Al"ma*die\, n. [F. almadie (cf. Sp. & Pg. almadia), fr. Ar. alma'd[=i]yah a raft, float.] (Naut.)
A bark canoe used by the Africans.
A boat used at Calicut, in India, about eighty feet long, and six or seven broad.
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almadia
n. (alternative form of almadie English)