caracoa

• kora-kora, korakora, karakoa, corocoro, caracora, caracore, corocore, caracolle

From Malay kurakura. This particular form appears to derive via Spanish caracóa. (Corocore derives via French, and korakora more closely approximates the Malay term.)

caracoa (plural caracoas)

1. (historical, nautical) Any of various similar light vessels or proas used by the Malays, and the Indonesians and Filipinos, particularly for raiding.

• “caracore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.