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dragon boat

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English

Dragon boat race.

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 龍船／龙船 (lóngchuán).

Noun

dragon boat (plural dragon boats)

A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep.

Derived terms

Translations

a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals

Bengali: আজদাহা নাও (azdaha nao)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 龍船／龙船 (zh) (lóngchuán)
Czech: dračí loď f
Dutch: drakenboot
Finnish: lohikäärmevene
French: bateau-dragon (fr) m
German: Drachenboot (de) n
Hungarian: sárkányhajó
Indonesian: perahu naga
Italian: dragonboat m
Japanese: ドラゴンボート (doragon bōto), ペーロン (pēron)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Malay: perahu naga
Persian: قایق اژدها (qâyeq eždehâ), اژدهابَلم (eždehâ-balam)
Portuguese: barco dragão m
Russian: драгонбо́т m (dragonbót)
Slovak: dračia loď f
Spanish: barco dragón m
Vietnamese: thuyền rồng (vi)
Zhuang: lungzconz

See also

Viking longships (called dragonships by enemies such as the English)

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