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Definition of Proa

Proa
Proa Pro"a, n. [Malay pr[=a]?, pr[=a]h?.] (Naut.) A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.

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- Proas are various types of multi-hull outrigger sailboats of the Austronesian peoples. The terms were used for native Austronesian ships in European records...
- The ProA is the second-tier league of professional club basketball in Germany. The league comprises 16 teams. Officially the ProA is part of the 2. Basketball...
- The Fundación Proa is a private art center in La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded in 1996 and develops educational programs and exchange with...
- halyard from the masthead. This type of sail is most refined in Micronesian proas which could reach very high speeds. These configurations are sometimes known...
- Proa is a genus of basal styracosternan iguanodont known from the Early Cretaceous Escucha Formation (lower Albian stage) of Teruel Province, Spain. It...
- Medipolis SC Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the ProA. Their home court is the Spark****en Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current...
- Basketball Bundesliga, after promoting from the ProA in 2019. Founded in 2013, the club pla**** in the ProA from the 2014–15 season. In 2019, Hamburg promoted...
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- Cheers was a proa sailboat designed by **** Newick in 1967. It was one of the earliest designs in his career, which contributed substantially to the revival...
- plays in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), following their promotion from the ProA in 2022–23. Founded in 1979, the club has spent the majority of its history...