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{{Short description|Small boat, particularly dugout and canoe}} {{About|the type of boat|the food|Pirog|the Senegalese film|The Pirogue}} [[File:Madagascar - Traditional fishing pirogue.jpg|thumb|right|Traditional fishing pirogue (a ''[[lakana (boat)|lakana]]'' [[outrigger canoe]]) with sail from [[Madagascar]]]] [[File:Group_of_pirogues.jpg|thumb|right|Group of pirogues at sunset on the river bank of Don Tati, [[Si Phan Don]], Laos.]] [[File:Pirogues Madagascar.jpg|thumb|right|Pirogues of [[Madagascar]]]] [[File:Pirogues Niger.webm|thumb |Pirogues, Niger]] [[File:Pirogue 010.jpg|thumb|right|A pirogue on the [[Niger River]] in [[Mali]]]] [[File:Statuette Karajà MHNT.ETH.2011.17.53.jpg |thumb| Statuette Karajà - Brazil - [[MHNT]]]] A '''pirogue''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ᵻ|ˈ|r|oʊ|ɡ}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|r|oʊ|ɡ}}),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/pirogue?s=t |work=dictionary.com |title=pirogue |access-date=17 August 2023}}</ref> also called a '''piragua''' or '''piraga''', is any of various small [[boat]]s, particularly [[Dugout canoe|dugouts]] and [[canoe]]s. The word is [[French language|French]] and is derived from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''piragua'' {{IPA|es|piˈɾaɣwa|}}, which comes from the [[Island Carib language|Carib]] ''{{lang|crb|piraua}}''.
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