"dragon boat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dragon boats [plural]
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 龍船/龙船 (lóngchuán). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|zh|-}} Calque from Chinese, {{zh-l|龍船}} 龍船/龙船 (lóngchuán) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dragon boat (plural dragon boats)
  1. A type of boat raced in Chinese festivals featuring a dragon motif and twenty paddling, one drumming, and one steering known as the sweep. Categories (topical): Watercraft Derived forms: Dragon Boat Festival, dragon boating, ice dragon boat, ice dragon boating Related terms: Viking longship (english: called dragonships by enemies such as the English) Translations (a type of boat raced in Chinese festivals): আজদাহা নাও (azdaha nao) (Bengali), 龍船 /龙船 (lóngchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), dračí loď [feminine] (Czech), drakenboot (Dutch), lohikäärmevene (Finnish), bateau-dragon [masculine] (French), Drachenboot [neuter] (German), sárkányhajó (Hungarian), perahu naga (Indonesian), dragonboat [masculine] (Italian), ドラゴンボート (doragon bōto) (Japanese), ペーロン (pēron) (Japanese), perahu naga (Malay), قایق اژدها (qâyeq eždehâ) (Persian), اژدهابَلم (eždehâ-balam) (Persian), barco dragão [masculine] (Portuguese), драгонбо́т (dragonbót) [masculine] (Russian), dračia loď [feminine] (Slovak), barco dragón [masculine] (Spanish), thuyền rồng (Vietnamese), lungzconz (Zhuang)

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