"gunboat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gunboats [plural]
Etymology: gun + boat Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gun|boat}} gun + boat Head templates: {{en-noun}} gunboat (plural gunboats)
  1. (nautical) Any of the various types of small armed vessels. Wikipedia link: gunboat Categories (topical): Nautical, Warships Derived forms: gunboat diplomacy, gunboater, gunboat war, Gunboat War Related terms: cutter, monitor, mortar barge, patrol boat, torpedo boat Translations (small armed vessel): kanoniera (Albanian), زَوْرَق مِدْفَعِيَّة (zawraq midfaʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), հրետանավակ (hretanavak) (Armenian), канане́рская ло́дка (kananjérskaja lódka) [feminine] (Belarusian), канане́рка (kananjérka) [feminine] (Belarusian), канонерка (kanonerka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), canonera [feminine] (Catalan), dělový člun [masculine] (Czech), kanonbåd [common-gender] (Danish), kanonneerboot [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), kanonboato (Esperanto), tykkivene (Finnish), canonnière [feminine] (French), საარტილერიო კატარღა (saarṭilerio ḳaṭarɣa) (Georgian), კანონერი (ḳanoneri) (Georgian), ქვემეხიანი ნავი (kvemexiani navi) (Georgian), Kanonenboot [neuter] (German), κανονιοφόρος (kanoniofóros) [feminine] (Greek), ágyúnaszád (Hungarian), cannoniera [feminine] (Italian), 砲艦 (hōkan) (alt: ほうかん) (Japanese), 포함 (poham) (Korean), baatey gunn [masculine] (Manx), kanonbåt [common-gender] (Norwegian), kanonierka [feminine] (Polish), canhoneira [feminine] (Portuguese), каноне́рская ло́дка (kanonérskaja lódka) [feminine] (Russian), канонерка (kanonerka) (Russian), topnjača [feminine] (Slovene), cañonera [feminine] (Spanish), cañonero [masculine] (Spanish), kanonbåt [common-gender] (Swedish), bapor kanyonero (Tagalog), เรือปืน (Thai), gambot (Turkish), каноне́рський чо́вен (kanonérsʹkyj čóven) [masculine] (Ukrainian), каноне́рка (kanonérka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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  "word": "gunboat"
}

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