| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| dahabeah |
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| SYLLABICATION: | da·ha·be·ah |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  dä h -b  |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also da·ha·bee·yah or da·ha·bi·ah |
| NOUN: | A houseboat having sails and sometimes an engine, used on the Nile. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic  ahab ya, the Golden One, name of the gilded barge of the Muslim rulers of Egypt, from ahaby, golden, from ahab, gold. See hb in Appendix II.
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