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Colorful traditional wooden outrigger canoes called pirogues line the beach where men spend hours mending their nets.
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Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply.
—Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Recommended The average age of a Senegalese person is 22, and in recent years, many young people like Mr. Faye have voted against this situation with their feet, setting out for Europe in wobbly canoes called pirogues or on long treks across the Sahara.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2024
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Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
As the team began to pull up its fishing nets, the pirogue pitched sharply.
—Jack Thompson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024
Artists hung paintings from trees, converted the walls of stores and restaurants into galleries, and filled some of Dakar’s run-down architectural gems with installations — piles of rubble, pieces of pirogue boats, a tennis court.
—Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 30 May 2024
Recommended The average age of a Senegalese person is 22, and in recent years, many young people like Mr. Faye have voted against this situation with their feet, setting out for Europe in wobbly canoes called pirogues or on long treks across the Sahara.
—Ayen Deng Bior, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Pirogue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pirogue. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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pirogue
noun
pi·rogue
ˈpē-ˌrōg 
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: a boat like a canoe
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