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Gondola

2 stages from Venetian Italian to English.

Today it means a narrow flat-bottomed boat used on the canals of Venice, or a suspended cabin
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gondola
Venetian Italian · medieval
"a Venetian canal boat"
the flat-bottomed rowing boat traditionally used on the canals of Venice
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gondola
English · 1500s
"a narrow flat-bottomed Venetian boat"
adopted directly for the distinctive Venetian boat
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