1) Boat type 
Periagua (from the Spanish language Piragua, in turn derived from the Carib language word for dugout) is the term formerly used in the Caribbean and the eastern seaboard of North America for a range of small craft including canoes and small sailing vessels. The term `periagua` overlaps, but is not synonymous with, `pirogue`, derived through th...
• (n.) See Pirogue.
Per`i·a'gua noun See Pirogue .