Definition
A tropical tree species from South America, or the hard reddish wood derived from it, used in building and crafts.
Etymology
From Portuguese or Spanish colonial terminology for Brazilian trees, likely derived from Tupi or other indigenous South American languages encountered during colonial exploration.
Kelly Says
Many tropical hardwoods were renamed after their indigenous names by colonists—carauna appeared in 16th-century trade documents as a valuable export, but the word's indigenous roots were soon forgotten.
Translations
ARالعربية
كاراون
kar-aw-un
BNবাংলা
কারাউনা
kara-u-na
CSČeština
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
DADansk
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
DEDeutsch
Carauna
kar-ah-oo-nah
ELΕλληνικά
καραουνα
kara-oo-na
ESEspañol
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
FISuomi
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
FRFrançais
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
HUMagyar
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
IDBahasa Indonesia
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
IGIG
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
ITItaliano
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
MSBahasa Melayu
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
NLNederlands
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
NONorsk
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
PLPolski
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
PTPortuguês
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
RORomână
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
RUРусский
карауна
kara-u-na
SVSvenska
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
SWKiswahili
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
TLTL
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
TRTürkçe
carauna
kah-rah-oo-nah
UKУкраїнська
карауна
kara-u-na
URاردو
کاراونہ
kar-aw-nah
VITiếng Việt
carauna
ka-ra-oo-nah