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scam·pavi·a
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Scampavianoun
a long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century
Etymology: [It.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
scampavia
A fast rowing war boat of Naples and Sicily; in 1814-15 they ranged to 150 feet, pulled by forty sweeps or oars, each man having his bunk under his sweep. They were rigged with one huge lateen at one-third from the stem; no forward bulwark or stem above deck; a long brass 6-pounder gun worked before the mast, only two feet above water; the jib, set on a gaff-like boom, veered abeam when firing the gun. Abaft a lateen mizen with top-sail, &c.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scampavia in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scampavia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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