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proa         
SECOND-TIER BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN GERMANY
Pro A (basketball); 2nd German Basketball League; Basketball-Pro-Liga A; WWU Baskets Münster; VfL SparkassenStars Bochum
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(also prahu or prau)
¦ noun a Malaysian or Indonesian sailing boat, typically having a large triangular sail and an outrigger.
Origin
C16: from Malay perahu.
Proa         
SECOND-TIER BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN GERMANY
Pro A (basketball); 2nd German Basketball League; Basketball-Pro-Liga A; WWU Baskets Münster; VfL SparkassenStars Bochum
·noun A sailing canoe of the Ladrone Islands and Malay Archipelago, having its lee side flat and its weather side like that of an ordinary boat. The ends are alike. The canoe is long and narrow, and is kept from overturning by a cigar-shaped log attached to a frame extending several feet to windward. It has been called the flying proa, and is the swiftest sailing craft known.
2017–18 ProA         
The 2017–18 ProA was the 11th season of the ProA, the second level of basketball in Germany.ProA at Eurobasket.

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Proa
thumb|right|A [[Caroline Islands|Carolinian wa in Pohnpei with a single outrigger typical of Pacific proas]]
Examples of use of Proa
1. But Enrique Proa o, the government‘s senior spokesman, shrugged off the challenge.
2. With that in mind, Enrique Proa o, Mr Palacio‘s main spokesman, said Ecuador had officially asked the US to renew the preferences for another year to give more time for bilateral trade negotiations.