A pirogue, also called a piragua or piraga, is any of various small boats, particularly dugouts and native canoes. The word is French and is derived from Spanish piragua, which comes from the Carib piraua.

What is the word pirogue mean?

1 : dugout sense 1. 2 : a boat like a canoe.

How do Cajuns pronounce pirogue?

Pirogue [pee-row]: A Cajun canoe. Ti (masculine) or 'tite (feminine) [tee or teet]: The Cajun equivalent of 'junior,' but placed before the name rather than after.