#boat

• Alleppey — A coastal city and municipality located in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala, officially renamed Alappuzha. It is world-famous as a major tourism hub due to its vast network of interconnected canals, lagoons, and lakes (backwaters), being dubbed the 'Venice of the East' by Lord Curzon, and hosts the historic annual Nehru Trophy Boat Race.
• Watercraft — A less common linguistic variant or spelling form of 'ambarcațiune', designating a small or medium-sized vessel (boat, launch, yacht) used for passenger transport, recreation, water sports, or harbor activities.
• Watercraft — The official generic name for any small or medium-sized floating vehicle (boat, launch, yacht, catamaran, kayak) propelled by oars, sails, or an engine, used for short-distance transport, recreation, fishing, or sports. Structurally, it features a watertight hull designed to offer buoyancy.
• Kedge anchor — A small and lightweight anchor, usually equipped with four prongs (claws), used on board light watercraft, launches, or lifeboats for temporary fastening. On large vessels, this technical device is utilized as a secondary maneuvering anchor, serving to veer or change the ship's orientation in restricted port spaces by means of a towline.
• Arsana — An old shipyard, arsenal, or fortified shelter on the coast of the sea or large rivers, intended for the construction, repair, and wintering of military and commercial ships or boats. The term, of Arab-Ottoman origin, describes a specific architectural structure of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Danubian basins, often integrated into port or monastic fortifications.
• Aviso — A small or medium-sized military warship, characterized by high speed and enhanced maneuverability, used in the past primarily for transmitting orders, reconnaissance, escort, liaison, or coastal patrolling missions. In modern fleets, its structural role has been taken over by corvettes or light frigates, but the term continues to designate fast vessels destined for maritime surveillance.
• Aviso — A small or medium-sized military warship, characterized by high speed and enhanced maneuverability, used in the past primarily for transmitting orders, reconnaissance, escort, liaison, or coastal patrolling missions. In modern fleets, its structural role has been taken over by corvettes or light frigates, but the term continues to designate fast vessels destined for maritime surveillance.
• Ferryboat — A large, flat-bottomed watercraft used for transporting vehicles, goods, and people across a watercourse; a ferryboat. In technology, the term designates an industrial container used for electrolysis, batteries, or settling, or the moving jaws of a vise or chuck that secure a tool or object during machining.
• Small utility boat — A small fishing boat or minor utility vessel traditionally used in warm seas or European port basins for light towing and transport operations; in a regional technical sense, it also represents an open box or container used in workshops to collect small parts. In comparative linguistics, it represents the root form for 'cow' in Spanish and Latin, encountered in etymological studies.