pookaun

== English == === Alternative forms === pookawn, pookhaun, pucan === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish púcán (“fishing-smack”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpuːkɔːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpuˌkɔn/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈpuˌkɑn/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈpuːkɒːn/ === Noun === pookaun (plural pookauns) (Ireland) A kind of small fishing boat from the region of Galway in Ireland. === References === “pookaun, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “pookhaun, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “pucan, n.”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.