[cf. It. cangia, F. cange.] A light boat used on the Nile.
1715. Lond. Gaz., No. 5306/2. Cangi a Bashes (which … are small Vessels fit for carrying and landing 40 Men).
1859. All Y. Round, No. 14. 334. A couple of cangias with large flapping sails.
1877. Amelia B. Edwards, Up Nile, xi. 300. Such ricketty, barbaric-looking craft as these Nubian cangias we had not yet seen on the river.
