popa

/ˈpopa/ · B2 · noun · f

stern

popa — stern

🚢 popa sounds like poop, and the poop deck sits at the stern

English poop deck comes from the same Latin root, puppis, meaning stern. So Spanish popa and English poop (deck) are cousins: both name the back of a ship. Pop-a, back of the boat.

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