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English
Noun
embarcation (countable and uncountable, plural embarcations)
- Alternative form of embarkation
1827, [Walter Scott], The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. , volume (please specify |volume=I to IX), Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, ; and Cadell & Co., , →OCLC:[…] the army completing its embarcation upon the subsequent day
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Pronunciation
Noun
embarcation f (plural embarcations)
- (small) boat, craft
- embarkation (although the use of embarquement is more correct)
- (Louisiana) transportation
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