Panama hat

Variant of Panama

Panama definition

Pan·ama (pan′ə mä′, -mô′)

noun

  1. a fine, hand-plaited hat made from select leaves of the jipijapa plant
  2. any similar straw hat

Etymology: after Panama (city), once a main distributing center

In full Panama hat

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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