sombrero

(säm brerō, səm-)

noun pl. sombreros

a broad-brimmed, tall-crowned felt or straw hat of a kind worn in Mexico, the Southwest, etc.

Origin: Sp, hat < sombra, shade: see somber

See sombrero in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. som·bre·ros
A large straw or felt hat with a broad brim and tall crown, worn especially in Mexico and the American Southwest.

Origin:

Origin: Spanish

Origin: , perhaps from sombra, shade

Origin: , probably from sombrar, to shade

Origin: , from Late Latin subumbrāre, to cast a shadow; see somber

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An island of St. Kitts and Nevis in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies.

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