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SOMBRERO

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 384 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SOMBRERO , a wide-brimmed See also:

HAT

hat, made of See also:

FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt, largely worn throughout See also:

South and Central See also:

AMERICA

America, but originating in See also:

Spain. The See also:

SPANISH

Spanish word is derived from sombra, shade, generally taken to be from See also:

LAT

Lat. sub See also:

UMBRA (Lat. for shade or shadow)

umbra, beneath the shade; but the See also:

ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology, like that of " sombre," dark, gloomy, has been disputed.

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