faja

[ fah-hah ]

noun
  1. a broad, brightly colored sash traditionally worn by Spanish and Latin American men.

Origin of faja

1
First recorded in 1835–45; from Spanish: literally, “belt, strip, band”; originally dialect or from Catalan, from Latin fascia “band, bandage”; see fascia

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