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pareo

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pa⋅re⋅o

[pahr-ey-oh, -ey-oo]
–noun, plural -re⋅os.
pareu (def. 2).

pa⋅re⋅u

[pahr-ey-oo]
–noun
1. lavalava.
2. Also, pareo. a length of cloth, esp. of a brightly colored print, wrapped on the body like a lavalava and worn by women as a cover-up, skirt, dress, or the like.

Origin:
1855–60; < Tahitian
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pa·re·o   (pä'rā-ōō')   
n.  Variant of pareu.
pa·re·u or pa·re·o   (pä'rā-ōō')   
n.  A garment consisting of a rectangular piece of printed cloth worn especially in Polynesia by men and women as a wraparound skirt.

[Tahitian.]
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