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noun
1.
a fur coat, shirtlike and hooded, for wear in the arctic and other regions of extreme cold.
2.
a hip-length jacket or overshirt with an attached hood, often of wool or of a windproof, water-repellent material lined or trimmed with wool, used by skiers, hunters, the military, etc.
3.
any coat or jacket with a hood, as a hooded raincoat or windbreaker.
Origin:
1770–80; (< Aleut or Yupik ) < dialectal Russian párka (< Komi ) < Nenets
1770–80; (< Aleut or Yupik ) < dialectal Russian párka (< Komi ) < Nenets
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parka
1780, from Aleut. parka, from Rus. parka "a pelt or jacket made from pelt," from Samoyed.
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parka
hip-length, hooded jacket made of caribou, seal, or other fur, worn as an outer garment by the Arctic Eskimos. Men's and women's parkas are basically the same except for an extra hood in which the Eskimo woman can wrap a small child
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