[ti-roh-lee-uh
n, tahy-] 
| 1. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Tyrol or its inhabitants. |
| 2. | designating or typifying the peasant dress of the Tyrol, esp. a man's soft-brimmed, usually green felt hat with a peaked crown and a feather or brush ornament on the hatband. |
| 3. | a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol. |
| Ty·rol or Ti·rol (tə-rōl', tī-, tī'rōl') A region of the eastern Alps in western Austria and northern Italy. Inhabited in ancient times by Celtic peoples, the Tyrol constantly passed back and forth, in whole or in part, between Austria and Italy in the 1800s. Its present division dates from the Treaty of St. Germain in 1919. The Tyrolean Alps are a popular tourist area. Ty·rol'e·an, Tyr'o·lese' (tĭr'ə-lēz', -lēs', tī'rə-) adj. & n. |