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fustanella

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek φουστανέλα (foustanéla).

Noun

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fustanella (plural fustanellas)

  1. A form of skirt or kilt traditionally worn by men in Albania, Greece and other parts of the Balkans.
    • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 276:
      The doctor had always wanted a set of fustanella and had never been able to afford it.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Greek φουστανέλα (foustanéla).

Noun

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fustanella f (plural fustanelle)

  1. fustanella
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References

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  • fustanella in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana