| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| sombrero |
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| SYLLABICATION: | som·bre·ro |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s m-brâr  , s m- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. som·bre·ros
A large straw or felt hat with a broad brim and tall crown, worn especially in Mexico and the American Southwest. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, perhaps from sombra, shade, probably from sombrar, to shade, from Late Latin subumbr re, to cast a shadow. See somber.
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