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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 60 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PONCHO (a South American Spanish word, adopted from the Araucanian poncho or pontho in the 17th century)

PONCHO (a See also:
SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)
South See also:
AMERICAN
American See also:
SPANISH
Spanish word, adopted from the Araucanian poncho or pontho in the 17th See also:
CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)
century) , a See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of cloak worn originally by the See also:

South See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, and afterwards adopted by the Spaniards living in South See also:

AMERICA

America . It is merely a See also:

long See also:

STRIP

strip of See also:

CLOTH

cloth, doubled, with a hole for the See also:

head .

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