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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 384 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SOMBRERO , a wide-brimmed

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HAT

hat, made of

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FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt, largely worn throughout

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South and Central

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AMERICA

America, but originating in

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Spain . The

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SPANISH

Spanish word is derived from sombra, shade, generally taken to be from

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LAT

Lat. sub

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UMBRA (Lat. for shade or shadow)

umbra, beneath the shade; but the

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ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology, like that of " sombre," dark, gloomy, has been disputed .

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