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Definition of Panama hat

1. Noun. A stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown.

Definition of Panama hat

1. Noun. A type of brimmed hat from South America, originally made with straw. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Panama hat

1. A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Panama Hat

Literary usage of Panama hat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook: A Commercial and Industrial by United States Dept. of Commerce, Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"PANAMA-HAT INDUSTRY. One of the principal industries of the islands is the manufacture of an imitation Panama hat, the " soyate " palm being imported from ..."

2. Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook: A Commercial and Industrial by United States Dept. of Commerce, Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"PANAMA-HAT INDUSTRY. One of the principal industries of the islands is the manufacture of an imitation Manama hat, the " soyate " palm being imported from ..."

3. Panama by Marc Rigole, Claude-Victor Langlois (2003)
"The Panama hat or "Montuno" Who is not familiar with the famous "Panama" hat? Contrary to what one might think, this hat did not originate in Panama hut ..."

4. From Midshipman to Rear-Admiral by Bradley Allen Fiske (1919)
"I purposed buying a Panama hat, and on this occasion I made up my mind to throw prudence to the winds, and buy the best Panama hat I could find, ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"The true fisherman, moreover, would have detected him as an impostor In that he wore a white Panama hat; for no true fisherman makes himself more ..."

6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1887)
"Not only did he possess the largest genuine Panama hat in Ischia (and the like on such a little island is not without significance) but he had after ..."

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