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fustanella

or ڳܲ·پ·Ա·

[ fuhs-tuh-nel-uh, foo-stuh- ]

noun

  1. a short stiff skirt, usually pleated, made of white cotton or linen, worn by men in some parts of the Balkans.


fustanella

/ ˌʌəˈɛə /

noun

  1. a white knee-length pleated skirt worn by men in Greece and Albania
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fustanella1

1840–50; < Italian < Modern Greek dzܲٲé, diminutive of dzܲáԾ woman's dress < Italian fustagno fustian
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fustanella1

C19: from Italian, from Modern Greek phoustani , probably from Italian fustagno fustian
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The moving figure of a man, wearing the white fustanella, has the strange beauty of an Arab moving alone in the vast sands.

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It consists of a red cap with dark blue tassel, a white shirt with wide sleeves, a vest and jacket, sometimes of velvet, handsomely adorned with gold or black braid, a belt in which various weapons are carried, a white kilt or fustanella of many folds, white hose tied with garters, and red leather shoes with pointed ends, from which a tassel depends.

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Her husband appeared in full Palicari dress, with an irrepproachable fustanella, and handsome jacket and leggings.

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The streets are narrow and irregular, the men mostly in European costume, with here and there a fustanella.

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He wears a jacket, fustanella, and leggings, of the dirtiest possible white—a white which mocks at all washings, past and future.

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