panama

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a lightweight brimmed hat traditionally woven from fine straw-like fibers

   He pushed his panama back from his forehead in the heat.

Short for Panama hat. The hats are traditionally woven in Ecuador from toquilla palm fibers but became associated with Panama because they were shipped through and widely worn there, especially during canal construction.

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