Panama hat

noun

A type of brimmed hat braided in Peru and Ecuador with the leaves of Carludovica palmata.

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boaterleghornPanamasailorskimmerstraw hat
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Meanings

nounPanama hat (plural Panama hats)

plural Panama hats

  1. A type of brimmed hat braided in Peru and Ecuador with the leaves of Carludovica palmata.

    Mr. Banks’s panama hat was in one hand, while the other drew a handkerchief across his perspiring brow.

    1913, Robert Barr, “In Search of Game”, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad, London; Melbourne, Vic.; Toronto, Ont.: Ward, Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 166

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

Similar
boaterleghornPanamasailorskimmerstraw hat
Broader
hatchapeaulid
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boaterleghornpanamasailorskimmerstraw hat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan panamà
  • panamàa type of brimmed hat from South America
Chinese Mandarin 巴拿馬草帽 /巴拿马草帽
  • 巴拿馬草帽 /巴拿马草帽 (Banámǎ cǎomào)a type of brimmed hat from South America
Finnish panamahattu
  • panamahattua type of brimmed hat from South America
French panama
  • panamaa type of brimmed hat from South America
German Panamahut
  • Panamahuta type of brimmed hat from South America
Hungarian panamakalap
  • panamakalapa type of brimmed hat from South America
Irish panama, hata panama
  • panamaa type of brimmed hat from South America
  • hata panamaa type of brimmed hat from South America
Japanese パナマ帽
  • パナマ帽 (panama-bō)a type of brimmed hat from South America
Korean 파나마모자
  • 파나마모자 (panamamoja)a type of brimmed hat from South America
Polish kapelusz panama
  • kapelusz panamaa type of brimmed hat from South America
Russian пана́ма, пана́мка
  • пана́ма (panáma)a type of brimmed hat from South America
  • пана́мка (panámka)a type of brimmed hat from South America
Spanish sombrero Panamá, panamá
  • sombrero Panamáa type of brimmed hat from South America
  • panamáa type of brimmed hat from South America
  • jipijapaa type of brimmed hat from South America
  • sombrero de paja toquillaa type of brimmed hat from South America
Swedish Panamahatt
  • Panamahatta type of brimmed hat from South America
Welsh het Banama
  • het Banamaa type of brimmed hat from South America
Cite this entry
APA

Panama hat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Panama%20hat

MLA

“Panama hat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Panama%20hat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Panama hat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Panama%20hat.

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