fustanella

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Greek φουστανέλα (foustanéla).

Noun

fustanella (plural fustanellas)

  1. A form of skirt or kilt traditionally worn by men in Greece and other parts of the Balkans.
    • 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva 1995, p. 276:
      The doctor had always wanted a set of fustanella and had never been able to afford it.

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