parka
pronunciation
How to pronounce parka in British English:
UK [ˈpɑ:kə]
How to pronounce parka in American English:
US [ˈpɑrkə]
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- Noun:
- a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
Word Origin
- parka (n.)
- 1780, from Aleut parka, from Russian parka "a pelt or jacket made from pelt," from Samoyed.
Example
- 1. With one half of a s-and-hers parka set .
- 2. And I 'll freeze if I don 't find that parka .
- 3. And all that stuff aboutthe parka was utter garbage .
- 4. Look at this catalog , john . The ski parka is on sale .
- 5. Do you know how hard it is to find a parka in miami ?