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żupans

żupans is the plural of żupan.

Meaning of żupan

Noun

żupan (plural żupans)

  1. A long lined garment of West or Central Asian origin which was widely worn by noblemen in the multiethnic Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and by the Ukrainian Cossacks in the Cossack Hetmanate.
    • From 1652 comes the information about a żupan, a light caftan worn under another overcoat. It emerges from the sources that in the 18th century the Jewish dress was partly overcome by the West-European fashion.1989, Proceedings of the Tenth World Congress of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem, August 16-24, 1989, Jerusalem: World Union of Jewish Studies, published 1990, →OCLC, page 103

Questions about żupans

What is żupans the plural of?
Żupans is the plural of żupan.

Words near żupans in the dictionary

  1. Żmigród
  2. Żnin
  3. Żory
  4. żubrówka
  5. żupan
  6. żupans
  7. Żyrardów
  8. Żywiec
  9. Žagarė
  10. Žakanje
  11. Železná Ruda

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