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chullo

chullo noun: a type of hat from Peru or Bolivia, usually made from wool or a similar fabric, and often having ear flaps that tie under the chin for warmth.

chullo: a type of hat from Peru or Bolivia, usually made from wool or a similar fabric, and often having...
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Noun

chullo (plural chullos)

  1. A type of hat from Peru or Bolivia, usually made from wool or a similar fabric, and often having ear flaps that tie under the chin for warmth.
    • While they’re there, they will probably buy a chullo or two, one of those cone-like alpaca pan-Andean hats with earflaps.2009 January 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, “Season of the Chullo”, in New York Times

Forms of chullo

pluralchullos

Origin of chullo

Borrowed from Spanish, from Quechua ch'ullu.

Questions about chullo

What does chullo mean?
Chullo means a type of hat from Peru or Bolivia, usually made from wool or a similar fabric, and often having ear flaps that tie under the chin for warmth.
What part of speech is chullo?
Chullo is a noun.
What is the plural of chullo?
The plural of chullo is chullos.

Words near chullo in the dictionary

  1. chulhas
  2. Chulia
  3. Chuliah
  4. Chuliahs
  5. Chulias
  6. chullo
  7. Chullora
  8. chullos
  9. chullpa
  10. chullpas
  11. Chulmleigh

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