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Nehru jacket

UK/ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/US/ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/

Nehru jacket noun: a hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.

Noun

Nehru jacket (plural Nehru jackets)

  1. A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.

Forms of Nehru jacket

pluralNehru jackets

Origin of Nehru jacket

After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.

Words formed from Nehru jacket

  • Nehru-jacketed

Questions about Nehru jacket

What does Nehru jacket mean?
Nehru jacket means a hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.
What part of speech is Nehru jacket?
Nehru jacket is a noun.
How do you pronounce Nehru jacket?
Nehru jacket is pronounced /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of Nehru jacket?
The plural of Nehru jacket is Nehru jackets.

Words near Nehru jacket in the dictionary

  1. Nehoiu
  2. Nehra
  3. Nehring
  4. Nehrings
  5. Nehru
  6. Nehru jacket
  7. Nehru jackets
  8. Nehrus
  9. Nehruvian
  10. Nehushtan
  11. Nehushtans

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