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parka

UK/ˈpɑːkə//ˈpɑɹkə/

parka noun: a long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.

parka: a long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind
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Noun

parka (plural parkas)

  1. A long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
    • Basir tended to wear a beige suede parka over his shalwar kameez.2002 January 3, James Meek, London Review of Books

parka meaning in Indonesian

parka in Indonesian

long jacket
parka

Examples of parka in a sentence

  • You don't need your parka today, it's in the seventies.
  • One by one, they tossed their parkas on chairs and took turns at the karaoke machine.
  • While I was destroying my parka, the packhorse that Bob had been leading laid down.

All 16 example sentences with parka

Forms of parka

pluralparkas
alternative formparkee
alternative formparki

Plural of parka: parkas

Origin of parka

1780, ultimately from Tundra Nenets парка (parka), via Aleut parka and Russian па́рка (párka). Perhaps from Proto-Uralic; see dialectal Finnish parka (“rag, swaddling clothes”), which may be a cognate from Proto-Uralic, or an early borrowing from another Uralic language.

Words formed from parka

Phrases with parka

Questions about parka

What does parka mean?
Parka means a long jacket with a hood which protects the wearer against rain and wind.
What is parka in Indonesian?
Parka in Indonesian is parka. See Parka meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is parka?
Parka is a noun.
How do you pronounce parka?
Parka is pronounced /ˈpɑɹkə/ (US).
What is the plural of parka?
The plural of parka is parkas.

Words near parka in the dictionary

  1. park-and-ride
  2. park-goer
  3. park-goers
  4. park-keeper
  5. park-keepers
  6. parka
  7. parka squirrel
  8. parka squirrels
  9. parkability
  10. parkable
  11. parkade

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