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jipijapa|ˈhiːpɪˈhɑːpə|
Also jipi-japa, jippa-jappa, jippi-jappa.
[Name of a town in Ecuador.]
a. The palm-like tree, Carludovica palmata, native to tropical America, or the fibre produced from its leaves.
b. A Panama hat. Also attrib.
1858P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products 273/2 (s.v. Panama-hats), In Central America where they are made, the palm is called Jipijapa. 1877Encycl. Brit. VI. 155/1 Straw hats, usually known as jipijapa or Panamá hats. 1901Amer. Anthropologist III. 206 Ecuador is the real home of the hats wrongly designated under the name of ‘panama’... Everywhere in Latin America the hat is known under the name of jipijapa, in honor of the city where its manufacture was first started. 1901Daily Chron. 7 Feb. 4/6 The Jippi-Jappa plant, known sometimes as ‘the broom thatch’. 1953V. Bell in Caribbean Anthol. Short Stories 72 He could almost see her there in her usual seat at the back of the church in her white linen dress and her jippi-jappa hat. 1961F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vi. 115 The best known Jamaica-made hat is the jipi-japa..from the name of the town..in Ecuador. 1965I. Fleming Man with Golden Gun iv. 51 There were only two other passengers..Cubans, perhaps, with jippa-jappa luggage. 1972D. Sale Love Bite iv. 52 Shops crammed with liqueur, tweeds, English doeskin, jippa-jappa straw goods. |