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kapote

[ kuh-paw-tuh ]

noun

  1. a long coat formerly worn by male Jews of eastern Europe and now worn chiefly by very Orthodox or Hasidic Jews.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kapote1

< Yiddish < French capote capote
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Example Sentences

Farther inland grassy uplands extend to the eastern edge of the rift-valley, though varied with cultivated ground and forest, the former especially in Kikuyu, the latter between 0� and 0� 40′ S. The most extensive grassy plains are those of Kapte or Kapote and Athi, between 1� and 2� S. The general altitude of these uplands, the surface of which is largely composed of lava, varies from 5000 to 8000 ft.

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