parka

[ pahr-kuh ]

noun

1. a fur coat, shirtlike and hooded, for wear in the Arctic and other regions of extreme cold.
2. a hip-length jacket or overshirt with an attached hood, often of wool or of a windproof, water-repellent material lined or trimmed with wool, used by skiers, hunters, the military, etc.
3. any coat or jacket with a hood, as a hooded raincoat or windbreaker.

parka

/ ˈpɑːkə /

noun

1. a warm hip-length weatherproof coat with a hood, originally worn by the Inuit

Word History and Origins

Origin of parka¹

First recorded in 1770–80; from Aleut or Yupik or directly from dialectal Russian párka, from Komi or directly from Nenets

Word History and Origins

Origin of parka¹

C19: from Aleutian: skin

Example Sentences

Orange parka-clad instructors escorted Marines up and down the mountainside.

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Entrance begins at a steep $20 per person, which covers the cost of gloves and a parka.

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Bob in the orange parka asked sarcastically, "Would you listen if we told you?"

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The parka, obviously once expensive, now showed wear at the elbows and rips at the cuffs.

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They are gazing on with some measure of admiration as Havel speaks, wearing a parka, on the way from prison to the palace.

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He charged up the canyon, fumbling in his parka for more shells, and crashed through dank high brush into a shadowy clearing.

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Penny landed in a snowdrift at the river bank, her parka awry, goggles hanging on one ear.

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During the much-needed day of rest we allowed ourselves in Parka, I negotiated now and then with the govas of the neighbourhood.

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It was impossible to find any substitute for the Alaskan parka.

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"Come on there, you darned little shrimp; get a move on you," growled the big man from within the frost-fringed hood of his parka.

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Related Words

• coat
• fur
• sheath
• tunic