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national costume en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.
   • When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line. 1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 325:

Forms

Relateds

folk dress · national dress

Translations (12)

cs kroj (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · mk носија (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · pl strój narodowy (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · de Nationaltracht (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · mn үндэстний хувцас (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · kum милли гийим (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · nn nasjonaldrakt (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · sk kroj (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · mk народна носија (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · fi kansallispuku (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · nb nasjonaldrakt (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country) · de Volkstracht (clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country)