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Nehru jacket

English

Noun

Nehru jacket ‎(plural Nehru jackets)

  1. A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.

Etymology

After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/

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