parka

UK: /ˈpɑː^rkə/ US: /ˈpɑrkə/ ,(pär′kə)

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par•ka /ˈpɑrkə/   n. [countable] , pl. -kas. 

1. Clothing a hooded coat made of materials that protect against very cold temperatures.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

par•ka  (pär′kə), n. 

1. Clothing a fur coat, shirtlike and hooded, for wear in the arctic and other regions of extreme cold.
2. Clothing 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. Clothing any coat or jacket with a hood, as a hooded raincoat or windbreaker.

• Nenets
• Komi)
• dialect, dialectal Russian párka (
• Aleut or Yupik)
• (1770–80

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parka / ˈpɑːkə/ noun

1. a warm hip-length weatherproof coat with a hood, originally worn by the Inuit
   Also called: parkee / ˈpɑːkiː/

Etymology: 19th Century: from Aleutian: skin