Chino
//ˈtʃinoʊ// name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A coarse cotton fabric commonly used to make trousers and uniforms. countable, uncountable
- 2 a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
Synonyms
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More examples"The Los Angeles area in California continues to hit record high temperatures, such as 48.9 degrees Celsius in the city of Chino."
Etymology
A term used by American veterans of the Spanish-American war. It is theorized that the cloth or the trousers were made in China. The American Heritage Dictionary says that the word is from American Spanish chino, literally "toasted", in reference to its usual color. But this is not a usual meaning of the Spanish word.
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