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pollera

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American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”).

noun polleras

  1. A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.

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@misc{pollera_2026,
  title = {pollera},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pollera},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}