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national costume

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.

Equivalents

3 more languages
Češtinakroj
Македонскиносија

Examples

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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