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gele
Yoruba · traditional
"an elaborately tied, elevated head wrap"
from ga ("high") and ele ("eminence"), describing the towering, elevated wrap
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gele
English · 1900s
"a tall, elaborately wrapped Yoruba headscarf"
adopted into English fashion vocabulary through the Nigerian diaspora
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