Definitions for FEZfɛz

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

fezfɛz(n.)(pl.)fez•zes.

  1. a felt cap shaped like a truncated cone and ornamented with a tassel, worn by men esp. in Egypt and formerly Turkey.

    Category: Clothing

Origin of fez:

1795–1805; < Turkish fes, after FesFez

fez′zy(adj.)

Fezfɛz(n.)

  1. a city in N Morocco. 448,823.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Fez, Fes(noun)

    a city in north central Morocco; religious center

  2. fez, tarboosh(noun)

    a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown

Wiktionary

  1. fez(Noun)

    A felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone and having a flat top with a tassel attached.

  2. Fez(ProperNoun)

    A city in Morocco.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Fez(noun)

    a felt or cloth cap, usually red and having a tassel, -- a variety of the tarboosh. See Tarboosh

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Fez

    the largest city in Morocco, of which it is the second capital; is surrounded by walls and prettily situated in the valley of the Sebu, a stream which flows through its centre and falls into the Atlantic 100 m. to the E. It has been for many centuries one of the most important of the sacred cities of the Moslem; has many fine mosques, the Sultan's palace, and an important university; is yet a busy commercial centre, although signs of decay appear all over the city, and carries on an active caravan trade with Central Africa.


Translations for FEZ

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

fez(noun)

a type of brimless hat with a tassel, usually red and worn by some Muslims.

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