palampore

palampore
/pal"euhm pawr', -pohr'/, n.
a cotton print woven in India and used for clothing, canopies, etc.
Also, palampoor /pal"euhm poor'/.
[1690-1700; prob. after Palanpur, city in Rajputana, India]

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