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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: 'hat worn by Persian kings', from Greek

tiara

 noun
     
Related topics: Jewellery
ti‧a‧ra [countable]
DCJ a piece of jewellery like a small crown, that a woman sometimes wears on very formal or important occasions:
a diamond tiara
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