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]] A sombrero is a type of Hat originating in Mexico and worn also in Spain. Sombreros usually have a somewhat high tip and a very wide brim, used for protection from the sun. Peasant sombreros are usually made of straw, while wealthier Hispanics wear sombreros made of felt. Cowboy s of the American southwest later adopted the sombrero and modified it into the Cowboy Hat . The word likely derives from the Spanish word ''sombra'', meaning "shade" or "shadow." The English word "sombrero" is a Loan Word from Spanish , where the term is used to refer to any hat with a brim. Many Spanish speakers refer to what we call a sombrero as a "Mexican hat", ''(sombrero mexicano)''. =Mathematics Various functions and distributions encountered in mathematics and the physical sciences show a peak within a depression when plotted, and are thus referred to as a " Mexican Hat " on analogy with the shape of a sombrero. |