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2. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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   Parts of an umbrella [2]. The word parasol is a combination of the Latin parare, and sol, meaning 'sun'. [3] Parapluie (French) similarly consists of para combined with pluie, which means 'rain' (which in turn derives from pluvia, the Latin word for rain); the usage of this word was prevalent in the nineteenth century.

3. Oil-paper umbrella - Wikipedia

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   Umbrella making as a home industry. Oil-paper umbrellas are often known in Japanese as wagasa (Japanese: 和傘, "Japanese umbrella"), and these with a bull's-eye design are called janomegasa (Japanese: 蛇の目傘, "snake-eye umbrella"). The handle and scaffold are often colored black, however, sometimes other colors are applied as well.

4. Umbrella stand - Wikipedia

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   Umbrella holder outside a store. An umbrella stand is a storage device for umbrellas and walking sticks. They are usually located inside the entrance of a home or public building, and are sometimes complemented by a hanger or mirror, [1] or combined with a coat rack. The stand is used to hold umbrellas when they are not in use.

5. Parasol (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Heath Parasol, an American parasol-winged, homebuilt monoplane first flown in 1926; Nieuport-Macchi Parasol, an Italian artillery observation aircraft of World War I; Parasol wing, a wing mounted above and away from an airplane fuselage; REP Parasol, a French military reconnaissance aircraft of World War I

6. The Umbrellas (Christo and Jeanne-Claude) - Wikipedia

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   The Umbrellas, 1991, Japan Photograph of the yellow umbrellas of the 1991 Christo and Jeanne-Claude project in California. Photo by Robert S. McCombs. The Umbrellas, Japan–USA, 1984–91 was a 1991 environmental artwork in which artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude erected yellow and blue umbrella structures in California (between Gorman and Grapevine [1]) and Japan, respectively.

7. Metropol Parasol - Wikipedia

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   During development, the project was titled Metropol Parasol, with locals quickly adopting a colloquial nickname, the setas or mushrooms. [6] Seville officially adopted the name Setas de Sevilla after discovering the project's architect had trademarked the name "Metropol Parasol" and would charge for its use; [7] Setas de Sevilla has been the project's official name since opening, [8]