Home › Words › C › chapkachapkachapka means A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.EtymologyFrom Polish czapka (“cap”) or Czech čapka (“cap”). Doublet of shapka.nounA type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shapka 65% match — A brimless Russian fur cap. vs chapka →kubanka 60% match — A hat similar to the papakha, but shorter and with no ear flaps. vs chapka →chapeau 60% match — A hat. vs chapka →pakol 59% match — A round-topped, soft type of men's hat, usually made from wool, traditionally worn by Chitralis of Pakistan but also by Pashtuns, Tajiks and some in Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. vs chapka →chapeaued 58% match — Wearing a chapeau. vs chapka →capotain 58% match — A tall-crowned, narrow-brimmed, slightly conical sugarloaf hat, worn from the 1590s to the 1700s in Europe and England; eventually depicted with a buckle beginning in the 19th century. vs chapka →copatain 57% match — Being a kind of hat with a high pointed crown. vs chapka →kolpik 57% match — A type of traditional headgear worn in families of many Hasidic rabbis, by unmarried children on Shabbat and by rabbis on special occasions. It is made from brown fur (as opposed to a spodik, worn by Polish Hasidic dynasties, which is fashioned out of black fur). vs chapka →