Mexican hat
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Sombrero
Sombrero in English refers to a type of wide-brimmed hat originating in Mexico. In Spanish, however, it is the generic word for "hat", which originates from "sombra", meaning "shade"....
– a broad-brimmed and high-crowned hat formerly used in rural areas of Mexico and still common today among mariachi musicians and foreign tourists.
Mexican hat may also refer to:
- The Jarabe tapatíoJarabe tapatíoThe Jarabe Tapatío dance in its standardized form was first choreographed by the Mexican, in the early twentieth century to celebrate a government-sponsored fiesta that commemorated the successful end of the Mexican Revolution....
(the "Mexican Hat Dance") - In physics, the Mexican hat potential is a prescription for the potential energy that leads to the Higgs mechanism
- In signal processing the Mexican hat wavelet is a continuous wavelet function
- Mexican HatMexican Hat, UtahMexican Hat is a census-designated place on the San Juan River in south-central San Juan County, Utah, United States. Each year, on March 8 the town members meet to celebrate their CDP status. Town members wear hats, as the celebration takes place at the Mexican Hat Rock. It is on U.S...
, a census-designated place in Utah, USA and/or the balanced rock nearby that resembles an inverted sombrero. - Ratibida columniferaRatibida columniferaRatibida columnifera, commonly known as Upright Prairie Coneflower or Mexican Hat, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae, that is native to much of North America....
or Upright Prairie Coneflower, a species of wildflower that is native to much of North America - Kalanchoe daigremontianaKalanchoe daigremontianaKalanchoe daigremontiana syn. Bryophyllum daigremontianum also called Devil's Backbone, Alligator Plant, Mexican Hat Plant or Mother of Thousands is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. This plant is distinguished by its ability to propagate via vegetative propagation...
or Mexican Hat Plant, a plant that reproduces using vegetative reproduction with many smaller plants growing along its leaves