"AKUBRA" : A famous brand of hat of Australia.
ANTHONY EDEN HAT: A popular brand of Hat in UK - popularized by Anthony Eden--cabinet Minister. 1930s.
AUSSIES: A wide brimmed cowboy style hat in Australia.
AAJKALA: National Hat of Serbia.
BLAMMORAL BONNET: A traditional Scottish cap.
BEAVER HAT: Made of felted beaver fur.
BARRETINE: A tradition catalan _ (Spanish community) made of wool like a bag, and worn by men). Now used only in folkloric dances etc.,
BERET: A soft round French cap - worn by many military and police. It is the standard headgear of Indian Army, in different colors representing different regiments viz: - Green - Infantry; Maroon - Parachute; Dark Green - Light infantry and Rifle; Black - Armoured Grey - Army Aviation; Scarlet - Military Police; Navy Blue - Other corps and Regiments; personnel - Knisex - made of woolen felt.
BHAAD GAULE: A black coloured type of cap (topi) used in Nepal.
BICORNE HAT: An archaic form of hat used in 18th / 19th century. It was worn by Napoleon.
BIRETTA: A square cap with three or four ridges or peaks sometimes surrounded by a tuft, traditionally worn by Roman Catholic clergy. Also worn during award of doctoral degree or by holders of doctoral degrees and by legal advocates in channel Islands and Malta.
BOATER: A hat made of straw with a flat crown and brim with a ribbon around the crown, associated with sailing and boating.
BOONIE HAT: Wide brim have commonly used by militaries - with a stiffer brim. Vegetation are held or hung on the crown as a camouflage.
BOWLER HAT: A hard felt hat with a rounded crown - used in UK. Famous with Lard and Hardy.
BUCKET HAT: A soft cotton hat with a wide and downwards sloping brim worn by all.
BUDENOVKA: A distinctive type of hat and an essential part of the communist uniform of the Russian Civil war.
BUSBY: Hungarian military head dress made of fur. A cylindrical fur cap having a bag of coloured cloth hanging from the top.
CALOTTE: A skull cap worn by catholic students of Belgium.
CAMPAIGN HAT: A broad brimmed felt hat with a high crown, pinched at the four corners.
CANTERBURY CAP: A square cloth cap with sharp corners found the Anglican communion.
CAPOTAIN: A tall crowned narrow brimmed straightly conical hat, usually black wom by men and women of UK.
CAPELLO ROMANO: A hat with a wired circular brim and rounded rim worn by catholic clergy, made of beaver fur or felt.
CAPUCHON: Come shaped ceremonial hat worn during "MARDI GRAS" celebrations, (day before Ash Wednesday) in christianity.
CAUBEEN: An Irish soldiers head dress - a slight variation on the Beret. Worn by Irish Tomy, Royal Irish Regiment and Irish guards.
CAVALIER HAT: Wide brimmed hat trimmed with an Ostrich plume. Known so from supporters of king Charles I during English Civil war who are called cavaliers.
CHAPERON: A form of hood, a highly versatile hat worn in Western Europe.
CHULLO: A Peruvian style of hat made from Alpaca wool.
CHUPALLA: A traditional Chilean horsemen hat made of straw.
CLOCHE HAT: A type of woman's hat, made of felt in the shape of a bell, in France.
COCKADE: Is a knot of ribbons, or other circular or oval shaped symbol of distinction colours which is usually worn in front of a hat. Every country maintain their own combination of colours.
CONICAL HAT: A simple conical straw hat popular in Chine, Vietnam and Japan with agricultural labourers.
COON SKIN CAP: Cap fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon.
CORK HAT: A type of headgear with cork strung from the brim to ward off insects.
COW BOY HAT: Broad brimmed high crowned hat, a defining piece of attire of farm and workers of North America and Mexico.
DEERSTALKER: A type of hat that is typically worn in rural areas often for hunting. It is popular with the association of Sherlock Holmes in his novels.
FUR WEDGE CAP: A uniform hat wom by the Canadian inititary and mounted police.
FEATHER BONNET: A type of military head dress used by British Army in the 18th century. Now it is mostly worn by pipers and Drummers in various bands throughout the world.
FALUCHE: A traditional cap worn by French students.
FEDORA: A soft felt hat that is creased lengthwise down the crown and pinched in the front on both sides.
FEZ: A red felt hat in the shape of a truncated cone with a black tassel hanging from the crown. Usually worn with a Sherwani.
GLENGARRY BONNET: A type of cap used by Scottish regiments.
GALERO: A large broad brimmed tasseled hat worn by clergies.
HARDEE HAT: Also called model 1858 Dress Hat. It was the regulation dress hat for enlisted men in the US Army.
HAT TERRAI GURKHA: Headgear worn by officers of the Gurkha contingent of Singapore.
HOMBURG: A stiff felt hat that is similar to Fedora, with a center dent.
JOHN LENNON CAP: A style of cap popularized by John Lennon of the Beatles Rock Group.
KAMILAVAKA: A stiff cylindrical hat with a flattened conical brim at the top.
KARAKUL: A type of hat made of wool worn by Muslims in Central Asia.
KAUSIA: A flat round hat - similar to Spanish Bonnet - of Macedonia.
KLOBUK: A combination of Kamilavaka with a veil which completely covers the Kamilavaka and hangs down over the shoulders. Worn by runs and clergys of orthodox Christian and Eastern catholics and Bishops.
KOLPAK: High crowned brimmed or brimless hats of different types as known in slaric languages - SLOEVENIA.
KOLPIK: A traditional headgear worn in families of Chassidic (Judaism) and Robes ( priests).
KEPI : A French hat.
M43 FIELD CAP: Common service cap of German soldiers.
MOB CAP: A round gathered or pleated cloth cap consisting of a caul to cover the hair, a frilled or ruffled brim and often a ribbon band, worn by women in the Georgian period.
MAROO N BERET CAP: International symbol of elite air borne forces used by British Parachute Regiment in WWII. General Frederick Browning who was the First Air borne Division, directed the use of this Maroon color cap as recommended by his novelist wife Daphne du Marrier.
MATRON'S BADGE: Woman's head dress of Scotland.
NON QUAI THAI: A traditional hat of North Vietnam.
POKE BONNET: A women's head wear in the shape of a hood featuring a projecting rim on the front side which would shade the face of the wearer.
PAKUL: A soft round topped woolen skull cap, in variety of colors worn by Afghan men.
PANAMA HAT: A traditional brimmed hat that is made in Ecuador and famous around that region..
PAPAKHI: A Georgian wool hat. A high fur hat made out of sheep wool and has a circular shape.
PARTY HAT: Generally a playful conical hat made with a rolled up piece of thin card board with colourful designs.
PETASOS: A style of hat made of wool felt leather or straw with a broad and floppy brim.
PORK PIE HAT: A type of that felt hat - made of straw also famous in UK.
PILL BOX HAT: A small woman's hat with a flat crown and straight upright sides. This hat in Pink color was worn by Jacqueline Kennedy on the day of her husband John F.Kennedy's death and thus it became very popular, in the 60s in US.
PECI: A Malaysian Muslim cap.
PILOS: Comical hat in ancient Greece / Macedonia.
QARABUL: A woolen cap worn by Muslims in Central Asia /South Asia.
QELESHE: A traditional skull cap worn by Albanian men.
SALAKHOT: Traditional wide brimmed hat in Philippines.
SONKOK: A dark colored head gear of Malaysians.
SENUFO BIRD: A hat worn by men or carried in a procession in the initiation ceremonies of the Poro (a secret society) of Sierra Leone.
SHAKO: A tall cylindrical military cap, usually peaked sometime tapered at the top, adorned with ornamental badge or plate, worn by French Navy in the 19th century.
SKUFIA: A soft brimless cap, top being flat, pleated or with raised edges worn by orthodox Christians and Eastern catholic monasteries.
SLOUCHED HAT: A wide brimmed felt hat with a chinstrap.
SMOKING CAP: Caps worn while smoking to stop the hair from smelling of smoke.
SOMBRERO: Spanish term for a hat. Its origin is from Mexico. It normally has a high tip and a wide brim with a conical crown.
SOU'ESTER: Wide brim with a neck strap and made of flexible water proof material. Mostly used by sailors.
SPODIK: A tall fur hat worn by Hasaidic Jews.
SQUARE ACADEMIC CAP: Also called a "Mortar Board" It is an academic headgear consisting of a horizontal square board fixed over a sull cap with a tassel.
TAM O' SHANTER: A circular flat cap made of wool, in different pastel and Dark colours with a small toorie/pom pom, usually worn by men and military personnel.
TAN BERET: A beret in tanned color worn by Canadian Army personnel.
TEN GALLON HAT: A type of cowboy hat with a very high crown to be named so.
TIN FOIL HAT: A hat made of one or more sheets of Aluminium foil or similar material.
TAM: A Jamaican cap.
TOP HAT: A kind of tall flat crowned broad brimmed hat worn by mess, with a small brim and slightly folded towards the crown.
TOQUE: A tall round pleated starched white hat worn by chefs.
TRICORNE: A wide brimmed length cap with a crown flat unnoticeable and the cap's front remains top and the back falling to the neck-worn by military and naval forces in earlier days.
TRILBY HAT: A soft felt hat with a narrow brim and a deeply indented crown, made of tweed or wool.
TYROLEAN HAT: Traditionally green in color and made of fine velour felt(a plush knitted fabric) with a small crown and a cord wrapped around the base of the crown. These type of hat made of plastics at cheaper rates are used during OKTOBERFEST which is very famous in Europe.
USHANKA: A Russian car cap with car flaps which can be tied to the crown of cover the chin during cold times.
WELSH HAT: A tall slove pipe style hat similar to a top hat (worn by Englishmen), it is worn by women in UK.
WAR BONNET: Feathered military decoration developed by the plains Indian - Red Indians or native Indian.
ZUCHETO: Also called "Pileolus", is a small skull cap worn by Roman catholic clerics. Following is the order/ colour in which the clerics wear them: Pope - white; cardinal - Red; Bishop - Violet; Priests and Deacons - Black.