PAREO
- a Polynesian skirt, also PAREU [n -S]
- pareu (a Polynesian garment) [n PAREOS]
- a wraparound skirt usually made from a rectangular piece of printed cloth and worn by men and women throughout Polynesia
- the principal garment for both sexes in Polynesia, esp. in Samoa, consisting of a piece of printed cloth worn as a loincloth or skirt
- length of cloth, esp. of a brightly colored print, wrapped on the body like a lavalava and worn by women as a cover-up, skirt, dress, or the like