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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ti·ara /tiˈærə, ˈɛr, ˈɑr-/
 頭飾,后冠

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ti·a·ra n.
 1. A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over.
 2. The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 tiara
      n : a crown-like jewelled headdress worn by women on formal
          occasions