Usage Note
Lana is usually uncountable, naming the material in un maglione di lana ('a wool sweater'). The idiom una questione di lana caprina ('a question of goat's wool') means a pointless quibble.
Examples
"Indossa un cappotto di lana."
Natural Translation
She's wearing a wool coat.
Literal Translation
She-wears a coat of wool.

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