ca·si·ta

[kuh-see-tuh; Spanish kah-see-tah]
noun, plural ca·si·tas [kuh-see-tuhz; Spanish kah-see-tahs] .
1.
a small crude dwelling forming part of a shantytown inhabited by Mexican laborers in the southwestern U.S.
2.
a luxurious bungalow serving as private guest accommodations at a resort hotel, especially in the southwestern U.S. or Mexico.

Origin:
1920–25; < American Spanish, Spanish, equivalent to cas(a) house, home (< Latin) + -ita diminutive suffix

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Main Entry:  casita
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a small house; a cabin or bungalow
Example:  Welcome to my humble casita.
Etymology:  diminutive of Spanish casa
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Casita is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Accommodations range in size from a standard suite to your own private, swim-up casita.
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