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fiesta

 [fee-es-tuh; Sp. fyes-tah]   Origin

fi·es·ta

   [fee-es-tuh; Sp. fyes-tah]
noun, plural -tas  [-tuhz; Sp. -tahs] .
1.
any festival or festive celebration.
2.
(in Spain and Latin America) a festive celebration of a religious holiday.
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Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish < Latin fēsta; see feast
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fiesta (fɪˈɛstə, Spanish ˈfjesta)
 
—n
1.  a religious festival or celebration, esp on a saint's day
2.  a holiday or carnival
 
[Spanish, from Latin festa, plural of festum festival; see feast]

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fiesta
1844, from Sp., lit. "feast" (see feast).
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