luminaria

[loo-muh-nair-ee-uh; Sp. loo-mee-nah-ryah]

lu·mi·nar·i·a

[loo-muh-nair-ee-uh; Sp. loo-mee-nah-ryah]
noun, plural lu·mi·nar·i·as [-nair-ee-uhz; Sp. -nah-ryahs] .
(especially in Mexico and the southwestern U.S.) a Christmas lantern consisting of a lighted candle set in sand inside a paper bag.

Origin:
1945–50; < Mexican Spanish, Spanish: any lamp or lantern displayed during a festival < Medieval Latin, Late Latin lūmināria, orig. neuter plural of lūmināris lamp; see lumen, -ar1
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Luminaria has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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