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si⋅es⋅ta

  [see-es-tuh]
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–noun
a midday or afternoon rest or nap, esp. as taken in Spain and Latin America.
Origin:
1645–55; < Sp < L sexta (hōra) the sixth (hour), midday
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si·es·ta   (sē-ěs'tə)   
n.  A rest or nap after the midday meal.

[Spanish, from Latin sexta (hōra), sixth (hour), midday, feminine of sextus, sixth; see sext.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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siesta 
"mid-day nap," 1655, from Sp. siesta, from L. sexta (hora) "sixth (hour)," the noon of the Roman day (coming six hours after sunrise), from sexta, fem. of sextus "sixth" (see Sextus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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