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si⋅es⋅ta

[see-es-tuh]
–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.]
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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).
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