Meaning of FIESTA
| Pronunciation: | | fee'estu
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| | Definition: | | [n] an elaborate party (often outdoors) |
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| | Synonyms: | | feast, fete |
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| | See Also: | | party | |
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| | Definition: | | Fiesta
Young readers can share in the spirit of the Mexican national holiday, Cinco de Mayo, through the vivid photographs and descriptions of the festivities, with their traditional costumes, dances, and music more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fies"ta\, n. [Sp. See {Feast}, n.]
Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or
holiday; also, a holiday or festivity.
Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta. --Am. Dialect
Notes.
Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population were
expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment.
--The Century.
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| | Related Terms: | | banquet, blowout, carnival, do, fair, feast, festival, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, gala, gala affair, gala day, great doings, high jinks, jamboree, kermis, Mardi Gras, party, picnic, Saturnalia, waygoose, wayzgoose |
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