posada
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po·sa·da
(pō-sä'də, -dä) 
n.
A Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging.
n.
A Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging.
[American Spanish, from Spanish, lodging, from posar, to lodge, rest, from Late Latin pausāre, to rest, from Latin pausa, pause. See pause.]
In Spanish architecture and derivatives, an inn.
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posada
in Mexico, each of a series of visits traditionally paid to different friends during the days before Christmas, representing Mary and Joseph's search for lodging in Bethlehem
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categories related to 'posada'
- Types of Buildings - posada: country inn (Spain, Latin America)
- Other Romance Languages - posada: Spanish. inn
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(family name)
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