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Dictionary: po·sa·da   (pō-sä'də, -dä) pronunciation

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.]


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In Spanish architecture and derivatives, an inn.


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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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Posada (family name)
J Posada (1996 Album by J Posada)
Joe Posada (2006 Music Film)

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