fiestan.
/fɪˈɛstə/, U.S. /fiˈɛstə/ In Spain or Spanish America, a religious festival; also, any festivity or holiday. Also transferred.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun]
tidea900
holidayc950
massOE
holy-daya1000
mass-dayOE
high tideOE
holy-tidea1035
good tideOE
high dayOE
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feast dayc1300
ferie1377
festival day1389
solemnity1390
solennityc1400
feastful day1440
festiala1450
festivala1500
sacre1542
panegyry1641
Magdalene-tide1649
church festival1661
surplice day1663
festa1800
festa day1835
fiesta1844
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > day or season of
high tideOE
high dayOE
feast dayc1300
ferie1377
festival day1389
feastful day1440
festivala1500
gaudy-day1567
carnival1598
utas1600
saturnal1605
Saturnalia1639
terminals1656
days of gala1716
fête dayc1759
mirth-day1778
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festa1800
jour de fête1806
fiesta1844
fest1846
Winterval1982
1844 J. Gregg Commerce of Prairies I. 208 These carretas..[are] the ‘pleasure-carriages’ of the rancheros, whose families are conveyed in them to the towns..or to fiestas.
1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. iii. 332 The Fiestas are of the first order.
1910 ‘O. Henry’ Whirligigs v. 71 There are bathing and fiestas and bull~fights and scandal.
1923 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 697/1 The failure of the great June fiestas owing to continued rains.
1934 J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey x. 341 An agricultural fiesta.
1966 Illustr. London News 26 Feb. 2 Seek out the island of sun, gaiety, carnivals, fiestas, a casino.
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