cantina

American  

[kan-tee-nuh, kahn-tee-nah] / kænˈti nə, kɑnˈti nɑ /

noun

Southwestern U.S.

PLURAL

cantinas

1. a saloon; bar.

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cantina British  

/ kænˈtiːnə /

noun

1. a bar or wine shop, esp in a Spanish-speaking country

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Etymology

Origin of cantina

1835–45, < Spanish < Italian; canteen

Example Sentences

“We have become so caught up in our own rhetoric of helping the little guy that we’ve stopped actually checking to make sure that we are doing that,” Mahan said over lunch at a cantina downtown.

From Los Angeles Times

Salazar owned a chain of restaurants in Fresno called Bobby Salazar’s Taqueria and Bobby Salazar’s Mexican Restaurant & Cantina, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times

Long Beach-based Mexican restaurant El Barrio Cantina is donating all of its sales made through its Órale!

From Salon

Van Halen fired Hagar in 1996, after which the singer returned to making music under his own name and focused on his bars — including a flagship cantina in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico — and a tequila brand he’d later sell for $80 million.

From Los Angeles Times

Dylan Davis, 33, and Anthony Malagon, 27, were involved in a March 30 domestic incident at El Rey Cantina, the Sheriff’s Office said.

From Los Angeles Times