piñata
[ peen-yah-tuh, pin-yah-; Spanish pee-nyah-tah ]
/ pinˈyɑ tə, pɪnˈyɑ-; Spanish piˈnyɑ tɑ /
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noun, plural pi·ña·tas [peen-yah-tuhz, pin-yah-; Spanish pee-nyah-tahs]. /pinˈyɑ təz, pɪnˈyɑ-; Spanish piˈnyɑ tɑs/.
(in Mexico and Central America) a gaily decorated crock or papier-mâché figure filled with toys, candy, etc., and suspended from above, especially during Christmas or birthday festivities, so that children, who are blindfolded, may break it or knock it down with sticks and release the contents.
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British Dictionary definitions for piñata
piñata
/ (ˌpɪnˈjata) /
noun
a papier-mâché party decoration filled with sweets, hung up during parties, and struck with a stick until it breaks open
Word Origin for piñata
Spanish, from Italian pignatta, probably from dialect pigna, from Latin pinea pine cone
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