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Posadas

[paw-sah-th ahs]
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noun

a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.

posada

[poh-sah-duh; Spanish paw-sah-th ah]

noun, plural po·sa·das [poh-sah-duh z; Spanish paw-sah-th ahs] /poʊˈsɑ dəz; Spanish pɔˈsɑ ðɑs/.

(in some Spanish-speaking countries) a government-operated or -approved inn offering moderately priced rooms to tourists, especially in a historic area.

Origin of posada

1755–65; < Spanish: inn, lodging, dwelling, equivalent to pos(ar) to lodge, rest (< Late Latin pausāre; see pose1) + -ada, feminine of -ado -ate1
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Historical Examples of posadas

  • The third section of the river stretches from Corrientes to Posadas, and beyond.

  • Posadas is its chief station, and protects its southern outlet.

  • At Posadas the rafts are taken to pieces, and the trunks are delivered to the saw-mills.

  • As for the Posadas, we are evidently not to be initiated into their mysteries.

    Diplomatic Days

    Edith O'Shaughnessy

  • The hiring at Posadas is done according to a traditional custom that does not seem to have changed for more than a century.

British Dictionary definitions for posadas

posada

noun plural -das (-ðas)

an inn in a Spanish-speaking country

Word Origin for posada

literally: place for stopping
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Word Origin and History for posadas

posada

n.

"inn," 1763, from Spanish posada "home, lodging," from posar "to repose, rest, lodge," from Latin pausare (see pause (v.)).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper