Posadas

[ paw-sah-th ahs ]

/ pɔˈsɑ ðɑs /

noun

a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.

Definition for posadas (2 of 2)

posada

[ poh-sah-duh; Spanish paw-sah-th ah ]

/ poʊˈsɑ də; Spanish pɔˈsɑ ðɑ /

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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Examples from the Web for posadas

Posadas is its chief station, and protects its southern outlet.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
The hiring at Posadas is done according to a traditional custom that does not seem to have changed for more than a century.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
During this first phase the curve of the Bajada is parallel (thirteen days later) to that of Posadas.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis
Arcones-trojes, or chests of common make, employed for storing grain in country dwellings or posadas.
The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume II (of 3)|Leonard Williams

Rondeau, one of the generals who had helped depose Posadas and Alvear, had been rewarded with command of the army of the north.
The South American Republics Part I of II|Thomas C. Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for posadas

posada

/ Spanish (poˈsaða) /

noun plural -das (-ðas)

an inn in a Spanish-speaking country

Word Origin for posada

literally: place for stopping

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