Posadas

[ paw-sah-thahs ]

/ pɔˈsɑ ðɑs /

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noun

a city in NE Argentina, on the Paraná River.

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Rooms in the historic building are smaller, while the larger, more luxurious Los Portales posadas overlook garden courtyards.
Big-Sky West Texas: A Road Trip Through Hidden America|Condé Nast Traveler|March 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Instead, they killed Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo.
Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End|Michael Daly|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You must be greatly in want of some refreshment, for the wretched posadas on the road cannot have offered you any thing eatable.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
In 1812, Posadas was appointed supreme director of the republic, with a council of seven.
Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich

How long may it be, think you, Seor, ere we can quit this palace and get to one of those posadas you promised us?
A Set of Rogues|Frank Barrett
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
Below Posadas the river leaves the region of hills and red earth.
The Argentine Republic|Pierre Denis