pousada

[ poh-sah-duh Portuguese poh-sah-duh ]

noun,plural pou·sa·das [poh-sah-duhz; Portuguese poh-sah-duhsh]. /poʊˈsɑ dəz; Portuguese poʊˈsɑ dəʃ/.
  1. a government-operated inn in Portugal.

Origin of pousada

1
1930–35; <Portuguese: inn, lodging, equivalent to pous(ar) to rest, halt (<Late Latin pausāre;cf. pose1) + -ada, feminine of -ado-ate1; cf. posada

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