fiesta
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carnival, celebration, fest, festival, festivity, fete (or fête), gala, jubilee
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Even Border Patrol agents on bicycles from the El Centro station zipped around the fiesta with smiles. — Gustavo Arellano, latimes.com, "In Andy Ruiz Jr.’s underdog win, the Imperial Valley sees a ‘Rocky’ story of its own," 30 June 2019 An inexhaustible, year-round adventure lover’s dream, California is home to nine national parks, more than 300 state parks, a fiesta of rushing rivers, 3,427 miles of dramatic Pacific coastline, and the world’s tallest forests. — Caitlin Etherton, National Geographic, "20 dreamy photos of California’s natural wonders," 3 June 2019 Casa de Bandini will serve a Father’s Day brunch buffet with picks like buttermilk pancakes, scrambled eggs, cheese enchiladas, huevos con chorizo, fiesta potatoes, an omelet station, and fruit, flan and pan dulce for dessert. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "The Dish: Sunday is Father’s Day. Have you made your dinner reservations yet?," 11 June 2019 Suddenly every illicit exchange, insult, and bit of unrequited longing that had happened within his entourage during the fiesta had a serious literary currency. — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, "The Untold Story of the Woman Who Inspired Hemingway to Write The Sun Also Rises," 5 June 2016 Panama takes its parties seriously, and 2019 could mark the country’s most evolved fiesta yet. — Julia Eskins, Vogue, "Why Panama is the Place to Go in 2019," 1 Jan. 2019 This online shopping fiesta isn’t only for electronics. — Jolie Peters, House Beautiful, "The Best 2018 Cyber Monday Furniture Deals," 14 Oct. 2018 Women and girls wearing the typical dress of Mexico’s Veracruz state perform the traditional, percussive zapateado dancing in hard-soled shoes on a makeshift wooden stage during the fiesta of St. James the Apostle in Chacalapa, Veracruz. — Robbie Whelan, WSJ, "The Folk Music That Inspired ‘La Bamba’ Finds a New Generation of Fans," 8 Aug. 2018 My aunt wears fiesta skirts with bright tops and more often than not, her signature pair of cherry red cowboy boots. — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, "This Is What Street Style Looks Like in the Heart of Santa Fe, New Mexico," 19 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fiesta.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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