6 January 2019
posada
[poh-sah-duh; Spanish paw-sah-th ah]
noun, plural posadas [poh-sah-duh z; Spanish paw-sah-th ahs]
1. (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
1755-1765; 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 posada
Contemporary Examples
posada used the skeleton as a way of talking about politics, commenting on life.
New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead
Jason Berry
November 1, 2014
It is tempting to think that posada would be proud of how far his calavera images have traveled.
New Orleans’ Carnivalesque Day of the Dead
Jason Berry
November 1, 2014
“We are going to do what we need to do to be here for our patients,” says posada.
Pro-Choice Texas Will Not Back Down
Emily Shire
March 28, 2014
Rivera and Jeter are certain Hall of Famers while Pettitte and posada will get some consideration.
The Last Days of Derek Jeter’s Yankees
Allen Barra
October 21, 2010
Historical Examples
It was no doubt a posada and some other traveller was trying for admittance.
Within the Tides
Joseph Conrad
Then he turned in to the posada, and hastily summoned Mateo.
The Argonauts of North Liberty
Bret Harte
I was assisted by the landlord of the posada, who had risen, and was stalking about in his serape.
The Scalp Hunters
Mayne Reid
The posada was a wretched one, but there were few people in it.
In New Granada
W.H.G. Kingston
She is worth a journey to the posada to see, but then, what is that—what are a few wisps of flowers?
When Dreams Come True
Ritter Brown
Today’s quote
I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience.
– Umberto Eco
On this day
6 January – the Epiphany, which commemorates when the Three Wise Men of the East (the Magi) visited the baby Jesus, with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. The Epiphany is celebrated the day after the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’, which conclude on 5 January.
6 January 1925 – birth of John DeLorean, founder of the DeLorean Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan. The DeLorean with Gull-Wing doors was featured in the movie, ‘Back to the Future‘.
6 January 1973 – one of Hitler’s cars, a Mercedes 770K sedan, was auctioned on this day for $153,000,000.
6 January 1994 – Figure-skater Nancy Kerrigan is knee-capped in a violent attack as she was about to speak to reporters. Her rival, Tonya Harding, was accused of orchestrating the attack, resulting in Harding and four men being charged and sentenced to jail.
6 January 2005 – Ku Klux Klan leader, Ray Killen, is arrested and charged over the murders of three civil rights activists in Philadelphia, more than 40 years previously. On 21 June 2005, (exactly 41 years to the day of the murders) Killen is found guilty of three counts of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 years jail on each count.