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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an elaborate party (often outdoors) [syn: fete, feast, fiesta]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Spanish, from Latin festa — more at feast Date: 1844 festival; specifically a saint's day celebrated in Spain and Latin America with processions and dances

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a holiday or festivity. 2 a religious festival in Spanish-speaking countries . Etymology: Sp., = feast

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fiesta Fies"ta, n. [Sp. See Feast, n.] Among Spanish, a religious festival; a saint's day or holiday; also, a holiday or festivity. Even . . . a bullfight is a fiesta. --Am. Dialect Notes. Some fiesta, when all the surrounding population were expected to turn out in holiday dress for merriment. --The Century.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fiestas) A fiesta is a time of public entertainment and parties, usually on a special religious holiday, especially in Spain or Latin America. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Mardi Gras, Saturnalia, banquet, blowout, carnival, do, fair, feast, festival, festive occasion, festivity, fete, field day, gala, gala affair, gala day, great doings, high jinks, jamboree, kermis, party, picnic, waygoose, wayzgoose