Cantina

//kænˈtiː.nə// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A drinking establishment, often specifically of the type found in Latin America.

    "Meanwhile, around the corner, Larry Meyers and Gerard Novello[…] ducked into a Mexican cantina for a drink."

  2. 2
    A cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer.

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automatbarbarroombeanerybistrobuffet

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"Meanwhile, around the corner, Larry Meyers and Gerard Novello[…] ducked into a Mexican cantina for a drink."

Etymology

From Spanish cantina, from Italian cantina. Doublet of canteen.

Related phrases

cantina trailercantina truckcantina wagonlatin america

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