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quinceanera

quinceanera is the alternative spelling of quinceañera.

Meaning of quinceañera

Noun

quinceañera (plural quinceañeras)

  1. (US) The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.
    • Any given night will find moms with their shoulders mounded with chrysanthemums and daughters decked out in quinceañera lace.1987, Texas Monthly

Forms of quinceanera

pluralquinceaneras

Questions about quinceanera

What is quinceanera the alternative spelling of?
Quinceanera is the alternative spelling of quinceañera.

Words near quinceanera in the dictionary

  1. quincarbate
  2. quince
  3. quince cheese
  4. quince cheeses
  5. quince curculio
  6. quinceanera
  7. quinceaneras
  8. quinceañera
  9. quinceañeras
  10. quincelike
  11. quincentenarian

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