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单词 quinceañera
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quinceañeran.

Brit. /ˌkɪnseɪənˈjɛːrə/, /ˌkɪnsɛnˈjɛːrə/, U.S. /ˈˌkinseɪənˈjɛrə/, /ˌkɪnsɛnˈjɛrə/
Forms: 1900s– quinceanera, 1900s– quinceañera, 1900s– quinceanero, 1900s– quinceañero, 1900s– quincienera. Also with capital initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymons: Spanish quinceañera, quinceañero.
Etymology: < Spanish quinceañera, fifteen-year-old girl, celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday (with reference to the celebration occasionally also quinceañero), use as noun of the feminine of quinceañero fifteen-year-old < quince fifteen + año year ( < classical Latin annus : see annals n.) + -ero, suffix forming adjectives.
In Latin America and among Latinos: a celebration of a girl's fifteenth birthday and her transition from childhood to adulthood, typically involving a mass followed by a reception with refreshments and dancing. Also: a girl celebrating her fifteenth birthday in this way.
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1972 Van Nuys (Calif.) News 11 June (Central ed.) 31 a Her parents..honored la quinceanera..at an all-day fiesta beginning with a mid-morning mass.]
1972 Blade (Toledo, Ohio) Sunday Mag. 30 July 13/2 Father Caballero..encourages the observance of the quincienera as a means of carrying on a beautiful Mexican tradition in the United States.
1988 Texas Monthly Jan. 96/2 The quinceañera and her escort made the fifteenth pair—one couple for every year.
1997 Y. M. Murray Locas 68 I pretended I was a real princesa..dressed up in white silk like I'm at my quinceañera.
2000 Desert Sun (Palm Springs, Calif.) (Nexis) 5 Oct. 1 b The center will provide a place where families can have weddings and Quinceaneros.
2005 Miami Herald (Nexis) 16 Nov. a32 Parents use a young, impressionable person's celebration—be it a bat mitzvah, Sweet 16 or quinceañera—to showcase their financial success.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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