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siesta

US/siˈɛstə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)

Origin

Borrowed from Spanish siesta, from Latin sexta (“the sixth hour from dawn, noon, midday”). Doublet of sext.

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