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pi·ñata (pē nyä′tä)

noun

in Mexico, a clay or papier-mâché container, hung from the ceiling on certain festivals and broken in a game by blindfolded children who take turns wielding a stick so as to release the piñata's contents of toys and candy

Etymology: Sp, orig., a pot < It pignatta, ult. < L pinea, pine cone < pinus, pine tree

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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