cantina

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cantina

/kænˈtiː.nə/ UK
/kænˈti.nə/ US
[kʰɛənˈti.nə] US
[kʰeənˈti.nə] US

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Where it comes from

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

noun cantinas

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.
A cantina truck, cantina wagon or cantina trailer.

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MLA

"cantina." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cantina. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

cantina. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cantina

Chicago

"cantina." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cantina.

BibTeX

@misc{cantina_2026,
  title = {cantina},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cantina},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}