Fiestas Julias

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “July festivities”, where Julias is considered an adjective (Julyish), though it's only used in this lemma.

Proper noun

Fiestas Julias f

1. (El Salvador) the festivities celebrated in the city of Santa Ana, El Salvador in honor to Saint Anne, taking place each year between July 17th to July 26th.

Further reading

• “julia”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010