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cantina

[kan-tee-nuh, kahn-tee-nah] / kænˈti nə, kɑnˈti nɑ /


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In Belltown, steps from Amazon’s global headquarters, restaurant co-owner Jason Morganstern installed bars across his cantina windows after thieves broke the glass and climbed through.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Supergirl would rather spend her time intergalactic bar-hopping between 10 different versions of the “Star Wars” cantina.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026

There’s a “Star Wars” cantina bit, a soupçon of James Bond in the score at a fancy gala and dashes of Steven Spielberg in the camerawork.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

The video showed four bright pink and orange shrimp, antennae seeming to wave as they spun around and bobbed up-and-down to a chucklesome version of the “Star Wars” cantina song.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

Yolanda pulls up at a cantina, its thatched roof held up by several posts, its floor poured cement, and in its very center, a lone picnic table over which a swarm of flies hover.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

English speakers pour out of cafes and, on Sundays, cantinas are packed with young people in sports jerseys, the televisions switched from soccer to American football.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2022

In 1970 he wrote the seminal Latin American love song “Yolanda,” which is still an enduring favorite everywhere from Old Havana’s tourist cafes to Mexico City cantinas.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2022

Adorned with bright lights, it’s also home to a number of cantinas and restaurants.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022

One thing I've heard from friends who have found themselves suddenly at home is how much they miss their neighborhood cantinas and restaurantes.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2020

Each man has a saddle horse fully rigged with California saddle, cantinas, holsters, etc., and has furnished a pack horse for transportation of provisions, ammunition and blankets.

From The Discovery of Yellowstone Park by Nathaniel Pitt Langford


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