| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fa·e·na |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fä-  nä |
| NOUN: | The series of final passes performed by a matador preparatory to killing a bull in a bullfight. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, manual labor, from Catalan feyna, from Latin facienda, things to be done, neuter pl. gerundive of facere, to do. See fact.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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