siesta

• “Permission to Nap: Taking Time to Restore Your Spirit "Like our French sisters, who enjoy a 35-hour work week, or in Spain, where a siesta is a must, we can come to enjoy, embrace and revel in a little lovely shut-eye." -- from the publisher”

  French Word-A-Day:

• “The two hours before dinner Lord Creith ordinarily devoted to what he described as a siesta, and Joan usually occupied that period in dealing with her correspondence.”

  The Black

• “Small enough that siesta is still honored, the million-plus inhabitants of Morelia also support two sushi bars.”

  Mexico's Morelia - More Than Meets The Eye

• ““Kaylúlah,” mid-day sleep; called siesta from the sixth canonical hour.”

  The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night

• “Still and all, I didn't get myuch sleep, so I think a siesta is not uncalled for.”

  Breakfast in Bed

• “I use the word siesta, but as a matter of fact it is quite inadequate to describe the peculiar function for which I have chosen it as a label.”

  An Adventure With A Genius

• “And as she sat one day in siesta under a tree, Māra the Evil One, in youthful shape, drew near, tempting her with sensuous ideas:”

  Psalms of the Sisters

• “A siesta is a nap in the middle of the day, universally resorted to by the Spaniards, Italians, and, indeed, by all the inhabitants of hot climates; with respectable people it is called a siesta, but with a travelling tinker it must be, I suppose, called a snooze.”

  The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook

• “The word siesta is said to have originated from ancient Latin word 'siennete', which meant”

  The Times of India

• “Sir John and I, left alone downstairs, took what we called a siesta, each in his chair, and Sir John's chair by the shaded window.”

  Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756

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