Definition of "quinceañera"

quinceañera

/ˌkɪnseɪ.ənˈjɛɹə/

noun
plural quinceañeras
1. (chiefly US) The fifteenth birthday and particularly the celebration and ceremony surrounding it for a young Latina woman.
  Quotations
  Any given night will find moms with their shoulders mounded with chrysanthemums and daughters decked out in quinceañera lace.
  1987, Texas Monthly