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candelaria.

(a loanword from Spanish)

Headword: 
candelaria.
Principal English Translation: 

a Catholic feast on February 2 in devotion to the Virgin Mary
(a loanword from Spanish)

Attestations from sources in English: 

y notlaçomahuiznantzin candelaria (S. Simón Pochtlan, Azcapotzalco, 1695)
Beyond the Codices, eds. Arthur J.O. Anderson, Frances Berdan, and James Lockhart (Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center, 1976), Doc. 5.