Fonda

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A city in Iowa.
  3. 3
    A village, the county seat of Montgomery County, New York.
Noun
  1. 1
    An inn or hotel in a Spanish-speaking country.

    "Nothing was ever stolen in the Hotel Montana. In other fondas, yes. Not here."

Etymology

From Spanish fonda, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Doublet of fonduk and fondaco.

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