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Fonda
name, noun
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A city in Iowa.
- 3 A village, the county seat of Montgomery County, New York.
Noun
- 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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