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inn

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inn  (n)
n.
1. A public lodging house serving food and drink to travelers; a hotel.
2. A tavern or restaurant.
3. Chiefly British Formerly, a residence hall for students, especially law students, in London.

[Middle English, from Old English; see en in Indo-European roots.]

inn
Noun
a pub or small hotel providing food and accommodation [Old English]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.inninn - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers
caravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai, khan - an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans
hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
imaret - a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey
post house, posthouse - an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders
roadhouse - an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
Translations

inn [ɪn] nposada, mesón m;
the Inns of Court see barrister
inn [ɪn] nauberge f
inn [ɪn] nGasthaus nt
inn [ɪn] nlocanda

inn
n inn [in]
1 a name given to some small hotels or public houses especially in villages or the countryside. herberg فُنْدُق ريفي хан hospoda gæstgiveri der Gasthof ξενώνας albergue võõrastemaja متل؛ قهوه خانه majatalo auberge פּוּנדָק सराय svratište vendéglő penginapan gistihús; veitingahús, krá alberghetto 宿屋 여인숙 užeigos namai viesnīca rumah penginapan herberg gjestgiveri, kro, vertshus gospoda hospedaria cârciumă небольшая гостиница (за городом) hostinec gostilna gostionica värdshus โรงแรมเล็กๆ küçük otel, meyhane 小旅館 готель چھوٹی سی اقامت گاہ khách sạn nhỏ
2 in former times, a house providing food and lodging for travellers. herberg خَمّارَه، خان странноприемница zájezdní hostinec kro der Gasthof πανδοχείο, χάνι posada, fonda postijaam مسافرخانه kestikievari auberge פּוּנדָק पथिकाश्रम, मठ, सराय gostionica fogadó losmen gistihús, krá locanda 宿屋 선술집 smuklė iebraucamā vieta rumah rehat herberg gjestgiveri, kro, vertshus zajazd hospedaria han постоялый двор hostinec gostišče gostionica värdshus, gästgivaregård โรงแรมเล็กๆ han 客棧 заїжджий двір سرائے quán trọ
n ˈinnkeeper
a person who owned or ran such a house. herbergier صاحِب نُزُل أو فُنْدُق ханджия hospodský krovært der/die Gastwirt(in) πανδοχέας posadero võõrastemajapidaja مسافرخانه چی majatalonisäntä aubergiste בַּעַל פּוּנדָק सराय मालिक gostioničar fogadós pemilik losmen gestgjafi, kráreigandi locandiere 宿屋の主人 여인숙 주인 šeimininkas, smuklininkas viesnīcnieks pemilik rumah rehat waard krovert oberżysta hospedeiro hangiu; cârciumar хозяин гостиницы, постоялого двора hostinský gostilničar gostioničar gästgivare, värdshusvärd ผู้ควบคุมดูแลโรงแรม hancı, meyhaneci 小旅館老闆 хазяїн готелю, заїжджого двору سرائے چلانے والا người chủ quán trọ


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The Donjon Inn was of no imposing appearance; but I like these buildings with their rafters blackened with age and the smoke of their hearths--these inns of the coaching-days, crumbling erections that will soon exist in the memory only.
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