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Inn
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Inn  (n)
A river of eastern Switzerland, western Austria, and southeast Germany flowing about 515 km (320 mi) northeastward to the Danube River. Its lower course forms part of the German-Austrian border.

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 [ɪn]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) a pub or small hotel providing food and accommodation
2. (Law) (formerly, in England) a college or hall of residence for students, esp of law, now only in the names of such institutions as the b
[Old English; compare Old Norse inni inn, house, place of refuge]

Inn [ɪn]
n
(Placename) a river in central Europe, rising in Switzerland in Graubünden and flowing northeast through Austria and Bavaria to join the River Danube at Passau: forms part of the border between Austria and Germany. Length: 514 km (319 miles)

inn
  • caravanserai - A type of inn in Eastern countries where caravans are put up.
  • harbergery - An inn or place of entertainment.
  • inn - Etymologically a place "in" which people live or stay, from Proto-Germanic innam.
  • ostler - A stableman at an inn.
  • ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
    Noun1.Inn - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelersinn - 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

    inn
    noun tavern, bar, watering hole (facetious slang), boozer (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), local (Brit. informal), roadhouse, hostelry (archaic or facetious), alehouse (archaic), taproom the Waterside inn
    Translations
    inn [ɪn]
    A. N (= pub) → taberna f; (= hotel) → hostería f (archaic) (= tavern) → posada f, mesón m
    B. CPD inn sign Nletrero m de mesón
    the Inns of Court NPL (Brit) (Jur) → el Colegio de Abogados(en Londres)

    inn [ˈɪn] nauberge f

    inn
    n
    Gasthaus nt; (old) (= hotel)Herberge f (old); (= tavern)Schenke f, → Schänke f
    (Jur) the Inns of Courtdie vier englischen Juristenverbände

    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 kievari 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 majatalo auberge פּוּנדָק पथिकाश्रम, मठ, सराय gostionica fogadó losmen gistihús, krá locanda 宿屋 (작은) 호텔 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 innkeeper
    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 majatalonpitäjä 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 小旅館老闆或經營者 хазяїн готелю, заїжджого двору سرائے چلانے والا người chủ quán trọ

    Inn خان hostinec kro Gasthaus πανδοχείο posada majatalo auberge prenoćište locanda 宿屋 여인숙 herberg vertshus zajazd hospedaria гостиница värdshus โรงแรมเล็กๆ han quán trọ 客栈


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