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Inn
(ĭn) 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.
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(ĭn)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.]
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(ɪn)n
1. (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 Inns of Court
[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)
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(ɪn)n.
1. a commercial establishment that provides lodging and food for the public, esp. travelers; small hotel.
2. a tavern.
3. (cap.) any of several buildings in London formerly used as places of residence for students, esp. law students. Compare Inns of Court.
[before 1000; Middle English, Old English in(n) house; akin to Old Norse inni (adv.) within, in the house]
Inn
(ɪn)n.
a river in central Europe, flowing from S Switzerland through Austria and Germany into the Danube. 320 mi. (515 km) long.
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- 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.
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| Noun | 1. |  inn - a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelerscaravan 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 |
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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
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Translations
خَانٌخَمّارَه، خانفُنْدُق ريفي
hospodahostineczájezdní hostinec
krogæstgiveri
majatalovärdshus
prenoćište
vendéglõ
gistihús, krágistihús; veitingahús, krá
宿屋居酒屋旅館いざかやしゅくや
여인숙
smuklėsmuklininkasužeigos namai
iebraucamā vietaviesnīca
gostilna
gästgiverikrogvärdshus
โรงแรมเล็กๆ
quán trọ
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[ɪn]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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n
(Jur) the Inns of Court → die vier englischen Juristenverbände
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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(in) noun1. a name given to some small hotels or public houses especially in villages or the countryside.
2. in former times, a house providing food and lodging for travellers.
ˈinnkeeper noun a person who owned or ran such a house.
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→ خَانٌ hostinec kro Gasthaus πανδοχείο posada majatalo auberge prenoćište locanda 宿屋 여인숙 herberg vertshus zajazd hospedaria гостиница värdshus โรงแรมเล็กๆ han quán trọ 客栈Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009