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inn

  (ĭn) pronunciation
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.]


 
 
Computer Desktop Encyclopedia: INN

(InterNet News) A complete Usenet system written by Rich Salz that includes an NNTP server and components for newsreading. INN is available from the Internet Systems Consortium www.isc.org). See Usenet and ISC.


 
Architecture: inn


1. A place which provides eating and drinking, but no lodging, for the public; a tavern.
2. A hotel.
3. A student hostel or residence.
4. A hospice.

 
Archaeology Dictionary: inn

[MC]

An establishment which provided food, drink, stabling and, usually, accommodation for travellers. Inns commonly stand along main highways and in market towns.
 
Columbia Encyclopedia: inn,
in Great Britain, any hotel, public house, tavern, or coffeehouse where lodging is provided. In American usage, the inn is generally a small rural lodging house for transients. Among the earliest public houses were empty huts placed at caravan stops in the Middle East for the shelter of traders and travelers. To pilgrims, temples and religious houses gave rest and refreshment—a custom that still lingers in some Alpine hospices. The Romans maintained post stations on their great highways for the use of messengers of state and those especially privileged. For the accommodation of ordinary transients, stabularia were kept for man and beast. In the Middle Ages hospitality was observed as one of the Christian duties by the establishment of hospices in cities and by the entertainment of travelers at monasteries. Inns kept for profit appeared in Europe about the 15th cent. and gained a reputable standing in England, often being named for the powerful family on whose holdings they were established. They were usually built around a courtyard, approached by a wide, covered entry. In America, colonial inns similar to the English hostelries sprang up along the great turnpikes.

Bibliography

See W. C. Firebaugh, Inns of the Middle Ages (1924); H. A. Monckton, A History of the English Public House (1969).

 
Abbreviations: INN
is short for:

Meaning Category
INTERNATIONAL NEWS NetworkCommunity->Media
Ibonsoft Notepad NewsletterCommunity->Media
Innsbruck, AustriaRegional->Airport Codes
Inter-Node NetworkComputing->Networking
International News NetCommunity->Media
International Nonproprietary NameInternet
Internet Network NewsInternet
Internet News NetworkCommunity->Media
Israeli National NodeInternet
Overlay (Micro Focus COBOL/2)Computing->File Extensions

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Word Tutor: inn
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A small hotel.

pronunciation This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers. — James Howell (1594-1666), English author, lexicographer, & royalist.

 
Wikipedia: INN (disambiguation)

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Translations: Translations for: Inn

Dansk (Danish)
n. - kro, gæstgiveri, herberg

Nederlands (Dutch)
herberg, taveerne, kroeg, studentenhuis

Français (French)
n. - auberge, hôtellerie, pub

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gasthof, Herberge, Wirtshaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πανδοχείο, χάνι

Italiano (Italian)
locanda, taverna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - hospedaria (f), taverna (f)

Русский (Russian)
гостиница, студенческое общежитие

Español (Spanish)
n. - mesón, posada, hostería, taberna

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - värdshus

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
旅馆, 客栈

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 旅館, 客棧

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여인숙, 숙소, 법학생의 숙사

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 宿屋, 飲み屋, 居酒屋, 酒場

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خان, نزل, فندق صغير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פונדק, אכסניה‬

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