- A public lodging house serving food and drink to travelers; a hotel.
- A tavern or restaurant.
- Chiefly British. Formerly, a residence hall for students, especially law students, in London.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
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An establishment which provided food, drink, stabling and, usually, accommodation for travellers. Inns commonly stand along main highways and in market towns.
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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).
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IN BRIEF: A small hotel.
This life at best is but an inn, And we the passengers.
— James Howell (1594-1666), English author, lexicographer, & royalist.
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The initials INN may stand for:
- INN World Report
- InterNetNews news server
- International Nonproprietary Name
- The IATA airport code for Innsbruck Kranebitten Airport
- Israel National News, a department of Arutz Sheva
- ImagiNation Network
- Independent Network News
- Independent News Network
See also:
- Inn, an establishment for travelers to lodge, eat, and rest
- Inn (disambiguation)
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| Translations: 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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