fondaco

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian fondaco. Doublet of fonda and fonduk. === Noun === fondaco (plural fondachi or fondacos) (historical) A trading factory, trading post, or colony operated by the Italian city-states during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, chiefly around the Mediterranean and Black Seas. (historical) An inn or hotel in medieval or early modern Italy or its colonies, particularly at the residence of an established merchant. ==== Hypernyms ==== See Thesaurus:lodging place == Italian == === Etymology === From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), influenced by Medieval Latin fundicus. Cognate with Sicilian fùnnicu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfon.da.ko/ Rhymes: -ondako Hyphenation: fón‧da‧co === Noun === fondaco m (plural fondachi or (uncommon) fondaci) trading factory, warehouse ==== Descendants ==== English: fondaco Romanian: fondaco === Anagrams === cofonda, facondo == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian fondaco. === Noun === fondaco n (plural fondacouri) fondaco ==== Declension ==== === References === fondaco in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN