fondaco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fondaco (“trading factory, warehouse”), from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq).

Noun

fondaco (plural fondachi or fondacos)

1. (historical, Italian contexts) A type of inn, especially as the residence of a merchant or trader; a trading post, a trading factory.
   • 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin 2008, p. 32:

     Genoese and Venetian fondachi (trading depots) littered the coastline from North Africa to the Crimea.

See also

• fonduk

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq).

Noun

fondaco m (plural fondaci)

1. A trading factory, a warehouse.

Anagrams

• cofonda