fonda

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noun

An inn or hotel in a Spanish-speaking country.

OriginSpanish fonda ← Arabic فُنْدُق ← Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον →
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Meanings

fonda1

nounfonda (plural fondas)

plural fondas

  1. An inn or hotel in a Spanish-speaking country.

    Nothing was ever stolen in the Hotel Montana. In other fondas, yes. Not here.

    1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 271

Fonda2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Iowa.
  3. A village, the county seat of Montgomery County, New York.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπανδοκεῖον
  2. Arabicفُنْدُق“inn, hotel; manor”
  3. Spanishfonda
  4. Englishfonda

From Spanish fonda, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Doublet of fonduk and fondaco.

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APA

fonda. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fonda

MLA

“fonda.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fonda. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fonda,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fonda.

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