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Vinony

inn

noun

  1. an establishment offering rest, usually also food and overnight stay
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪn/

name

  1. A right tributary of the Danube in Switzerland, Austria and Germany.

noun

  1. Initialism of international nonproprietary name.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English in, inn, from Old English inn (“a dwelling, house, chamber, lodging”); akin to Icelandic inni (“a dwelling place, home, abode”), Faroese inni (“home”).

  1. To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.

    “But where do you intend to inn to-night?”

    “We inned at the signe of the Swan.”

  2. To lodge or house (someone or something).

    “I have but Inn'd my horse since, master Cockstone.”

    “These Inn'd themselves all Night in Knights-bridge Fields.”