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名詞

fondaco (plural fondachi or fondacos)

1. (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.
   • 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 32:

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

2. (historical) An inn or hotel in medieval or early modern Italy or its colonies, particularly at the residence of an established merchant.

上位語

• See Thesaurus:lodging place