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hostal.

boarding house; cheap hotel

6 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[usˈtal]Central, Northern[osˈtal]Balearic, Northwestern, Valencia
  1. boarding house; cheap hotel

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Catalan hostal, from Late Latin hospitāle (“shelter, hospice, guesthouse”), from Latin hospitālis (“of a host or guest; hospitable”), from hospes (“host, guest”). First attested in the 13th century.

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