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fondaco

fondaco noun: 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.

Noun

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.
    • Genoese and Venetian fondachi (trading depots) littered the coastline from North Africa to the Crimea.2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin, published 2008, page 32
  2. (historical) An inn or hotel in medieval or early modern Italy or its colonies, particularly at the residence of an established merchant.

Forms of fondaco

pluralfondachi
pluralfondacos

Origin of fondaco

Borrowed from Italian fondaco. Doublet of fonda and fonduk.

Questions about fondaco

What does fondaco mean?
Fondaco means 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.
What part of speech is fondaco?
Fondaco is a noun.
What is the plural of fondaco?
The plural of fondaco is fondachi.

Words near fondaco in the dictionary

  1. fond
  2. Fond du Lac
  3. Fond du Lac County
  4. fonda
  5. fondachi
  6. fondaco
  7. fondacos
  8. fondak
  9. fondaks
  10. fondamento
  11. fondamentos

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