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fondacos

fondacos is the plural of fondaco.

Meaning of fondaco

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.

Questions about fondacos

What is fondacos the plural of?
Fondacos is the plural of fondaco.

Words near fondacos in the dictionary

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

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