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Added 7 October 2026

inn

/ɪn/ symbol

In Latin: dēversorium, dēverticulum, caupōna Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Isinai.

noun

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
A tavern.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
the Inns of Court the Inns of Chancery Serjeants’ Inns

verb

To take lodging; to lodge or house oneself.
To lodge or house (someone or something).

Origin

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”).

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