English

Noun

fondaco ‎(plural fondachi or fondacos)

1. (historical, Italian contexts) A type of inn, especially as the residence of a merchant or trader; a trading post, a trading factory.
   • 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin 2008, p. 32:

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

See also

• fonduk

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic فُنْدُق ‎(funduq).

Noun

fondaco m ‎(plural fondachi)

1. A trading factory, a warehouse.

Anagrams

• cofonda