ca|si|no

ca|si|no «kuh SEE noh», noun, plural -nos.

1. a building or room for public shows, dancing, and gambling: »

If he is a man of substance and leisure he may even be…gambling in tuxedoed tranquility at the world's biggest casino (Newsweek).

2. = casino, a card game. (Cf. ↑casino)

3. a small country house in Italy; lodge; summer house: »

And thus Vasari, together with Vignola (1507-63), designed the Villa Giulia, the country casino of Pope Julius III (Nikolaus Pevsner).

╂[< Italian casino (diminutive) < casa house < Latin, cabin]