ca|si|no

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]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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