casino

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A public building or room for gambling.

   He went to the casino every night till 1:00 am.

2. 2
   noun

   A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.

   Quirini [was] knowing in the belles Lettres, & highly skilled in making his Casino comfortable to all the Wits & Blues as we now call them in London.

3. 3
   noun

   a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken with eligible cards in the hand

4. 4
   noun

   a public building for gambling and entertainment

5. 5
   noun

   A certain Italian card game for two to four players.

6. 6
   noun

   Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.

7. 7
   name

   A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Etymology

From Italian casino, diminutive form of casa (“house”), from Latin casa (“cottage, hut”).