casino

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A building or room where people gamble on games of chance.

   He visited the casino every night to play cards.

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Simplified etymology

Casino was borrowed from Italian casino, meaning “little house,” ultimately from Latin casa “cottage.” It first referred to a public room for music and dancing and acquired its modern association with gambling in the mid-19th century.

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

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