name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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fonda
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name
Meaning 2
A city in Iowa.
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name
Meaning 3
A village, the county seat of Montgomery County, New York.
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noun
Meaning 4
An inn or hotel in a Spanish-speaking country.
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noun
Meaning 5
United States film actor (1905-1982)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Henry Fonda
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Broader terms: actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player
noun
Meaning 6
United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jane Fonda
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Broader terms: actress
History
Etymology
From Spanish fonda, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “inn, hotel; manor”), from Ancient Greek πανδοκεῖον (pandokeîon), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all, every”) + the combining form of δέχεσθαι (dékhesthai, “to receive”) + -εῖον (-eîon, “-ium: forming building names”). Doublet of fonduk and fondaco.
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