n.
Pronunciation: ' ban-( ˌ )y ō , ' bän-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural bagnios
Etymology: Italian bagno, literally, public baths (fr. the Turks' use of Roman baths at Constantinople as prisons), from Latin balneum, from Greek balaneion
Date: 1599
1 obsolete : PRISON
2 : BORDELLO