BAGNIO


Meaning of BAGNIO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈban-(ˌ)yō, ˈbän- ]

noun

( plural bagnios )

Etymology: Italian bagno, literally, public baths (from the Turks' use of Roman baths at Constantinople as prisons), from Latin balneum, from Greek balaneion

Date: 1599

1. obsolete : prison

2. : bordello

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