fonda

English translation: فندق صغير

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Arabic term or phrase:fonda
English translation:فندق صغير
Entered by: Nadia Ayoub

17:03 Jun 9, 2009
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: fonda
I'm sorry, if this is not exactly Arabic. This must be something in Morocco Spanish Zone (around 1950). A question is asked: 'Why he (an American) doesn't stay at the fonda?' Can it be some kind of a hotel?
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فندق صغير
Explanation:
http://azharway.com/vb/archive/index.php?t-26887.html
Small hotel. Spanish word deriving from the Arabic word فندق meaning hotel
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5فندق صغير
Nadia Ayoub
3boarding house
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Fonda
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boarding house


Explanation:
"fonda" means "boarding house" in Spanish, maybe this fits the context

http://diccionario.reverso.net/espanol-ingles/fonda

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فندق صغير


Explanation:
http://azharway.com/vb/archive/index.php?t-26887.html
Small hotel. Spanish word deriving from the Arabic word فندق meaning hotel

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 15:49
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Native speaker of: Arabic
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Reference: Fonda

Reference information:
Fonda is the name of several places in the United States of America:
* Fonda, Iowa, in Pocahontas County
* Fonda, New York, in Montgomery County


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonda
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
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