| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bagnio |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ba·gnio |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b n y , bän- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ba·gnios
1. A brothel. 2. Obsolete A prison for slaves in Asian countries. 3. Obsolete A public bathhouse in Italy or Turkey. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian bagno, bath, from Latin balneum, from Greek balaneion.
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