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bagn⋅io

  [ban-yoh, bahn-]
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–noun, plural -ios.
1. a brothel.
2. (esp. in Italy or Turkey) a bath or bathing house.
3. Archaic. a prison for slaves, esp. in the Orient.
Origin:
1590–1600; < It bagno < L balneum, balineum < Gk balaneîon bathroom, bath
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ba·gnio   (bān'yō, bän'-)   
n.   pl. ba·gnios

  1. A brothel.

  2. Obsolete A prison for slaves in Asian countries.

  3. Obsolete A public bathhouse in Italy or Turkey.


[Italian bagno, bath, from Latin balneum, from Greek balaneion.]
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