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/həʊˈtɛl/ · noun
(now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France..
[T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]
1868, "A Clergyman" (John Morison), Australia in 1866, page 165, When gold-digging commenced in California, the writer was staying at an hotel in Wellington, New Zealand, where a Yankee trader was also staying. Seated at the dining-table, the latter was discoursing of the business he was doing […] .
Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.
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Hotel means (now chiefly historical) A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France..
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[T]he cream-coloured house (supposed to be modelled on the private hotels of the Parisian aristocracy) was there[.]
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