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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for July 13, 1999
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casino [n. kuh-SEE-no]
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A casino is a public room or building for gambling and other entertainment.
There is also a card game called casino, which took its name from the first
sense of the word. A casino can also be an Italian country house.
The oldest sense of the word is the third one, which is closest to its
origin. A casino in Italian is a simple little casa (house). Italian casa
was itself derived from Latin casa (cottage, hut, hovel).
The Italian word shifted gradually from a country house to a place where
people could gather socially. Eventually, it was applied mainly to public
houses where people could dance, play games, and listen to music. Today,
gambling is a big business, and casinos are usually far larger and grander
than the country cottages from which they got their name.
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