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Casino*
n. *Casino*
1 A public room or building for gambling and other entertainment.
2 A summer or country house in Italy.
The history of the word*casino reveals a transformation from a cottage to a gambling palace. The source of our word, Italian casino, is a diminutive of casa, “house.” Central to the transformation is the development of the senses of casino in Italian. The word was first applied to a country house and then came to be used for a social gathering place, a room or building where one could dance, listen to music, and gamble.
Mandelay Bay Casino, Las Vegas, USA.
PixQuote:
"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream?"
-Ansel Adams
Casino*
n. *Casino*
1 A public room or building for gambling and other entertainment.
2 A summer or country house in Italy.
The history of the word*casino reveals a transformation from a cottage to a gambling palace. The source of our word, Italian casino, is a diminutive of casa, “house.” Central to the transformation is the development of the senses of casino in Italian. The word was first applied to a country house and then came to be used for a social gathering place, a room or building where one could dance, listen to music, and gamble.
Mandelay Bay Casino, Las Vegas, USA.
PixQuote:
"Simply look with perceptive eyes at the world about you, and trust to your own reactions and convictions. Ask yourself: "Does this subject move me to feel, think and dream?"
-Ansel Adams