[Sp. fonda from Arab.: see FONDUK.] A hotel, an inn (in Spain or Sp. countries).
1826. Capt. Head, Pampas 127. They then came into the yard of the Fonda (inn), driven by the capatáz and one peon.
1877. B. Harte, Story of a Mine, iii. He plunged into the first fonda at the wayside, and endeavored to forget his woes and his weariness in aguardiente.
