See also: baguio

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Etymology edit

From Italian bagno, from Latin balneum (bath). Doublet of bain.

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Noun edit

bagnio (plural bagnios)

  1. A brothel.
    • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “ (phûa)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 458:
      an old woman who has charge of a bagnio
  2. (obsolete) A building for bathing, sweating.
  3. (obsolete) In Turkey, a prison for slaves.

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