Saloon
WordNet
noun
(1) A room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
"He drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"
(2) Tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals
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Etymology
salon, either augmentative of salle "room", or borrowed from Italian salone "hall", augmentative form of sala "hall, room"; both borrowed from a Germanic source such as Old High German sal "house, hall", from common Germanic *sal-, from Proto-Indo-European *sol-, derived from *sel- "dwelling".
Noun
- A tavern, especially in an American Old West setting.
- lounge bar in an English public house, contrast with public bar.