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ShannonPremium Membership

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Does this mean "bar" or "cantina?"

In text, it should read THE Cantinone, right? Not just "We went to Cantinone."

It's a sentence in English but I am curious about the word. It is not in my Cassells dictionary.

Thanks.


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Alice Twain

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It's a big cantina (basement). yet, wine bars are often called "cantina" because a cantina is wehre you age wine (and cheese and cured meats... All stuff that go well with wine). So, a large wine bar can be a cantinone.


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Hi Shannon-

If it's written as Cantinone, with a capital C, it may mean a specific place with that name, not just a generic il cantinone.

But what do I know? Roll Eyes Big Grin


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