fonda

[ fawn-dah; English fon-duh ]

/ ˈfɔn dɑ; English ˈfɒn də /

noun, plural fon·das [fawn-dahs; English fon-duh z] /ˈfɔn dɑs; English ˈfɒn dəz/. Spanish.

an inn or restaurant.

Nearby words

Fonda

[ fon-duh ]

/ ˈfɒn də /

noun

Henry,1905–82, U.S. actor.

his daughterJane,born 1937, U.S. actress.

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Examples from the Web for fonda

Fonda tried in vain to convince Jarrow and Archer to ditch the project.
Anne Archer: Women in Hollywood Are Doomed Forever|Nico Hines|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fonda was always willing to speak out even when it might be detrimental to her career.
Anne Archer: Women in Hollywood Are Doomed Forever|Nico Hines|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the hard work of women like Fonda, Archer said, there had been no sea-change in attitudes within the industry.
Anne Archer: Women in Hollywood Are Doomed Forever|Nico Hines|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And on Tuesday night I went to see him live—my first time—at the Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles.
Is Jack White the Last True Rock Star?|Andrew Romano|June 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

What was it like to finally get to really act alongside Fonda?
Jeff Daniels on the Most Explosive Episode of ‘The Newsroom’ Yet|Marlow Stern|August 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My house is a heap of wind-stirred ashes,—as are all houses in Fonda's Bush save only Stoner's.
The Little Red Foot|Robert W. Chambers
The Fonda Marina was an attractive-looking new house built at the very edge of the bay.
The Fortunate Isles|Mary Stuart Boyd
I selected one, and told him to take me to the Fonda de las cuatro Naciones; and he laughed as though I had made a good joke.
Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal|Oliver Optic
A fonda is a regular hotel; a posada is the tavern of the smaller country towns; and a venta is a still lower grade of inn.
Vine and Olive; Or Young America in Spain and Portugal|Oliver Optic
As the fonda was in the Moorish Quarter our door was not exempt.
In the Tail of the Peacock|Isabel Savory

British Dictionary definitions for fonda

Fonda

/ (ˈfɒndə) /

noun

Henry . 1905–82, US film actor. His many films include Young Mr Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Twelve Angry Men (1957), and On Golden Pond (1981) for which he won an Oscar

his daughter Jane . born 1937, US film actress. Her films include Klute (1971) for which she won an Oscar, Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and Old Gringo (1989)

her brother, Peter . born 1939, US film actor, who made his name in Easy Rider (1969); later films include Ulee's Gold (1997) and 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

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