lokantan.
/ləʊˈkantə/ In Turkey: a restaurant.
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eating-housec1440
feast house?c1475
victualling-house1541
cookshop1542
cookhouse1548
feasting house1563
treating-house1680
suttling-house1691
shop1695
chop shop1733
restaurateur1782
slap-bang shop1785
restorator1797
dinner house1803
restaurant1806
snack-house1820
grubbery1823
refreshment house1825
restauration1832
trattoria1832
slap-bang1836
ristorante1874
tavern-restaurant1880
foodery1892
eatery1901
taverna1914
chop-house1915
nosh1917
diner1924
noshery1952
ryotei1953
lokanta1954
Chinesery1956
relais routier1960
hotel1968
tratt1969
robata1975
fast foodery1979
Chinky1981
rodizio1981
taqueria1982
resto1988
paladar1994
1954 M. Gough Plain & Rough Places ix. 142 The courtyard..is occupied, in summer-time, by the lokanta—the restaurant.
1964 D. C. Hills My Trav. Turkey xi. 120 We had hardly sat down in the lokanta when a gendarme captain swooped on me.
1969 ‘A. Garve’ Ascent of D. 13 ii. 23 He descended the rock in time to lunch at a small lokanta, on watermelon, shish kebab and yoghurt.
1969 Daily Tel. 4 Jan. 15/3 There are many nearby lokantas where you can try Turkish food and wines.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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