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- Dictionarymo·tel/mōˈtel/
noun
- 1. a roadside hotel designed primarily for motorists, typically having the rooms arranged in a low building with parking directly outside.
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A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined as a portmanteau of "motor hotel", originates from the defunct motel named Milestone Mo-Tel in San Luis Obispo, Cali... Wikipedia