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A cantina is a type of bar common in Latin America and Spain. The word is similar in etymology to " canteen ", and is derived from the Italian word for a cellar , winery , or vault . [ 1 ] In Italy , the word cantina refers to a room below the ground level where wine and other products such as salami are stored.
A corporate office's cafeteria in Bengaluru, India, December 2003.. A cafeteria, sometimes called a canteen outside the U.S., is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether in a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or lunchroom (in ...
Canteen, an English-language literary and arts magazine; CanTeen, the Australian and New Zealand national support organisation for young people with cancer; Canteen, a railway tender, hauled by a steam locomotive, which holds only water
Cantine is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: David Cantine (born 1939), Canadian painter; James Cantine (1861–1940), American missionary, scholar, and traveler; John Cantine (1735–1808), American politician; Moses I. Cantine (1774–1823), American politician, judge, and newspaper editor
Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
A Gedunk bar or geedunk bar (/ ˈ ɡ iː d ʌ ŋ k / GHEE-dunk) is the canteen or snack bar of a large vessel of the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard. [1] The term in this sense was first recorded in Leatherneck Magazine in 1931. [2]
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The term 'cantinière' came into use around 1793, since vivandières ran a 'cantine' in barracks and garrisons, and in their tents on campaign. The new word quickly replaced the old 'vivandière' among most French combat troops, but the War Ministry continued to use a mix of the two words (often interchangeably) until 1854. [7]