What does MOTEL mean?
Definitions for MOTEL
moʊˈtɛlmo·tel
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word MOTEL.
Princeton's WordNet
motelnoun
a motor hotel
Wiktionary
motelnoun
lodging establishment typically featuring a series of rooms whose entrance is immediately adjacent to a parking lot, as might facilitate easy access to one's automobile during an overnight stay, particularly located near a major highway
motelnoun
(as a modifier; used attributively) Of or relating to a motel.
motel sign
motelnoun
(as a modifier; used attributively) Of architecture, interior design, etc, in the style of a motel; identical and anonymous.
moteladjective
any of several architectural or interior design styles associated with motels, such as "identicalness", "anonymity", or any other perceived attribute of motels, particularly as differentiated from hotels.
moteladjective
characterized by an anonymous, temporary nature, as motel sex.
moteladjective
property owned by a motel, as "motel towel", "motel ashtray", possibly imprinted or embroidered with the name of the establishment, frequently appropriated by tourists as a souvenir.
Etymology: from the original Motel Inn of San Luis Obispo, established in 1925 by Arthur Heinman
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motel
A motel is a type of lodging establishment, typically located along highways, offering accommodation to travelers and motorists. Rooms are usually directly accessible from the parking area for greater convenience. Motels often provide basic amenities like beds, bathrooms, and televisions. The term "motel" originates from "motor hotel".
Wikidata
Motel
A motor hotel, or motel for short, is a hotel designed for motorists, and usually has a parking area for motor vehicles. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined in 1925 as a portmanteau of motor and hotel or motorists' hotel, referred initially to a type of hotel consisting of a single building of connected rooms whose doors faced a parking lot and, in some circumstances, a common area; or a series of small cabins with common parking. Motels are often privately owned, though motel chains do exist. As the provincial highways and the United States highway system began to develop in the 1920s, long-distance road journeys became more common, and the need for inexpensive, easily accessible overnight accommodation sited close to the main routes led to the growth of the motel concept. Motels peaked in popularity in the 1960s with rising car travel, only to decline in response to competition from the newer chain hotels which became commonplace at highway interchanges as traffic was bypassed onto newly constructed freeways.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MOTEL
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Motel is ranked #86314 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Motel surname appeared 216 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Motel.
92.5% or 200 total occurrences were White.
4.6% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
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Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Anagrams for MOTEL »
metol
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of MOTEL in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of MOTEL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of MOTEL in a Sentence
Oh goodness, if I was n’t able to touch [ that money ], I would n’t have electricity, water, or a roof over my head, but you know, the thing a lot of us forget, Natalie Wood included, is you put down first, last, and a security deposit and you’re in a place. But how about all the deposits necessary for water, gas, electricity — all of our things had to be put in storage. Even doing that we lost more than half of everything we owned … and finding a motel that would accept us with dogs was not easy. It was costly … We’re still coming to terms with everything, so we’re not pulled together by any stretch of the imagination, but we’re trying. I ’m trying very hard to make it a home.
Trooper Entertainment -RRB- Fanciulli:
I think the women were still in a motel in Lakewood, they certainly knew what was going on. And I think they lived in fear. They lived in fear of these two guys, and they would n’t dare cross them. It’s that simple.
That's why you can take a kid that's been choked into unconsciousness, hooked on methamphetamines, beaten up, raped, put in a motel room and forced to have sex with a bunch of guys she doesn't know and ... three days later she will run away back to her trafficker.
We don't know the motive. We know there was some type of argument at the first location, at the motel.
This year's list is our most diverse ever, and reflects our commitment to recognizing and preserving all the facets of our diverse history, from the LGBTQ history of the Factory in California to the Cuban-American heritage of Miami's Little Havana to the civil rights legacy of the A.G. Gaston Motel in Birmingham, these sites tell American stories that have been overlooked for too long.
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- موتيلArabic
- матэ́льBelarusian
- motelCatalan, Valencian
- motelCzech
- MotelGerman
- μοτέλGreek
- moteloEsperanto
- motelSpanish
- motellEstonian
- راهسرا, متلPersian
- motelliFinnish
- motelFrench
- motelGalician
- मोटेलHindi
- מוֹט� לHebrew
- モテル, モーテルJapanese
- ಮೋಟೆಲ್Kannada
- 모텔Korean
- mōtēraMāori
- мотелски, моте́лMacedonian
- motelPolish
- [[hotel]] [[de]] [[beira]] [[de]] [[estrada]]Portuguese
- автопансиона́т, моте́льRussian
- motellSwedish
- மோட்டலில்Tamil
- మోటెల్Telugu
- motelTurkish
- моте́льUkrainian
- موٹلUrdu
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