A small house or cottage, typically in France or rural areas, available for rent as holiday accommodation or vacation lodging.
From French 'gîte' (lodging place), derived from Old French 'giste' meaning 'resting place' from Latin 'jacere' (to lie). The French term became popular in English when rural French vacation rentals became popular with English tourists.
Gite is one of those French words English borrowed wholesale because the French invented a whole tourism industry around pretty countryside cottages!
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