Plural of guesthouse; small hotels or residences offering accommodations for visitors.
Compound of 'guest' and 'house,' with regular plural '-es.' Guesthouses became more common terminology in the 20th century as tourism and bed-and-breakfast hospitality formalized.
The term 'guesthouse' is interesting cross-linguistically—almost every language has some version (Spanish 'casa de huéspedes,' French 'maison d'hôte'), yet each language's formulation differs slightly, showing how universal hospitality is while expressions remain culturally specific.
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