# inn (lodging)

a place that provides shelter and rooms for people

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: built environment

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [home](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-home.shelter), [building](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-building.structure), [rooms](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rooms.space), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [provide](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-provide.supply), [shelter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-shelter.protection), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** home provides shelter and building includes rooms, together with people needing rest and supply of space, forming a place made for temporary habitation

**Novel properties:**
- temporary lodging
- guest occupancy
- commercial hospitality

## Examples
- The Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park has housed visitors since 1904 near the geyser basin. *(architecture)*
- The Silk Road caravan sarai of Zeinodin near Samarkand sheltered traders and their animals in the 15th century. *(history)*
- The Starling Motel in Wollongong provides rooms for truckers on Australia’s M1 highway since 1987. *(economics)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-inn.lodging.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*