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Re: Anyone know where the name is from?
Quite right actually. Hosepedale is an obsolete transcription of Ospedale in Italian. I totally forgot. They have the same latinate roots for a hosting-house. If you followed that vein, Hospidales could mean "hospital" or "innhouse". Nice. ______________________________________________
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