A motel, also known as a motor hotel, motor inn or motor lodge, is a hotel designed for motorists, usually having each room entered directly from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than throug
A motel in Bjerka, Norway
The Star Lite Motel in Dilworth, Minnesota is a typical American 1950s L-shaped motel.
A large pool at the Thunderbird Motel on the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon (1973).
A typical motel lobby at the Rocket Motel in Custer, South Dakota
In literature, a portmanteau, also known in linguistics and lexicography as a blend word, lexical blend, or simply a blend, is a word formed by combining the meanings and parts of the sounds of two or
Motel
…from the parking area for motor vehicles rather than through a central lobby. Entering dictionaries after World War II, the word motel, coined as a portmanteau of "motor hotel", originates from the defunct lodging compound establishment, Milestone Mo-Tel in San Luis Obispo, California (later renamed "Motel…
This T-shirt combines the names of two places, Wisconsin and Compton, California, to form "Wiscompton".