Saloon
Saloon (sȧ*lon") , noun
[French salon (compare Italian salone), from French salle a large room, a hall, of German or Dutch origin; compare Old High German sal house, hall, German saal; akin to Anglo-Saxon sael, sele, Dutch zaal, Icelandic salr, Gothic saljan to dwell, and probably to Latin solum ground. Compare Sole of the foot, Soil ground, earth.]
1.
A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amusements; a large room or parlor; as, the saloon of a steamboat.
The gilden saloons in which the first magnates of the realm... gave banquets and balls.
2.
Popularly, a public room for specific uses; esp., a barroom or grogshop; as, a drinking saloon; an eating saloon; a dancing saloon.
We hear of no hells, or low music halls, or low dancing saloons [at Athens.]