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A magazine is an item or place within which ammunition or other explosive material is stored. The word is taken originally from the Arabic word makhāzin (مخازن), meaning "storehouses", via Italian and Middle French.[1][2][3]
The term is also used for an ammunition dump, a place where large quantities of ammunition are stored for later distribution. This usage is less common.
Origin of magazine: 1575–85; < French magasin < Italian magazzino storehouse < Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse
French magasin, storehouse, from Old French magazin (possibly via Old Italian magazzino), from Arabic maḫāzin, pl. of maḫzan, from ḫazana, to store[...]
via French magasin from Italian magazzino, from Arabic makhāzin, plural of makhzan storehouse, from khazana to store away