ramada

American  

[ruh-mah-duh] / rəˈmɑ də /

noun

1. an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed especially on beaches and picnic grounds.

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Etymology

Origin of ramada

An Americanism first recorded in 1865–70; from Latin American Spanish: “open shelter roofed with branches”; earlier Spanish enramada “arbor, bower,” noun use of feminine past participle of enramar “to intertwine branches,” equivalent to en- in- ² + -ramar, verbal derivative of ramo “branch,” from Latin rāmus

Example Sentences

They see the cafe as a “place of continuity,” where basket makers and other artists from around the state might gather under its traditional redwood shade structure, or ramada.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022

Off in the distance, he says he wants to upgrade an old ramada, an outdoor pavilion that can be used for asados, Argentine barbecues.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2014

"He was within a few steps of the olla, hanging on the ramada post before the cabin door, when Pete called to him sharply."

From Time Magazine Archive

Within the cool shadow of his ramada he offered his own chair and seated himself in another, neatly fashioned of mesquite wood and strung with thongs of rawhide.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

The night after the big snake-killing Jefferson Creede picked up his blankets and moved quietly back to the ramada with Hardy.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard