mirador

American  

[mir-uh-dawr, -dohr] / ˌmɪr əˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr /

noun

1. (in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.

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mirador British  

/ ˌmɪrəˈdɔː /

noun

1. a window, balcony, or turret

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Etymology

Origin of mirador

1660–70; < Spanish < Catalan, equivalent to mira ( r ) to look at (< Latin mīrārī to wonder at) + -dor agent suffix (< Latin -tor -tor )

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Example Sentences

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mirador

A mirador more than 100 feet up in the steeple offers some of the best views of San Andres.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 4, 2022

I gave up and pulled off the highway into a mirador – or a scenic lookout.

From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2010

Both ladies regarding them with looks of eager inquiry, glided down out of the mirador to meet them.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Mayne Reid

Sometimes he even carried his quaint spouted wine-bottle and hunk of rye bread up to the mirador, and enjoyed his breakfast with a vigilant eye on us.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd

From the room more pigmy steps wound upwards to a roofed mirador, but, as the inner walls of the staircase were broken away in great gaps, only the Boy was daring enough to ascend.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd

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