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 )

Example Sentences

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

Her hair was already tressed and knotted; she now hastily slipped on a gown, darted through the folding-doors out upon the mirador, and clapped her hands together, uttering the words, "Venid, venid, querido!"

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

Lyautey and spoke a few words through the interpretess one felt that at last a painted window of the mirador had been broken, and a thought let into the vacuum of the harem.

From In Morocco by Wharton, Edith

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 Boyd, Mary Stuart