ramada

[ruh-mah-duh]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramada¹

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

Next to all this, the Madonna Inn looks like just another Ramada.

From Los Angeles Times

He frequented shows in the basement of the Vermont Avenue Ramada Inn, downstairs at El Cid and the “show in Santa Monica near the promenade at a venue that no longer exists,” which was underground in terms of both street level and legality.

From Los Angeles Times

Its exchange offer to shareholders of Wyndham, which runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands, was the same as its last bid to company management, which was $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of Choice common stock per Wyndham share.

From Seattle Times

At the time, Wyndham, which runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands, called the proposal “opportunistic” and said that it undervalued the company’s growth potential.

From Washington Times

Choice Hotels said Tuesday that its exchange offer to shareholders of Wyndham, which runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands, is the same as its last bid to company management, which was $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of Choice common stock per Wyndham share.

From Seattle Times