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rondavel

British  
/ ˈrɒndɑːvəl /

noun

  1. a circular often thatched building with a conical roof

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of rondavel

of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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The price was light, too — 150 rand for a dorm bed in a rondavel, a modernized thatched roof structure.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2014

Inside a smoke-scented round hut, known as a rondavel, Notumasi Sandlana perched on the edge of her bed.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2013

The regent and the queen slept in the right-hand rondavel, the queen’s sister in the center one, and the left-hand hut served as a pantry.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

She hopped into my car and we set off on a wild ride through the untamed veld, to get to the remote rondavel of her relative.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

The rondavel remained to all appearance as he had left it.

From The Shadow of the Past by Young, F.E. Mills