rondavel
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of rondavel
of uncertain origin
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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
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 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 was tired with her overnight vigil, and the emotional scene in the rondavel was succeeded by a feeling of exhaustion and nervous reaction.
From The Shadow of the Past by F.E. Mills Young
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