veranda
[vuh-ran-duh]
- Also ve·ran·dah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
- piazza.
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Origin of veranda
1705–15; < Hindi baraṇḍā, barāmdā < Persian bar āmadaḥ coming out (unless the Hindi word is < Portuguese varanda, Spanish baranda railing, balustrade; cf. bar1)
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Examples from the Web for veranda
Contemporary Examples
The veranda, roofless and open to the bitter blue sky where the seasonal gu rains sputter, serves as a makeshift neonatal ward.
Somalia Famine Aid Stolen: U.N.August 13, 2011
“God Bless You,” read a hand painted banner hung from a veranda on handsome Flamengo beach.
The kind of suit that suggests sipping mint juleps on the veranda or Campari in a Roman piazza.
She then quietly makes her way back to the veranda and lights another cigarette as if the last five minutes never even happened.
Historical Examples
He went across to the hotel, tied the gelding at the rack, and sat down on the veranda.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
"I think I'll wait for you on the veranda, children," said Mrs. Gray.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
After the meal they all adjourned to the veranda, where the air was cool and the view extensive.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
But the heat of noon, after the cool shade of the veranda, was terrific.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
They saw him from the veranda, and Miss Briscoe called to him in welcome.
The Gentleman From IndianaBooth Tarkington
veranda
verandah
- a porch or portico, sometimes partly enclosed, along the outside of a building
- NZ a canopy sheltering pedestrians in a shopping street
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Word Origin
C18: from Portuguese varanda railing; related to Hindi varandā railing
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Word Origin and History for veranda
n.
1711, from Hindi varanda, which probably is from Portuguese varanda, originally "long balcony or terrace," of uncertain origin, possibly related to Spanish baranda "railing," and ultimately from Vulgar Latin *barra "barrier, bar." French véranda is borrowed from English.
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