veranda

[vuh-ran-duh]

noun

1. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.,  Also verandah. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.

2. piazza.

veranda

/ vəˈrændə /

noun

1. a porch or portico, sometimes partly enclosed, along the outside of a building

2. a canopy sheltering pedestrians in a shopping street

Other Word Forms

• verandaed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of veranda¹

1705–15; < Hindi baraṇḍā, barāmdā < Persian bar āmadaḥ coming out (unless the Hindi word is < Portuguese varanda, Spanish baranda railing, balustrade; bar ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of veranda¹

C18: from Portuguese varanda railing; related to Hindi varandā railing

Example Sentences

When the dust settles, a small, pink rectangular building with veranda posts appears at the venue’s west end, a disco ball hanging on its porch.

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Outside, residents can enjoy the warm New Orleans weather while lounging on the covered veranda or soaking in the saltwater pool.

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Here, you’ll come across the ruins of the White Point Hot Springs Hotel, where guests once lounged in hot sulfur spring-fed swimming pools and shimmied the Charleston on the veranda.

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The agency published a video in which it showed security officials detaining a man in jeans and a black shirt who was sitting at a veranda outside a restaurant in central Moscow.

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Listening to him on his veranda are four generations of his family.

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Related Words

• balcony 
• lanai 
• patio 
• piazza 
• platform 
• portico 
• stoop 
• terrace