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VERANDA
veranda, verandah, gallery
(noun) a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
veranda (plural verandas)
A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. [from 18th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Ve*ran"da, n. Etym: [A word brought by the English from India; of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. vara, Pg. varanda, Sp. baranda, Malay baranda.] (Arch.)
Definition: An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia. The house was of adobe, low, with a wide veranda on the three sides of the inner court. Mrs. H. H. Jackson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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