Hypertext Webster Gateway: "veranda"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Veranda \Ve*ran"da\, n. [A word brought by the English from
India; of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. vara??a, Pg. varanda,
Sp. baranda, Malay baranda.] (Arch.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
veranda
n : a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly
enclosed) [syn: {verandah}, {gallery}]
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