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‖ zaguan|zaˈgwan, sa-|
Also 9 saguan.
[Sp., = vestibule, hallway.]
The passage running from the front door to the central patio in houses in South and Central America and in the south-western U.S.
1851Harper's Mag. Sept. 465/2 Don Pedro was heard within, moving toward the ‘Saguan’. 1863Rio Abajo Press 28 Apr. 1/2 She had just seen Juanito's ghost in the saguan door. 1880G. W. Cable Grandissimes 131 It was a long, narrowing perspective of arcades, lattices, balconies, zaguans, dormer windows, and blue sky. 1921Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 258/1 There is the zaguan or vestibule at the outside, then the cancel or grating, and next the patio within. Ibid. Nov. 821/1 A couple of Moors—in the vestibule or zaguan—conduct a peculiar performance. 1927D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 12 Some stranger comes into the zaguan. |