ramadan.
/rəˈmɑːdə/, U.S. /rəˈmɑdə/ U.S. (chiefly regional (south-western)).
A largely open structure designed to provide shade, and typically roofed with brush or branches; (hence) an open porch.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > porch
porticeOE
porchc1300
back porch1535
prothyrum1600
propylaeum1637
pentastich1656
propylon1830
ramada1869
storm-porch1879
1825 W. B. Stevenson Hist. Narr. Resid. S. Amer. II. vi. 181 The parish church is stone... Attached to it are four chapels of ease, called ramadas.]
1869 B. I. Hayes Pioneer Notes from Diaries (1929) viii. 289 I paid them a dollar for my bath, at the rustic bathing establishment they have constructed, consisting of two goods' boxes sunk in the ground, sheltered by a ramada.
1911 H. B. Wright Winning of Barbara Worth 201 Every evening under the ramada Barbara sat with her father, often alone.
1949 Desert Mag. Apr. 24/1 In a brush ramada the Navajo women weave their blankets while the older children tend the sheep.
1979 Arizona Daily Star 5 Aug. (Advt. section) 17/1 Common areas with playgrounds and ramada.
2006 Phoenix Home & Garden Feb. 187 (caption) A covered ramada at the front of the house is embellished with ceramic urns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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