zaguann.
/zaˈɡwan//saˈɡwan/ 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.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun]
alley1363
tresance1428
passagea1525
gallery1541
trance1545
through-passage1575
lobby1596
passageway?1606
conduit1624
gangway1702
vista1708
glidec1710
aisle1734
gallery1756
corridor1814
traverse1822
heck1825
rotunda1847
scutchell1847
zaguan1851
aisleway1868
pend1893
dogtrot1901
fairway1903
dog run1904
dog walk1938
walkout1947
coulisse1949
1851 Harper's Mag. Sept. 465/2 Don Pedro was heard within, moving toward the ‘Saguan’.
1863 Rio Abajo Press 28 Apr. 1/2 She had just seen Juanito's ghost in the saguan door.
1880 G. W. Cable Grandissimes 131 It was a long, narrowing perspective of arcades, lattices, balconies, zaguans, dormer windows, and blue sky.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 258/1 There is the zaguan or vestibule at the outside, then the cancel or grating, and next the patio within.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 821/1 A couple of Moors—in the vestibule or zaguan—conduct a peculiar performance.
1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 12 Some stranger comes into the zaguan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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