cabana

ca·ban·a

also ca·ba·ña C0002100 (kə-băn′ə, -băn′yə)n.1. A light structure on a beach or at a swimming pool used for shelter from the sun or as a dressing room.2. A cabin or hut.

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[Spanish cabaña, from Late Latin capanna, hut.]

cabana

(kəˈbɑːnə) nchiefly US a tent used as a dressing room by the sea[from Spanish cabaña: cabin]

ca•ban•a

(kəˈbæn ə, -ˈbæn yə)

n., pl. -ban•as. 1. a small cabin or tentlike structure for use as a bathhouse, esp. on a beach or by a swimming pool. 2. a cabin or cottage. [1830–40; < Sp cabaña]

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cabana - a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a swimming poolcollapsible shelter, tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek"