(in India) a one-storied thatched or tiled house, usually surrounded by a veranda.
(in the U.S.) a derivation of the Indian house type, popular especially during the first quarter of the 20th century, usually having one and a half stories, a widely bracketed gable roof, and a multi-windowed dormer and frequently built of rustic materials.
Origin of bungalow
First recorded in 1670–80, bungalow is from the Hindi word banglā literally, of Bengal
A decade after Lee’s grandfather’s death, and shortly after her grandmother’s, Lee’s mother finds a sealed envelope while cleaning out their small bungalow in Niagara Falls.
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So we were at this little cul de sac, this little complex of like bungalows, and we were kind of waiting for them to burn.
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This bungalow has two levels, a screening room, a dining room, many offices, an art department, and cutting rooms.
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I arrive at the bungalow and find his staff standing about stunned, some of them in tears.
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He'd kept the few offices at the front of the bungalow, now oddly barren.
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Verdecia laughs about his home, a 1924 bungalow, which is “just falling apart.”
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He showed me the bungalow used by Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.
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Whether it was the latch of her room, or another of the bedrooms on this floor of the bungalow, Ruth could not tell.
Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point|Alice B. Emerson
It was a bungalow somewhat similar to their own, but plainly closed up for the winter.
The Dragon's Secret|Augusta Huiell Seaman
The camps and the bungalow lay deserted, given over to a solitary watchman.
Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Yet the heavy voice she had heard did not sound like that of either of the three boys at the bungalow.
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Then all turned and trooped across the roof of the fortress, across the veranda, and disappeared within the door of the bungalow.
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British Dictionary definitions for bungalow
bungalow
/ (ˈbʌŋɡəˌləʊ) /
noun
a one-storey house, sometimes with an attic
(in India) a one-storey house, usually surrounded by a veranda