veranda
noun /vəˈrændə/
/vəˈrændə/
(also verandah)
- (especially British English) (North American English usually porch)a platform with an open front and a roof, built onto the side of a house on the ground floor
- After dinner, we sat talking on the veranda.
- (Australian English, New Zealand English) a roof over the part of the street where people walk in front of a shop synonym awning
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Hindi varaṇḍā, from Portuguese varanda ‘railing’.