veranda

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veranda

  • /vəˈɹæn.də/ UK, US

Rhymes with -ændə

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An Indian English word of Indo-Portuguese origin, from Portuguese varanda (“balustrade; balcony”). Further etymology is unclear and disputed.

noun verandas · verandah · viranda · virandah · virando

  1. A gallery, platform, or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. Boulte ate his breakfast, advised her to see her Arab pony fed in the veranda, and went out.

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noun roofed open gallery

Españolporche, galería
한국어베란다 beranda
日本語ベランダ beranda
中文陽台 yángtái
हिन्दीबरामदा barāmdā, बरण्डा baraṇḍā
Kiswahilivaranda
Portuguêsvaranda, alpendre
Françaisvéranda
DeutschVeranda
Italianoveranda
Ελληνικάβεράντα veránta
Românăverandă
Русскийвера́нда veránda
Tiếng Việthiên
العربيةشُرْفَة šurfa, فَارَنْدَة fāranda
עבריתאכסדרה akhsadrá

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@misc{veranda_2026,
  title = {veranda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/veranda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}