veranda : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: veranda	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for veranda
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
veranda n a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) Synonym(s): veranda, verandah, gallery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Veranda \Veran"da\, n. [A word brought by the English from India; of uncertain origin; cf. Skr. vara[?][?]a, Pg. varanda, Sp. baranda, Malay baranda.] (Arch.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See {Loggia}. The house was of adobe, low, with a wide veranda* on the three sides of the inner court. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson.