| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ve·ran·da |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v -r n d |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or ve·ran·dah |
| NOUN: | A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. Also called Regional gallery. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi vara   , probably from Portuguese varanda (perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *barra, barrier, bar).
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