bungalow

[ buhng-guh-loh ]

noun

1. a cottage of one story.
2. (in India) a one-storied thatched or tiled house, usually surrounded by a veranda.
3. (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.

bungalow

/ ˈbʌŋɡəˌləʊ /

noun

1. a one-storey house, sometimes with an attic
2. (in India) a one-storey house, usually surrounded by a veranda

Word History and Origins

Origin of bungalow¹

First recorded in 1670–80, bungalow is from the Hindi word banglā literally, of Bengal

Word History and Origins

Origin of bungalow¹

C17: from Hindi banglā (house) of the Bengal type

Example Sentences

Over the past couple years, the Zimmerman family has added the bungalows in the back and now a luxury high-rise.

From The Daily Beast

Outsite is now experimenting with private apartments or bungalows in locations like Costa Rica where members get access to community activities and the co-working space.

From Digiday

This pet-friendly bungalow was extensively renovated after sustaining damage from Hurricane Michael in 2018.

From Outside Online

Up Chicago Avenue sits a pristine bungalow with a new “for sale” sign.

From Time

Real estate here is small cottage and bungalow types that work perfectly for the LGBTQ community.

From No Straight News

This bungalow has two levels, a screening room, a dining room, many offices, an art department, and cutting rooms.

From The Daily Beast

I'm to be at his Universal bungalow at twelve-thirty for lunch, to meet him for the first time, going to see a man about a job.

From The Daily Beast

I arrive at the bungalow and find his staff standing about stunned, some of them in tears.

From The Daily Beast

He'd kept the few offices at the front of the bungalow, now oddly barren.

From The Daily Beast

It's a studio bungalow the way Newport summer houses are “cottages.”

From The Daily Beast

Passing a bungalow that was blazing furiously, he saw in the compound the corpses of two women.

From Project Gutenberg

One evening in the month of April, a slim, straight-backed girl stood in the veranda of a bungalow at Meerut.

From Project Gutenberg

For he saw her looking up into his eyes as once before on the lawn of her English bungalow four months ago.

From Project Gutenberg

The body of a young woman was found in the compound outside my bungalow, done to death in precisely the same way.

From Project Gutenberg

I found here the handsomest bungalow I had seen during the whole journey from Benares to Bombay.

From Project Gutenberg

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