ramada

[ ruh-mah-duh ]

noun

1. an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed especially on beaches and picnic grounds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ramada¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1865–70; from Latin American Spanish: “open shelter roofed with branches”; earlier Spanish enramada “arbor, bower,” noun use of feminine past participle of enramar “to intertwine branches,” equivalent to en- in- ² + -ramar, verbal derivative of ramo “branch,” from Latin rāmus

Example Sentences

Its exchange offer to shareholders of Wyndham, which runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands, was the same as its last bid to company management, which was $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of Choice common stock per Wyndham share.

From Seattle Times

At the time, Wyndham, which runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands, called the proposal “opportunistic” and said that it undervalued the company’s growth potential.

From Washington Times

Choice Hotels said Tuesday that its exchange offer to shareholders of Wyndham, which runs Days Inn, La Quinta, Ramada and a host of other brands, is the same as its last bid to company management, which was $49.50 in cash and 0.324 shares of Choice common stock per Wyndham share.

From Seattle Times

Parsippany, New Jersey-based Wyndham, which operates brands such as Ramada, Super 8 and Microtel, argued last week that Choice's latest revised bid continues to undervalue its business.

From Reuters

It’s seeking to absorb a much larger chain in Wyndham, which operates nearly 9,300 hotels under a host of brands including Days Inn, Howard Johnson, La Quinta, Ramada, Super 8 and Travelodge.

From Seattle Times