ramada

American  

[ruh-mah-duh] / rəˈmɑ də /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ramada

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

They see the cafe as a “place of continuity,” where basket makers and other artists from around the state might gather under its traditional redwood shade structure, or ramada.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2022

Off in the distance, he says he wants to upgrade an old ramada, an outdoor pavilion that can be used for asados, Argentine barbecues.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2014

"He was within a few steps of the olla, hanging on the ramada post before the cabin door, when Pete called to him sharply."

From Time Magazine Archive

A yelp of terror from the ramada heralded his success and Creede ran like a boy to look.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard

A sultry heaviness hung over the land, and at night 399 as he lay beneath the ramada he saw the lightning, hundreds of miles away, twinkling and playing along the northern horizon.

From Hidden Water by Dixon, Maynard