veranda

[ vuh-ran-duh ]

noun

1. Also ve·randah. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed, as by a railing, often extending across the front and sides of a house; gallery.
2. piazza.

veranda

/ vəˈrændə /

noun

1. a porch or portico, sometimes partly enclosed, along the outside of a building
2. a canopy sheltering pedestrians in a shopping street

Derived Forms

• veˈrandaed, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of veranda¹

1705–15; < Hindi baraṇḍā, barāmdā < Persian bar āmadaḥ coming out (unless the Hindi word is < Portuguese varanda, Spanish baranda railing, balustrade; bar ¹ )

Word History and Origins

Origin of veranda¹

C18: from Portuguese varanda railing; related to Hindi varandā railing

Example Sentences

Here, you’ll come across the ruins of the White Point Hot Springs Hotel, where guests once lounged in hot sulfur spring-fed swimming pools and shimmied the Charleston on the veranda.

From Los Angeles Times

The agency published a video in which it showed security officials detaining a man in jeans and a black shirt who was sitting at a veranda outside a restaurant in central Moscow.

From New York Times

Listening to him on his veranda are four generations of his family.

From BBC

When the tour groups leave, the couple sit on their veranda, the silence broken only by the whine of Israeli army drones and the regular boom of outgoing artillery.

From BBC

Over the man’s shoulder, Razi could see the beachfront, with children flying kites, and the town houses with wide verandas beginning where the more modest fishermen’s houses stopped.

From Literature

Related Words

• balcony
• lanai
• patio
• piazza
• platform
• portico
• stoop
• terrace