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noun

ramada

ruh-MAH-duh
noun
1
A simple shelter or open-sided porch, typically covered with a roof of branches or thatch.
"They set up a ramada in the yard for shade during the summer barbecue."
"The desert campsite had a wooden ramada for shelter from the sun."

How to Use Ramada

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA basic open shelter, usually just a roof on posts, used for shade.

Common pairings
build a ramada sit under a ramada

Word Forms

ramadas plural

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Etymology

From Spanish ramada, itself from rama, "branch" — describing the leafy branches once used to build the roof.

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