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VERANDAH, or VERANDA

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1015 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERANDAH, or VERANDA , a roofed See also:gallery or See also:portico attached to the outside of a dwelling-See also:house or other See also:building, usually open at the sides or partially covered by lattice-See also:work or See also:glass or other screens. The roofing is slanting and supported by pillars ; a See also:light See also:rail or See also:balustrade often surrounds it. The word in See also:English is comparatively See also:modern, having only been included by Todd in his edition of See also:Johnson's See also:Dictionary in 1827. But it was known earlier in See also:India, and the occurrence of the word in modern Hindustani (varanda) and Malayan (baranda) has led some etymologists to connect the word with the See also:Persian baramadan, to climb. It is, however, certainly of See also:European origin, and was taken to the See also:East by the See also:early Portuguese navigators. It is to be found as early as the end of the 15th See also:century and the beginning of the 16th in See also:Spanish and Portuguese (so Minsheu, " varanda, railes to leane the See also:brest on "), and apparently is to be referred to See also:Lat. vara, a forked See also:pole or See also:rod.

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