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

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