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VERANDAH, or VERANDA

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 1015 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: VAN-VIR
VERANDAH, or VERANDA , a roofed gallery or portico attached to the outside of a dwelling-
house
  or other building, usually open at the sides or partially covered by lattice-
work
  or glass or other screens. The roofing is slanting and supported by pillars ; a light
rail
  or
balustrade
  often surrounds it. The word in
English
  is comparatively
modern
 , having only been included by Todd in his edition of Johnson's 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 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 Spanish and Portuguese (so Minsheu, " varanda, railes to leane the brest on "), and apparently is to be referred to Lat. vara, a forked
pole
  or rod.


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