different between arbour vs ramada

English

Alternative forms

• arbor (US)

Etymology

From Middle English arbere, arber, an alteration of herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”) influenced by Latin arbor (“tree”).

Noun

arbour (plural arbours)

1. A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation.
2. A shady walk.

Middle English

Noun

arbour (plural arbours)

1. a lawn or a flower bed, a grassy plot
2. a shaded nook

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ramada, from rama (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???m??d?/
• Rhymes: -??d?

Noun

ramada (plural ramadas)

1. (US) A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches. [from 19th c.]
   • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses:

     They sat in the shade of the pole and brush ramada in front of the place and sipped their drinks and looked out at the desolate stillness of the little crossroads at noon.

   • 2006, Wayne R Kime, Colonel Richard Irving Dodge, p. 23:

     As protection against the fierce heat, he caused a ramada to be constructed over and around his tent, which he employed only for sleeping.

   • 2008, Sally Binford & Lewis Binford, Archeology in Cultural Systems, p. 155:

     The well- built structure suggested that the occupation was not temporary, and the presence of the ramada indicated that at least part of the occupation was during warm weather.

Translations

Anagrams

• Armada, Damara, armada

Catalan

Etymology

rama +? -ada

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r??ma.d?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ra?ma.da/

Noun

ramada f (plural ramades)

1. A cluster of branches, foliage.

   Synonyms: brancam, brancatge

2. A herd, especially of sheep.

   Synonym: ramat

3. A flock of birds.

   Synonym: vol

Derived terms

• ramat

Further reading

• “ramada” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From ramo +? -ada.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?mada/, [ra?ma.ð?a]

Noun

ramada f (plural ramadas)

1. a cluster of branches, foliage
2. (Latin America) a shed or hut made of branches

Further reading

• “ramada” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.