ramada

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmɑːdə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːdə

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, page 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, page 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.

• Armada, Damara, armada

From rama +‎ -ada.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈma.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [raˈma.ða]

ramada f (plural ramades)

1. cluster of branches, foliage

   Synonyms: brancam, brancatge

2. herd, especially of sheep, livestock

   Synonyms: ramat, ramaderia

3. flock (of birds)

   Synonym: vol

• ramat

• ramaderia

• “ramada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “ramada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ramada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From ramo +‎ -ada.

• IPA^(key): /raˈmada/ [raˈma.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ada
• Syllabification: ra‧ma‧da

ramada f (plural ramadas)

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

• “ramada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024