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- [ruh-mah-duh]
- /rəˈmɑ də/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [ruh-mah-duh]
- /rəˈmɑ də/
Definitions of ramada word
- noun ramada an open shelter, often having a dome-shaped thatched roof, and installed especially on beaches and picnic grounds. 1
- noun ramada a shelter with a roof and open sides 0
- noun ramada a covered porch for shade, sometimes thatched 0
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Origin of ramada
First appearance:
before 1865 One of the 28% newest English words
1865-70, Americanism; < American Spanish: open shelter roofed with branches; earlier Spanish enramada arbor, bower, noun use of feminine past participle of enramar to intertwine branches equivalent to en- in-2 + -ramar, verbal derivative of ramo branch < Latin rāmus
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Parts of speech for Ramada
noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ramada popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ramada usage trend in Literature
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