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CABANA

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ca⋅ban⋅a

[kuh-ban-uh, -ban-yuh, -bah-nuh, -bahn-yuh]
–noun
1. a small cabin or tentlike structure for use as a bathhouse, esp. on a beach or by a swimming pool.
2. a cabin or cottage.
Also, ca⋅ba⋅ña [Sp. kah-vah-nyah] .


Origin:
1830–40; < Sp cabaña; see cabin
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ca·ban·a also ca·ba·ña   (kə-bān'ə, -bān'yə)   
n.  
  1. A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool used as a bathhouse.

  2. A cabin or hut.


[Spanish cabaña, from Late Latin capanna, hut.]
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Word Origin & History

cabana 
1898, western U.S., from Amer.Sp. cognate of cabin (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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