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cabanas

[kuh-ban-uh, -ban-yuh, -bah-nuh, -bahn-yuh] Origin

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, especially on a beach or by a swimming pool.
2.
a cabin or cottage.
Also, ca·ba·ña [Sp. kah-vah-nyah] .


Origin:
1830–40; < Spanish cabaña; see cabin
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cabana
1898, western U.S., from Amer.Sp. cognate of cabin (q.v.).
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