cabana

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

/ kəˈbæn ə, -ˈbæn yə, -ˈbɑ nə, -ˈbɑn yə /

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noun

a small cabin or tentlike structure for use as a bathhouse, especially on a beach or by a swimming pool.

a cabin or cottage.

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Also ca·ba·ña

[Spanish kah-vah-nyah]. /Spanish kɑˈvɑ nyɑ/.

Origin of cabana

1830–40; <Spanish cabaña;see cabin

Words nearby cabana

cabala, cabaletta, cabalist, Caballé, caballero, cabana, Cabanatuan, cabane, cabaret, cabaret tax, cabbage

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How to use cabana in a sentence

While you might not think this style would make sense for bringing out for a day at the beach, the best beach cabana tents can be set up quickly, collapsed, and easily transported.
The best beach tents help you keep your cool even on the hottest days|Eric Alt|November 22, 2021|Popular-Science
Private cabanas with walls and windows contain kids with no worry of bumping into other diners’ chairs or tables.
Pandemic Aside, Outdoor Dining Has Been a Godsend for Parents With Young Children|Kristen Hawley|November 22, 2021|Eater
Our local pizza restaurant, still closed to indoor dining, built individual streetside cabanas outfitted with green turf under the table.
Pandemic Aside, Outdoor Dining Has Been a Godsend for Parents With Young Children|Kristen Hawley|November 22, 2021|Eater
Every reservation will include a bottle of Rose Bubbly, and cabana reservations will come with a bonus celebration kit!
Calendar: June 18-24|Michael Key|June 18, 2021|Washington Blade

Unfortunately, many of these structures — think yurts, igloos, solariums, and cabanas — prohibit the free movement of air that makes outdoor dining much safer than eating indoors.
The New Risks of Dining Out|Elazar Sontag|February 3, 2021|Eater
Which beaches attract the daily residents, weekend-cabana commuters, and weekly-house-rental vacationers?
20 Most Popular U.S. Beaches||July 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST
There Felicidad is staying in the cabana of my mother, and to there I shall be glad to guide you.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
Quesada made his way into the cabana where he had left Felicidad.
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
Ah, there has been some little domestic trouble in her cabana this night!
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey
The five Competitor prisoners have been released from Cabana fortress after an imprisonment of nearly twenty months.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 56, December 2, 1897|Various
And what poor serrano can provision his good wife and his cabana full of lusty brats by hunting the Spanish ibex?
The Wolf Cub|Patrick Casey

British Dictionary definitions for cabana

cabana

/ (kəˈbɑːnə) /

noun

mainly US a tent used as a dressing room by the sea

Word Origin for cabana

from Spanish cabaña: cabin

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