veranda

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
veranda /vəˈrandə/ (also verandah)

▶noun

• 1 a roofed platform along the outside of a house, level with the ground floor.

• 2 Austral./NZ a roof over the pavement in front of a shop.

– derivatives
verandaed adjective.

– origin C18: from Hindi varaṇḍā, from Port. varanda ‘railing, balustrade’.