Talk:Ramada (shelter)

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--CopyToWiktionaryBot (talk) 06:19, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

confer "pergola"
I think it would be useful to add a link referring to the pergola, a similar structure used in wetter climates.Jeandm (talk) 18:07, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Synonyms/Similes Would Be Good
I noticed firefox says it's not a word. So, I looked it up, finding it mostly gets me results about a hotel with no ramadas. This is a MAJOR, EVERYDAY word in Arizona, referring to everyday structures. So... What do other people call them? I'm curious now. It's "ramada" to me, through and through, it's a 100% correct term. In fact, it's THE term here, so thus for me. But, what do others say? Pavilion? What? *checks* One in a story I'm working on can be called a ramada, or a pavilion. It's not a gazebo. Gazebos are to my knowledge always free-standing structures, round, and more like walled structures, as they might even have walls, and they always have walls or railings. The one I'm featuring is connected to two railed, and roofed walkways/deckways/bridges, and is a square, so I'd never call it a gazebo. To me, it's a raised (over water) ramada that the paths meet up with, and is also called a pavilion. To me, a ramada is simply a four-posted roof with no walls, usually square, but otherwise still a rectangle when not square. I guess it could have more posts/columns, and be other shapes... Certainly not circular. Gazebos are circular, while ramadas are rectangular. Gazebos are classy, little, rich, European things, while ramadas can be fancy, or cheap, pretty, or ugly, and are usually in the bad sides of those spectrums. (Most ramadas are in parks, playground, and on farms and ranches. Usually they're made of wood, steel, brick, and/or concrete/cement, with either dirt, or concrete/cement for the ground/floor under the roof. They tend to be very cheap, and meant for shade, and protection from rain, not for being pretty. Ramadas are for functional uses, unlike their useless gazebo cousins. It'd be good to tell us other words for ramadas, and to have similar structures in a see also section. --174.19.181.117 (talk) 03:31, 28 September 2014 (UTC)