- a cabin or hut
- a small shelter used as a bathhouse at a beach or pool
Origin of cabana
Spanish cabaña from Late Latin capanna, hutcabana
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cabana
also ca·ba·ña
noun
- A light structure on a beach or at a swimming pool used for shelter from the sun or as a dressing room.
- A cabin or hut.
Origin of cabana
Spanish cabaña from Late Latin capanna hutTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Sentence Examples
- Besides water fun, the park is also boasts the Island Oasis Party Cabana, which is available for private or birthday parties and company picnics.
- Actual men's shirt and short swim sets – also called cabana sets - made their debut during the postwar period, when leisure was taken far more seriously, and more and more men could afford beach and cruise holidays.
- A pair of scissors can trim trailing threads and bandages, and if you bring a needle and thread, you can reattach a swimsuit strap or fix an embarrassing hole right in the restroom, changing room, or cabana.
- Cabana Strip Beach Towels: These brightly striped towels come in a bevy of colors and are available in there different sizes: medium, sun craft and terry craft.
- With so many retro swimsuits now available for women, it is surprising that items like cabana sets have not become popular as ready-to-wear garments for men.
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