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Discuss Email this Feedback RSS/XML Permalink A.Word.A.Day--ramada This week's theme: words borrowed from Spanish. ramada (ruh-MAH-duh) noun An open shelter roofed with branches. [From Spanish, from rama (branch), from Vulgar Latin rama, from Latin ramus (branch). The word "ramify" branches out from the same root "ramus".] An anagram of today's word is "armada" (a fleet of warships), another term we've taken from Spanish. -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "We are issued orange White House press passes and herded under a ramada near the flight line." Rhonda Bodfield; Reporter-in-waiting Just Waits, And Waits; The Arizona Daily Star; Feb 27, 1999. X-Bonus I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself. -Emily Bronte, novelist (1818-1848)

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