cabana
/kəˈbɑːnə/US/kəˈbænə/
cabana noun: a cabin or hut for relaxing.
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Noun
cabana (plural cabanas)
- A cabin or hut for relaxing.
- A shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool.
- “So what's new in the whiskey business?” one of the fat men finally says by way of welcome, and the blonde stands up, arches one foot and dips it into the pool, looking all the while at the cabana where Baby Pignatari is talking on the telephone.1968, Joan Didion, “On Keeping a Notebook”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Proper noun capitalized: Cabana
Cabana (plural Cabanas)
- A surname.
cabana meaning in Malay and Indonesian
cabana in Malay
- a cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
- kabana
cabana in Indonesian
- a cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
- kabana
Forms of cabana
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cabanas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cabanas |
Origin of cabana
Borrowed from Spanish cabaña and Portuguese cabana, both from Late Latin capanna. Doublet of cabane and cabin.
Words formed from cabana
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Words that rhyme with cabana
Questions about cabana
- What does cabana mean?
- Cabana means a cabin or hut for relaxing.
- What is cabana in Malay?
- Cabana in Malay is kabana. See Cabana meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is cabana?
- Cabana can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cabana?
- Cabana is pronounced /kəˈbænə/ (US).
- What is the plural of cabana?
- The plural of cabana is cabanas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cabana (page history and authors); Cabana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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