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- noun Plural form of
ramada .
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Examples
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Several ramadas stood around the peripheries, and we were lucky enough to find one but recently vacated.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Families would take them for the season and set up temporary wooden ramadas with roofs woven out of river reeds.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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The road led us around houses, ramadas, and gardens, past children and dogs, the occasional inconveniently placed basket, and finally to the landing below Deer Town.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The ramadas had a ratty look, with strips of roofing hanging loose; water pooled in the mortars while grass grew at their bases.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Trade ramadas stood off to each side, and behind them several granaries had been built on high-stilted legs, their floors hopefully above flood stage.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The yards were unkempt, mud having washed into fire pits, the ramadas worse for wear.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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A disorganized bazaar had been set up, locals having spread blankets or placed their goods under the few ramadas.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Latrine screens and flimsy ramadas were torn down.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Making my way back through the canebrakes and up to the houses, I nodded to women stoking morning fires under their ramadas and smelled boiling hominy.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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The next morning Pearl Hand and I were eating breakfast under one of the ramadas.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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