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bungalow orig. Anglo-Indian.|ˈbʌŋgələʊ|
Also 7 bungale, 8 bungula, bungelow, bungilo, 8–9 bungalo (pl. -oes), 9 bungallow.
[a. Hindustani banglā, understood to be identical with the adj. of same form, meaning ‘belonging to Bengal’.]
Orig., a one-storied house (or temporary building, e.g. a summer-house), lightly built, usually with a thatched roof. In modern use, any one-storied house. Also attrib. and Comb. dāk bungalow: see dāk.
1676Streynsham Master MS. Diary (India Office) 25 Nov., It was thought fitt..to sett up Bungales or Hovells..for all such English in the Company's Service as belong to their Sloopes & Vessells. 1711? Thornton Engl. Pilot iii. 54 All along the Hughley Shore..almost as far as the Dutch Bungelow. 1754E. Thompson Sailor's Lett. (1766) I. xii. 90 In an evening..we swing to the Bread and cheese Bungula in our palanquins. 1809M. Graham Journ. Resid. India 10 (Y.) We came to a small bungalo or garden-house. a1847Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xxi. 239 The bungalows in India..are, for the most part..built of unbaked bricks and covered with thatch, having in the centre a hall..the whole being encompassed by an open verandah. 1875F. Hall in Lippincott's Mag. XV. 338/1 Every day I stopped once or twice at a travellers' bungalow, or rest-house. 1886W. Raleigh Let. May (1926) I. 72 Ten marches with a bungalow rest house of some description to stop at. 1903Arch. & Contr. Reporter 24 Apr. 272/2 The buildings have been designed in a bungalow type. 1906Daily Chron. 9 Mar. 8/3 The bungalow village. 1907Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 9/1 The meeting of bungalow-holders. 1936Discovery Feb. 42/1 The permitting of extensive uncontrolled camping and of inferior-type bungalow-towns. |
