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Bungalow

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(an Anglo-Indian word from the Hindustani bangla,belonging to Bengal), a one-storeyed house with a verandah and a projecting roof, the typical dwelling for Europeans in India; the name is also used for similar buildings which have become common for seaside and summer residences in America and Great Britain. Dak or dawk bungalows (froth dak or dawk, a post, a relay of men for carrying the mails, &c.) are the government rest-houses established at intervals for the use of travellers on the high roads of India.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bungalow'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/bungalow.html. 1910.
 
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