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  2. Gazebo - Wikipedia

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    Gazebo. A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret -shaped, often built in a park, garden, or spacious public area. [1] Some are used on occasions as bandstands. The name is also now used for a tent like canopy structure with open sides used as partial shelter from sun and rain at outdoor events.

  3. Pavilion - Wikipedia

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    Pavilion. In architecture, pavilion has several meanings; It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure. [1] In palaces and traditional mansions of Asia, there may be pavilions that are either freestanding or connected by covered walkways, as in ...

  4. Pergola - Wikipedia

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    Pergola type arbor. A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained. [1] The origin of the word is the Late Latin pergula, referring to a projecting eave.

  5. Etymological dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics. For many words in any language, the etymology will be uncertain, disputed, or simply unknown. In such cases, depending on the space available, an etymological dictionary will present various suggestions and perhaps make a judgement on their likelihood, and provide ...

  6. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology (/ ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee[ 1 ]) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes. [ 2 ][ 3 ] It is a subfield of historical linguistics, philology, and semiotics, and draws upon comparative semantics, morphology, pragmatics ...

  7. Umbrella - Wikipedia

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    An umbrella or parasol is a folding canopy supported by wooden or metal ribs that is mounted on a wooden, metal, or plastic pole. It is usually designed to protect a person against rain. The term umbrella is traditionally used when protecting oneself from rain, while parasol is used when protecting oneself from sunlight, though the terms ...

  8. Category:Gazebos - Wikipedia

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    Category. : Gazebos. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gazebos. A gazebo is a pavilion structure that is usually octagonal or turret shaped and placed in an open space, such as a park, garden or other public space. Gazebos are freestanding or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides.

  9. Kiosk - Wikipedia

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    Kiosk. Historically, a kiosk (from Persian kūshk) was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward. Today, several examples of this type of kiosk still exist in and around the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, and they can be seen in Balkan countries.