Meaning & use
Zaguan
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A vestibule or covered passageway just inside the main entrance of a traditional Spanish-style house, historically wide enough for carriages to pass through.
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Visitors stepped out of the sun and into the cool shade of the zaguan.
The old hacienda's zaguan opened directly onto a central courtyard.
A note on using this word
Zaguan entered Spanish from Arabic, reflecting centuries of Moorish influence on Iberian architecture, and later spread with Spanish colonial building styles.
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