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Bungalow
A bungalow is a type of building, originally from Bengal region in South Asia, but now found throughout the world. Across the world, the meaning of the word ''bungalow'' varies. Common features of many bungalows include verandas and being low-rise. In Australia, the California bungalow was popular after the First World War. In North America and the United Kingdom a bungalow today is a residential building, normally detached, which is either single-storey or has a second storey built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows (one-and-a-half storeys). Full vertical walls are therefore only seen on one storey, at least on the front and rear elevations. Usually the buildings are relatively small, especially from recent decades; yet early examples may be large, in which case the term ''bungalow'' tends not to be used today.
== Etymology ==
The term originated in India, deriving from the Gujarati બંગલો ''baṅgalo'', meaning "Bengali" and used elliptically for a "house in the Bengal style".〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', "bungalow"; (Online Etymology Dictionary )〕 This Asian architectural form and design originated in the countryside of Bengal region in South Asia. Such houses were traditionally small, only one storey and detached, and had a wide veranda.〔(Bartleby.com )〕 The term was first found in English from 1696, where it was used to describe "bungales or hovells" in India for English sailors of the East India Company.〔''Oxford English Dictionary'', unless "hovells" meant haveli rather than the English word "hovel"〕 Later it became used for the spacious homes or official lodgings of officials of the British Raj, and was so known in Britain and later America, where it initially had high status and exotic connotations, and began to be used in the late 19th century for large country or suburban houses built in an Arts and Crafts or other Western vernacular style—essentially as large cottages, a term also sometimes used.〔First cited use of a building in Britain by the OED in 1903.〕 Later developers began to use the term for smaller houses.
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