Arizona room

noun

A semi-outdoor recreation room, typically an enclosed patio or sunroom used as a sleeping patio before the advent of air conditioning.

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Meanings

nounArizona room (plural Arizona rooms)

plural Arizona rooms

  1. USA semi-outdoor recreation room, typically an enclosed patio or sunroom used as a sleeping patio before the advent of air conditioning.

    It has two kitchens and pantries, a firewood room, an Arizona room, screen porches, closets, and no telling what else.

    2005, J. P. S. Brown, The Blooded Stock: The Arizona Saga, Book I

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Origin

From its use in and association with homes in the southwestern desert state of Arizona in the United States. Cf. Florida room.

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APA

Arizona room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arizona%20room

MLA

“Arizona room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arizona%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Arizona room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arizona%20room.

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