Meanings
cabana1
plural cabanas
- AustraliaCanadaUSA shelter on a beach or at a swimming pool.
“So what's new in the whiskey business?” one of the fat men finally says by way of welcome, and the blonde stands up, arches one foot and dips it into the pool, looking all the while at the cabana where Baby Pignatari is talking on the telephone.
1968, Joan Didion, “On Keeping a Notebook”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Cabana2
Origin
- Late Latincapanna
- Portuguesecabana
- Spanishcabaña
- Englishcabana
Borrowed from Spanish cabaña and Portuguese cabana, both from Late Latin capanna. Doublet of cabane and cabin.
More words from Spanish, Portuguese, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 小屋
- 小屋 (xiǎowū)a cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
German Hütte, Unterstand
- Hüttea cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
- Unterstanda cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
Indonesian kabana
- kabanaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
Italian cabina, capanna
- cabinaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
- capannaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
Malay kabana
- kabanaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
Polish cabana, kabina plażowa
- cabanaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
- kabina plażowaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
Portuguese cabana, choupana
- cabanaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
- choupanaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
Spanish cabaña
- cabañaa cabin or hut, shelter on a beach
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cabana
Cite this entry
cabana. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cabana
“cabana.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cabana. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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