- A porch or balcony, usually roofed and often partly enclosed, extending along the outside of a building. Also called Regional gallery 游廓，走廊；阳台：阳台或走廓，通常有顶并部分封闭，沿着建筑物的外部延伸 也作 【区域的】 gallery
- Hindi varaṇḍā 印地语 varaṇḍā
- from Persian bar āmadaḥ [coming out] 源自 波斯语 bar āmadaḥ [出来]
- or from Portuguese varanda perhaps ultimately from Vulgar Latin *barra [barrier, bar] 或源自 葡萄牙语 varanda 可能最终源自 俗拉丁语 *barra [障碍，横杆]