ˈbəŋgəˌlō noun
( -s )
Etymology: Hindi baṅglā, literally, (house) in the Bengal style
1. : a lightly built low-sweeping single-story house or cottage of the Far East (as in India) that is usually thatched or tiled and surrounded by a veranda
2.
a. : a quite solidly constructed house for permanent residence that is usually one but sometimes one and a half stories high and that preserves the low sweeping lines and wide veranda, usually on the front only, of the bungalow
b. : a cottage intended chiefly for summer occupancy