Arizona room
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Etymology edit
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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Arizona room (plural Arizona rooms)
- (US) A semi-outdoor recreation room, typically an enclosed patio or sunroom used as a sleeping patio before the advent of air conditioning.
- 2005, J. P. S. Brown, The Blooded Stock: The Arizona Saga, Book I:
- It has two kitchens and pantries, a firewood room, an Arizona room, screen porches, closets, and no telling what else.