Arizona room

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)

1. (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.

• Florida room