A bungalow ()'s a type of single-story house that originated in India. The word derives from the Hindi baṅglā (or perhaps the Gujarati variant baṅglo), meaning "Bengali", used elliptically for a "house in the Bengal style". Such houses were traditionally small, only one story and thatched, and had a wide veranda. In India and Pakistan, the term bungalow refers to any single-family unit (for example, a house), as opposed to an apartment building, which's the norm for Indian and… (More on Bungalow)