ProbableNamed from the place
Arizona room
noun · first attested 20th century
A room named for a state, built to dodge the heat that state is famous for.
An enclosed or screened porch on a Southwestern house, built for shade and airflow rather than heating.
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Arizona room
Postwar builders in Phoenix and Tucson sold the shaded side room as a regional feature, and the name spread with the Sun Belt. The same idea is called a Florida room farther east, where the enemy is humidity and insects rather than sun.
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