A room heated by a stove or fireplace; a heated chamber or sauna-like structure (from Spanish/Portuguese).
From Spanish and Portuguese 'estufa' (stove, heated room), possibly from an older Romance root. Used in southwestern United States for traditional adobe heating spaces.
In the American Southwest, pueblos built estufa chambers—underground rooms heated by central fires—as gathering places, showing how architecture and community are inseparable across cultures.
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