Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An open-sided, roofed or vaulted gallery, either free-standing or along the front or side of a building, often at an upper level.
- noun An open balcony in a theater.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Italian arch.
- noun A gallery or areade in a building, properly at the height of one or more stories, running along the front or part of the front of the building, and open on at least one side to the air, on which side is a series of pillars or slender piers.
- noun A large ornamental window in the middle of the chief story of a building, often projecting from the wall, as seen in old Venetian palaces.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A roofed open gallery. It differs from a
veranda in being more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of the main edifice to which it is attached; from aporch , in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture A roofed, open
gallery .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's a kind of outdoor room, properly called a loggia, poised at the top of a flight of steps.
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Beyond the loggia was an acre of terraced lawn and more topiary.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Beyond the loggia was an acre of terraced lawn and more topiary.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Beyond the loggia was an acre of terraced lawn and more topiary.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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In the loggia are the paintings known collectively as Raphael's Bible.
Great Artists, Vol 1. Raphael, Rubens, Murillo, and Durer Jennie Ellis Keysor
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At one end of the loggia is a hexagonal turret, opening upon the loggia, containing a study or nook.
The Purple Cloud 1906
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I am sitting in the loggia, which is delightful in the morning freshness.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Woodberry, George E 1902
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I am sitting in the loggia, which is delightful in the morning freshness.
Nathaniel Hawthorne George Edward Woodberry 1892
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I am sitting in the loggia, which is delightful in the morning freshness.
Memories of Hawthorne Rose Hawthorne Lathrop 1888
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Tiberio then caused the said loggia, which is the one facing the meadows, to be painted by Girolamo Sermoneta; which finished, the rest of the rooms were entrusted in part to Luzio Romano, and finally the halls and other important apartments were finished partly by Perino with his own hand, and partly by others after his cartoons.
Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 06 (of 10) Fra Giocondo to Niccolo Soggi Giorgio Vasari 1542
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