🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

lógia

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈlɔʒi.ɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Loggia/ˈlɒdʒiə/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A arquitetura do edifício destaca-se pela sua ampla lógia decorada."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of the upper story of a building and is open to the air.

    "They enjoyed their morning coffee out on the breezy loggia overlooking the garden."
  2. 2

    A colonnade or arcade used as a place for public recreation or shelter.

    "The historic town square was framed by an elegant stone loggia built during the Renaissance."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Italian 'loggia', ultimately tracing back to medieval Latin 'lobia' or 'lauia', meaning a portico or open gallery. The term entered architectural vocabulary during the Renaissance, describing a covered exterior gallery or corridor supported by columns.

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