galleria

gal·le·ri·a

 (găl′ə-rē′ə)

n.

A usually glass-roofed passageway or indoor court containing shops or businesses.

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[Italian, from Old Italian, from Medieval Latin, gallery, from variant of galilaea, galilee; see galilee.]

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galleria

(ˌɡæləˈriːə)

n

(Architecture) a central court through several storeys of a shopping centre or department store onto which shops or departments open at each level

[C20: from Italian; see gallery]

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gal•le•ri•a

(ˌgæl əˈri ə)

n., pl. -ri•as.

1. a spacious passageway, court, or indoor mall, usu. having a high vaulted glass roof and containing shops.

2. gallery (defs. 7, 9, 10).

[1900–05; < Italian. See gallery]

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Galleria - a genus of Pyralidae       genus Galleria arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods family Pyralidae, family Pyralididae, Pyralidae, Pyralididae - bee moths; corn borers; flour moths bee moth, Galleria mellonella, wax moth - moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs

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