colonnade

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  1. noun Architecture A series of columns placed at regular intervals.
  2. noun Architecture A structure composed of columns placed at regular intervals.

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  1. French, alteration of colonnate, from Italian colonnato, from colonna, column, from Latin columna; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French colonnade, from Italian colonnato, colonnata, a range of columns, from colonna, from Latin columna, a column: see column.
 

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/kɑləˈneɪd/
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