Word Study
loggia
CIDE DICTIONARY
loggia, n. [It. See Lodge.].
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 a porch , in being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door sitting-room. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
loggia, n.
1 an open-sided gallery or arcade.
2 an open-sided extension of a house.
1 an open-sided gallery or arcade.
2 an open-sided extension of a house.
Etymology
It., = LODGE
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