Colonnade


[kol-uh-neyd] /ˌkɒl əˈneɪd/

noun
1.
Architecture. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.
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2.
a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.
/ˌkɒləˈneɪd/
noun
1.
a set of evenly-spaced columns
2.
a row of regularly spaced trees
n.

1718, from French colonnade, from Italian colonnato, from colonna “column,” from Latin columna “pillar” (see hill).

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