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Portico

//ˈpɔɹtɪkoʊ// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).
Noun
  1. 1
    A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

    "The amphitheatre hath two portici as that at Niſmes."

  2. 2
    a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area wordnet

Etymology

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch, portego, and porticus.

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