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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Italian
Origin: balcone

balcony

 noun
     
Related topics: Theatre, Buildings
bal‧co‧ny plural balconies [countable]
1TBB a structure that you can stand on, that is attached to the outside wall of a building, above ground level:
Has your flat got a balcony?
2APT the seats upstairs at a theatre
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