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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Italian colonnato, from colonna; COLONEL

colonnade

 noun
     
Related topics: Buildings
col‧on‧nade [countable]
TBB a row of upright stone posts that usually support a roof or row of arches
—colonnaded adjective
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