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col·on·nade  audio  (kl-nd) KEY 

NOUN:
Architecture
  1. A series of columns placed at regular intervals.
  2. A structure composed of columns placed at regular intervals.

ETYMOLOGY:
French, alteration of colonnate, from Italian colonnato, from colonna, column, from Latin columna; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
colon·naded(Adjective)


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