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log⋅gia

  [loj-uh, loh-jee-uh; It. lawd-jah]
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–noun, plural -gias, Italian. -gie  [-je] .
1. a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side.
2. a space within the body of a building but open to the air on one side, serving as an open-air room or as an entrance porch.
Origin:
1735–45; < It; see lodge
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log·gi·a   (lô'jē-ə, lŏj'ē-ə)   
n.  

  1. An open-sided, roofed or vaulted gallery, either free-standing or along the front or side of a building, often at an upper level.

  2. An open balcony in a theater.


[Italian, from Old Italian, from Old French loge; see loge.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

loggia 
"roofed galley used as an open-air room," 1782, from It., from Fr. loge (see lodge (n.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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