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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
por·ti·co       [pawr-ti-koh, pohr-] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -coes, -cos.
a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.
[Origin: 1595–1605; < It < L porticus porch, portico. See port4]
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por·ti·co       (pôr'tĭ-kō', pōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. por·ti·coes or por·ti·cos
A porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building.


[Italian, from Latin porticus, from porta, gate; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]

por'ti·coed' adj.
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portico 
1605, from It. portico, from L. porticus "colonnade, arcade," from porta "gate" (see port (2)). Specifically of the Painted Porch in Athens.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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portico

noun
a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area 

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Portico

Por"ti*co\, n.; pl. Porticoesor Porticos. [It., L. porticus. See Porch.] (Arch.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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