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colonnade

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col⋅on⋅nade

[kol-uh-neyd]
–noun
1. Architecture. a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof. Compare arcade.
2. a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.

Origin:
1710–20; < F, equiv. to colonne column + -ade -ade 1 , on the model of It colonnato


col⋅on⋅nad⋅ed, adjective
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col·on·nade   (kŏl'ə-nād')   
n.   Architecture
  1. A series of columns placed at regular intervals.

  2. A structure composed of columns placed at regular intervals.


[French, alteration of colonnate, from Italian colonnato, from colonna, column, from Latin columna; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
col'on·nad'ed adj.
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Word Origin & History

colonnade 
1718, from Fr. colonnade, from It. colonnato, from colonna, from L. columna "pillar" (see hill).
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