portico

Portico is an Italian term for a porch or covered walkway.

(noun)

An example of a portico is a covered outdoor sitting area on the front of a house.

See portico in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a porch or covered walk, consisting of a roof supported by columns, often at the entrance or across the front of a building; colonnade

Origin: It < L porticus: see porch

See portico in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun 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.

Origin:

Origin: Italian

Origin: , from Latin porticus

Origin: , from porta, gate; see per-² in Indo-European roots

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