colonnade
noun
col·on·nade
ˌkä-lə-ˈnād 
: a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof structure
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A colonnade surrounds the courtyard.
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Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 10 Dec. 2025
The courtyard is circular in shape, surrounded by a curved marble colonnade that supports a series of marble arches.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
But despite what this postcard proclaimed, there was no colonnade along it.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025
All the changes he's done to the colonnade, to the -- to the Oval Office, all the gold in the Cabinet room.
—ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
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“Colonnade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colonnade. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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colonnade
noun
col·on·nade
ˌkäl-ə-ˈnād
: an evenly spaced row of columns usually supporting the base of a roof structure
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