Definition of galleria
: a roofed and usually glass-enclosed promenade or court (as at a mall)
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The most elaborate of these regional malls are known as gallerias.
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Origin and Etymology of galleria
borrowed from Italian, “arcade, gallery,” borrowed from Medieval Latin galeria — more at gallery
First Known Use: circa 1901
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