allée

noun

Definition of alléenext
as in walkway

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  1. walkway
  2. colonnade
  3. alameda
Noun
  • The stunning front entry makes a statement with an arched portico, columns, a bluestone walkway, stone surrounds and sidelights on both sides of the custom front door, all framed by hydrangeas and daylilies.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026
  • Today, the elevated walkway is illuminated at night, serving as a dazzling photo op.
    — Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026
Definition of walkway
Noun
  • Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.
    — Ryan Steven Green, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • This boutique property was built in a Greco-Roman-style complete with colonnades and columns.
    — Rumit Mehta, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
Definition of colonnade
Noun
  • Or are Allende’s grandes alamedas still beckoning all these years later?
    — Ariel Dorfman, The New York Review of Books, 31 Aug. 2023
Definition of alameda
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“Allée.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/all%C3%A9e. Accessed 29 Jul. 2026.

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