allée

noun

Definition of alléenext
as in walkway

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  1. walkway
  2. colonnade
  3. alameda
Noun
  • Outside, stone walls, winding walkways and lush gardens gave the property a rustic, English country feel, as did the porch and relaxed atmosphere.
    — Heather Senison, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The couple were spotted heading into Sushi Park, the famously unassuming West Hollywood restaurant whose second-floor strip-mall walkway has become an unofficial paparazzi runway.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of walkway
Noun
  • Both are early examples of the colonnade apartment style and saw reinvestment in the 1980s while providing affordable housing for decades.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Set the scene Right away, there's a sense of arrival reminiscent of a city chic hotel with a grand lobby entry distinguished by a long, arched colonnade comprised of iron ceiling panels with a grapevine-like pattern.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 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 10 Nov. 2026.

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