allée

noun

Definition of alléenext
as in walkway

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  1. walkway
  2. colonnade
  3. alameda
Noun
  • Across a walkway in the sky, banks of sewing machines are operated by 100 seamstresses in a room the size of a small airport.
    — Gaby Wood, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026
  • For beginners, the Jordan Pond Path is a mostly flat hike with wooden walkways and bridges—ideal for a photo op.
    — Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 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 20 Aug. 2026.

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