Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Loggia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Loggia \Log"gia\, n. [It. See {Lodge}.] (Arch.)
A roofed open gallery. It differs from a veranda in being
more architectural, and in forming more decidedly a part of
the main edifice to which it is attached; from a porch, in
being intended not for entrance but for an out-of-door
sitting-room.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
loggia
n : a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along
the front or side of a building; often at an upper level
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