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galleria, n.
(gæləˈriːə, ‖ galleˈria)
[a. It., = arcade.]
a. In certain Italian cities: an arcade of shops.
1861Court Life at Naples I. 239 She led the way to the galleria, into which she first inducted the visitor. 1880Geo. Eliot Let. 25 May in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) II. xix. 397 We found..letters which we took to a café in the grand galleria [at Milan]. 1903Baedeker's Northern Italy (ed. 12) 120 On the W. side of the Galleria, stands a bronze statue..of Carlo Cattaneo. 1953L. R. Muirhead Northern Italy (ed. 4) 122 On the N. side of the Piazza del Duomo is the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II..a lofty glass-roofed arcade in the form of a cross, lined with cafés, restaurants, and good shops. 1965J. Mangione Night Search xix. 191 A café he used to frequent in Naples' Galleria.
b. transf. A covered shopping mall elsewhere architecturally resembling or inspired by these; also, a department store designed so as to appear to contain a number of separate shops.
1960Archit. Rec. Mar. 200/2 (caption) The triangular cluster type scheme..revolves about a central, three-level galleria, enclosed by a clerestoried dome of concrete. 1964Guardian 28 Feb. 20/6 A proposal to turn the Covent Garden..central market..into a ‘galleria’ of small shops..backing on to halls for music and dancing. 1977New Yorker 23 May 66/2 Johnson and Burgee proceeded to enclose the space that corresponded to the Seagram's open plaza, producing a glass-roofed court a hundred feet high—a galleria of shops and restaurants and public spaces—that has become one of the most delightful urban areas in America. 1985Yorks. Post 23 May 4/4 Burton and Habitat intend to create a new format at Debenhams with the ‘Galleria concept’—an integrated collection of highly-focused speciality stores under one roof. 1986Times 24 July 32/5 To transform part of the former Courage Brewery site in Reading, Berkshire into a {pstlg}60 million shopping galleria. |