loggia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level

WordNet

Log"gia noun
Etymology
It. See Lodge.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913