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galleria

galleria

1 5.2
A large covered space with shops and restaurants and often a glass roof
  • noun
  • /ˌɡæl.əˈriː.ə/
translation icon : galería
  • Yeah, I hear they're looking for security at the galleria.

Vietnamese street food right by the Dallas Galleria.

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Examples

  • The galleria?

  • So we get together for lunch at Tyson's Galleria, right, the Chinese place.

  • Then, last, you got the galleria area.

  • Mall security at the galleria?

  • He said he was going to the galleria?

  • This is Maria trifioli from the galleria luna in Rome.

  • Andrea Busiri-Vici conceived a covered galleria of iron and glass in 1886, by which he attempted to focus the view down a narrow passage.

    Academic text (2006)
  • I felt outclassed at these duty-free shops, several cuts above even the ritzy duty-free galleria of Geneva.

    Academic text (1992)
  • We spent the afternoon exploring the various shops in the galleria.

  • The galleria was filled with vibrant restaurants and trendy boutiques.

Synonyms

mall
vsgalleria
  • US
545 1.0

A large indoor building with many shops and places to eat

focuses more on a glazed covered shopping route than general indoor complex
plaza
vsgalleria
  • US
81 3.5

A group of shops and restaurants with parking and outdoor space

is usually covered and enclosed rather than open and landscaped
arcade
vsgalleria
74 4.2

A covered passageway with arches often lined with shops

is larger and grander, featuring broad glazed roofs and open walkways
shopping mall
vsgalleria
  • US
62 1.0

A large building or outdoor area with many shops and restaurants

is a covered elegant passage with glass roofs and internal walkways
shopping center
vsgalleria
  • US
38 1.6

A large building with many shops and places to eat

emphasizes a continuous covered interior with decorative roofs and walkways
marketplace
vsgalleria
30 1.8

An open area or building in a town where people buy and sell goods

is a covered retail passage for shops rather than an open trading square

Compounds

genus Galleria
  • Specialized
9.9

A group of moths that includes the greater wax moth, a pest of beehives

How Big

shopping mall
  • US
62 1.0
galleria
1 5.2
arcade
74 4.2

Surface Forms

galleria singular
gallerias plural

Etymology

Galleria comes from Italian galleria, the same root as English gallery, which originally meant a 'covered passage' or long room for walking and looking at things. So a galleria today is a bright, glass-roofed shopping passage where people walk and visit shops and cafes.