Look up: Stoa

1. Stoa
   A long building with one side opening through a colonnade.
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2. stoa
   in Greek architecture, a freestanding colonnade or covered walkway; also, a long open building, its roof supported by one or more rows of columns ... [3 related articles]
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3. stoa
   stoa (stō'u) , in ancient Greek architecture, an extended, roofed colonnade on a street or square. Early examples consisted of a simple open-fronted shed or porch with a roof sloping from the back wall to the row of columns along the front. Later stoas were often immense, running to two st...
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4. Stoa
   `Stoa` (; plural, `stoas`,<ref name="oed">"stoa", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1989--> `stoai`<ref name="oed"/> (date=June 2010-->) in Architecture of Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek architecture; covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage....
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