stoa

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek στοά (stoá).

Noun

stoa (plural stoae or stoæ or stoai or stoas)

  1. In Ancient Greece, a walkway with a roof supported by colonnades, often with a wall on one side; specifically, the Great Hall in Athens.
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      They could not vote, attend the theater, or walk in the stoa talking philosophy.

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Finnish

Noun

stoa

  1. (architecture) stoa

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Lote

Noun

stoa

  1. store

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