στοά

Etymology
From, from , ultimately from the root , whence also. Cognates include 🇨🇬, (🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) a colonnade
 * 2) a roofed porch or walkway having one or more aisles framed and supported by one or more colonnades: portico; arcade, cloister, piazza (e.g. the  and the  in the ancient Agora of Athens).
 * 3) a building marked by having such a roofed and colonnaded porch or walkway (e.g. the  in the ancient Agora of Athens).
 * 4) royal court