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arcade noun [ ɑːˈkeɪd ]

• a covered passage with arches along one or both sides.
Similar: gallery, colonnade, cloister, loggia, portico, forum, peristyle, stoa,
• short for amusement arcade.
Origin: late 17th century: from French, from Provençal arcada or Italian arcata, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’.

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