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portici

portici is the plural of portico.

Meaning of portico

Noun

portico (plural porticos or porticoes or portici)

  1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
    • The amphitheatre hath two portici as that at Niſmes.1732, [Awnsham Churchill; John Churchill], A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some Now First Printed from Original Manuscripts, Others Now First Published in English. […], volume VI, London: […]...

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Origin of portici

Borrowed from Italian portici.

Questions about portici

What is portici the plural of?
Portici is the plural of portico.

Words near portici in the dictionary

  1. porthouses
  2. Porths
  3. portia
  4. portia tree
  5. portias
  6. portici
  7. portico
  8. porticoed
  9. porticoes
  10. porticolike
  11. porticos

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