liagò
Venetian
Etymology
Perhaps from Ancient Greek ἡλιακός (hēliakós, “solar, sun”), because it was exposed to the sun.
Noun
liagò m (invariable)
- (architecture) A sort of covered loggia typical of Venice.
Further reading
- Boerio, Giuseppe (1867), “liagò”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 369