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belvedere definition

bel·ve·dere (bel′və dir′, bel′və dir′)

noun

  1. a summerhouse on a height, or an open, roofed gallery in an upper story, built for giving a view of the scenery
  2. a court in the Vatican, housing a collection of classical art

Etymology: It, beautiful view < bel, beautiful (< L bellus) + vedere (< L videre, to see: see vision)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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